It’s perhaps an alarming fact to some that many of my stories begin with “ so, I was between boyfriends/ recently dumped.” But this should tell you two things. One, that I've had my share of boyfriends and/or heartaches. Some might even say I've been rather fast and loose, to put it mildly (these pristine beings always put things mildly). But if you took the number of men I've had (and I use "had" in…