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house for 24 hours, even if it’s just a hotel
here in town.
Do you know what polyamory is?
No.
Can you guess?
It sounds like a lube.
Sarah Koski , 30, single
What is your relationship status?
I’m single. I went to college. I was president
of Presidential Scholars, Honors College
girl, just made terrible poor decisions, didn’t
know how to get out of it and some church
youth group came up and asked me if I
wanted to turn to Christ and that’s when
it happened. I stopped drinking, stopped
partying, stopped having sex.
What’s the best part about being single?
The freedom to enjoy your own personal
choices. I’ve really gotten to know me.
Before, I became whoever I dated and now
I’ve really gotten to know me.
What’s the worst part about being single?
I’ve almost become a cat lady because
there’s no one to cuddle up to at night.
Have you ever been cheated on?
Oh yes. It’s really interesting because we
learned in Bible study that it’s not the fact
when you’re cheated on that hurts the
most, but when you turn around and cheat
on that other person — the retaliation.
So what I did was when that happened, I
decided to cheat back on that person and
that just opened the fl oodgates.
Did you ever discuss that openly?
No. It was just a life of big secrets. I really
didn’t know me because I didn’t know what
was the lie that I could pose to cover up
something or what really was me. And that’s
why it’s so nice to be single now, because
the only person that I’m accountable to now
is God and myself.
Is that what ended your relationship?
My relationship ended when I got saved.
When I started making better choices, the
friend set that I had at that time was really an
enabler so I had to start from the bottom up.
What is one of your most memorable
Valentine’s Days?
It was in high school. My boyfriend at the
time wrote out Pablo Neruda poems and
put them all over school, put rosebuds in
my locker and had a rose waiting for me
in each class. It was memorable because
it was romantic — and the poetry. It’s all
about the poetry.
Do you have plans for Valentine’s Day?
What day is it? Friday? I got Bible study!
Have you ever walked in on someone?
It wouldn’t surprise me — I’d say yes.
Have you ever been walked in on?
No, I was sneaky. I went out of town. I went
to Portland. Everybody says there’s not a sin
you can do in Eugene … Portland is twice
as bad.
Yeah. I’ve usually gotten a lot more angry
than her.
What is one of your most memorable
Valentine’s Days?
I took my girlfriend out, bought her a bunch
of teddy bears, fl owers, a nice card.
Why did that relationship end?
Infi delity. I recently looked it up about the
cheating gene and I think that I have it.
I think our society has a lot of pressure
towards monogamy and it doesn’t always
work out.
Do you have any plans for this Valentine’s
Day?
No. I might be trying to pick up vulnerable
women.
Kids will spend 8 minutes
decorating their
little brother.
How about two
minutes to brush
their teeth?
Brushing for two minutes now can save your child from severe
Roxann Tiller , 48, single
V. Starr , 68, single, a widower since
2009
Daniel Gustus , 28, single
What’s the best part about being single?
Not having someone control my life.
What’s the worst part about being single?
I don’t know … nothing?
Have you ever cheated on somebody?
Yeah.
How’d that go?
Well, it depends on which time.
Have you ever been cheated on?
any family left. I guess I’ll pick myself up
something.
Have you ever walked in on someone?
Not in a long time. But it was OK.
Have you ever been walked in on?
Never.
Do you know what polyamory is?
No.
Can you guess?
Some new kind of plastic.
What’s the best part about being single?
I guess I miss the company most of all.
What’s the worst part about being a
widower?
I realized I’m a changed man. I used to
be an old hippie and now I’m not. I’m a
gentleman.
Have you ever cheated on somebody?
No.
Have you ever been cheated on?
Once. She told me, and I forgave her.
What is one of your most memorable
Valentine’s Days?
None.
Do you have any plans for this Valentine’s
Day?
I don’t even know when it is. I don’t do
holidays anymore because I don’t have
What’s the best part about being single?
Nothing. I guess I don’t have to answer to
anybody.
What’s the worst part about being single?
No sex.
Have you ever cheated on somebody?
Never.
Have you ever been cheated on?
Yes. And I ain’t with him no more. It broke
my heart. I was in love with him. Still am.
What is one of your most memorable
Valentine’s Days?
My husband cooked me breakfast in bed,
and when I got home from work he had a
little trail of fl owers going into the bathroom
and it had candles and I had a bubble bath.
He bathed me.
Have you ever walked in on someone?
Yes. It was my ex-boss and her husband.
I rent a room from my ex-boss and I just
went “la-la-la, SORRY!” and closed the door.
It was open!
Have you ever been walked in on?
Yes. And I went, “Dad! Go away!” It changed
the mood entirely.
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