Cast of Characters

Bathwater- is a 48 year old divorced father of three boys who started blogging 6 years ago.  The blog chronicles his post divorce life as he deals with depression, relationships and life. I am best summed up here.  He spends an inordinate amount of time dating and trying to save strippers.

Max- is my youngest son.  He is 13.  He is the smartest of the bunch, out going, and cute. He plays little league baseball and is part of the Science Olympiads.  He is described here.

The TwinsTwin A (Alex) and Twin B (Andrew) are my identical 18 year old boys.  The twins had a lot of medical problems when they were born but the are fine now.  Twin A takes on the middle child rule though he is the oldest by five minutes is living with his mom, while Twin B is often seen as the oldest child because he is a little bigger and is living with me.

Billy- Was a dancer at strip club, when I first meet her and is best described here or here.  She has been to rehab twice for heroin addiction since I have known her. The first time was weeks after we first met.  In January of 2012 she went for rapid detox and Naltrexone.  She is currently free of heroin, an ex-girlfriend who dragged me through the worst of times best described here.


Dizzy-My store bought Chihuahua.  She is chocolate brown and looks like she might have a bit of Miniature pincher in her.  She is afraid of people in general and only like Max, Tinkerbell and the T-Rex. She was re-homed to a new family.

Alexis, Elle and Sam- All platonic divorced female friends. Alexis and Sam are hair-dressers, Elle works in advertising. They all have boyfriends. Alexis lives with her mom and 5 year old son, Sam lives with her boyfriend and Elle lives alone.  They are all in their early 40's  and pretty. Pretty much my support group.

Jay-  My closest male friend he lives with his girlfriend of two years deals with his own issues of anxiety and depression and mostly keeps to himself.

Rose- cute dancer at strip club where I frequent that occasionally agrees to hang out with me. Rose is a pathological liar, spends most of her earning split between her pimp and supporting her deadbeat mom and her three younger siblings.  

Kyle- Is my new roommate I met while going through this.  He was also a patient at the time and in for similar things.  He is 25 and trying to rebuild his life after doing 5 years in prison for drunk driving and injuring two people.