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Poppy Nagano
Poppy Nagano

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Published in Heart Affairs

·Updated Jan 27

I Want My Own Personal Chauffeur:

Said the Ex-Husband Who Barely Worked. — I write in Medium to process my confusion and anger with regard to the marriage I lived in. I thought I had processed most of my anger, but at times, anger pops up, and it is fierce. So I guess I have more processing to do. Sometimes, I’m ashamed of…

Entitlement

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I Want My Own Personal Chauffeur:
I Want My Own Personal Chauffeur:
Entitlement

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Published in Heart Affairs

·Updated Nov 28, 2022

Joyous Ode To An Army of Friends

A Manual on Easy Divorce. — I was by my father’s bedside at the ICU. I had been there for two weeks by his side, and slept there every night. He fell and broke his neck and due to his alcoholism he went through withdrawal in the ICU and it was a serious and prolonged case…

Divorce

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Joyous Ode To An Army of Friends
Joyous Ode To An Army of Friends
Divorce

7 min read


Published in Heart Affairs

·Updated Oct 30, 2022

The Old Man in The Dorm

Remembering My Ex-Husband. — Recently, my therapist and I terminated therapy. She said she thought I was ok and that it was ok for therapy to end. I was sad to hear this and I was trying to figure out how to hang on longer to therapy. …

Affairs

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The Old Man in The Dorm
The Old Man in The Dorm
Affairs

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Published in Heart Affairs

·Updated Oct 27, 2022

The Need To Create Chaos But Not The Capacity To Handle It

For the bulk of my marriage, I thought that at some point, the chaos and the emergencies would die down, and then, we would regroup. There were constant emergencies, crises, and so much drama. I really didn’t have insight into what was going on with my now ex-husband. …

Marriage

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The Need To Create Chaos But Not The Capacity To Handle It
The Need To Create Chaos But Not The Capacity To Handle It
Marriage

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Published in Heart Affairs

·Updated Aug 11, 2022

Apologies Are Awesome

Apologizing takes a certain kind of personality architecture. — I feel lucky that I grew up seeing people all over, whether in my family or in my social environment, apologizing to each other with sincerity. Apologies are really beautiful. It’s about having a relationship with oneself that is reparative in nature and affirming one’s relationship with others. It’s about…

Apology

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Apologies Are Awesome
Apologies Are Awesome
Apology

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Published in Heart Affairs

·Updated Aug 5, 2022

Maybe Your Ex-Husband Is Dead

So, my ex-husband lives in Europe and comes back to the US to work in the town I live in a few times a year. The problem is that he sometimes comes back to work in the building I have to work in occasionally as well. …

Divorce

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Maybe Your Ex-Husband Is Dead
Maybe Your Ex-Husband Is Dead
Divorce

4 min read


Published in Heart Affairs

·Updated Jun 26, 2022

Bitterness Gone

I remember when I was married, things were so hopeless, there was so much abuse that I would descend into such a dark place of bitterness. Bitterness was such a place of immobilization and I recall vividly the visceral feeling of bitterness. It felt like a death in my abdomen…

Happiness

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Bitterness Gone
Bitterness Gone
Happiness

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Published in Heart Affairs

·Updated Jun 12, 2022

Missing World of Gratitude

My husband used to appreciate the things I did for him. When we dated, he was filled with appreciation. But that appreciation crumbled into grating complaints not long after we got married, although the complaints inched in during engagement. He didn’t necessarily complain about me, but he complained about the…

Gratitude

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Missing World of Gratitude
Missing World of Gratitude
Gratitude

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Published in Heart Affairs

·Updated Jun 9, 2022

I’m Creative And You’re Not

You may be wondering what you are looking at. I wasn’t sure what I was looking at when my then-husband showed me this pin stuck in a kitchen sponge. He said, “See?” I pondered the pin and sponge silently. “Creativity. This is creativity.” My eyebrows go up, still thinking. …

Rape

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I’m Creative And You’re Not
I’m Creative And You’re Not
Rape

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Published in Heart Affairs

·Updated May 30, 2022

The Malicious Spouse Is The Needy Spouse

The last few years of our marriage went from bad to worse. He was a charming man at the outset, but he was incredibly needy. Foolishly, I thought that would go away. The neediness didn’t come off as neediness, in the beginning, it came in little barbs, little prickles, like…

Malice

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The Malicious Spouse Is The Needy Spouse
The Malicious Spouse Is The Needy Spouse
Malice

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Poppy Nagano

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