I’ve heard the rules before.  Write what you know, but never, ever write too personally about something, especially a relationship... other people’s relationships are boring to anyone but the two people in them, and even sometimes are not even interesting to those that lived through it. 

Here I am, breaking the rules.  I know I’m not exempt from it, and I know my life is probably no more interesting than that of the next person.  In fact, for the most part, I feel like I l...