October 31, pre-Corn Maze Disaster
November 3rd, 2009 | by TJ |“Sigh. This is my life.”
“Ok, you know what? You don’t even get to act surprised and put upon by what your life has become.”
“Oh, no?”
“No. You had an entire YEAR of evidence and insight to my personality before YOU decided to approach ME.”
“That’s true…”
“And that blog you read for a year before we got together? It is NOTHING if not a picture of a complete neurotic.”
“That’s also true.”
“And you went ahead with your pursuit! No more sighs. You have brought this life on YOURSELF. KNOWINGLY.”
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For anyone who is new, you can click here for his version of how we met.
My version is also available by clicking here, but it doesn’t paint me in a very good light, so if you’ve only got time to read one, read his.
If you don’t have time to read either, take this short version – he stalked me for a year, I mostly ignored him, it’s his own fault he now feels burdened by crazy.
By Tami on Nov 3, 2009
I have a theory that any sigh which is spoken is an invitation for mockery. If you take the TIME to SAY the word “sigh” I get to poke fun.
It’s a law.
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By Adlib on Nov 3, 2009
How are we not allowed to ask about it if you keep mentioning it? ;)
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By Delicia on Nov 3, 2009
His life would be utterly boring without you. He knows it, he just won’t admit it. If he admitted it, then you’d win.. so he has to fake-sigh and pretend like it’s a burden to share his life with a crazy interesting wacky person that keeps him on his toes from day-to-day.
-Del
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Jeremy Reply:
November 3rd, 2009 at 4:36 pm
I agree with Del.
We, as men, have to feign annoyance sometimes to ensure that our “significant other attention meter” is constantly topped off. This requires one to develop a skill set that allows us to constantly get the attention without allowing our ladies to know how utterly lost we would be without them.
Hence the game that never ends, even though we never had a chance from the the opening bell.
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TJ Reply:
November 3rd, 2009 at 4:44 pm
Pft. I know he’d be doomed without me. Once you go TJ, you… never… uh… well, YOUR LIFE IS COMPLETELY DIFFERENT.
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TJ Reply:
November 3rd, 2009 at 4:48 pm
He’s not even a good pretender! He knows his life would be infinitely more lame without me.
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By Katie on Nov 3, 2009
Okay. Now I feel obligated to ask. What Corn Maze Disaster?????
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Bellwether Reply:
November 3rd, 2009 at 3:20 pm
I agree. This was all an elaborate set up.
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Katie Reply:
November 3rd, 2009 at 4:13 pm
Keep having to resist the urge to squeal like a little girl. Sorry, my mind keeps repeating “‘Bellwether’ responded to my comment”. Still kinda in shock since I got a response from TJ yesterday.
I’ve lurked on a number of people’s blogs, but never really posted a comment. Unfortunately more and more of them keep getting blocked by work. 4Healz was one of the first one’s hit, sigh. This just reminded me I haven’t touched my silly brutes in months.
Okay, stopping the fandom stuff.
So, this whole corn maze thing has me thinking. Does anyone know what TJ and Phil went to Halloween as? Wonder if that has anything to do with this snippet.
Halloween costumes have so many possibilities for funny stories.
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TJ Reply:
November 3rd, 2009 at 4:46 pm
We weren’t anything. I hate Halloween!
TJ Reply:
November 3rd, 2009 at 4:47 pm
It was just. A total. Disaster!
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By Dulcea on Nov 3, 2009
I too want to know about the pre corn maze title…
(and look, I commented!)
Although I’m more worried about him agreeing so easily…to me that all but screams “I’m male, I’m plotting! If I agree, she’ll never notice. Perfect distraction!”
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TJ Reply:
November 3rd, 2009 at 4:45 pm
Easy agreement makes his life go much more smoothly. Trust me.
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By Heidi D on Nov 3, 2009
It’s like I tell my husband: “You knew I was this emotional when we met, so you have no room to complain”.
(He doesn’t actually voice his opinion, but I can see it in his eyes, goshdarnit)
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TJ Reply:
November 3rd, 2009 at 4:43 pm
EXACTLY. It’s like they think that by keeping quiet, they’re somehow not guilty of what we KNOW FOR SURE that they are thinking!
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By Dzargul on Nov 3, 2009
A lesson I’ve learned:
If my gf stands in front of me and says ‘I am sorry for being such a bitch today.’ there is no good answer.
To deny invites argument. To acknowledge, even passively, that she is invites DOOM.
It’s better to pretend that something got stuck in the garbage disposal.
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Kestrel Reply:
November 3rd, 2009 at 10:34 pm
Dzargul is a wise, wise man.
Want a tip on how I’ve stayed (mostly) happily married for 35 years? “Oh…I just remembered…something is stuck in the disposal.”
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TJ Reply:
November 4th, 2009 at 1:45 pm
You’re talking to someone who follows him to the bathroom and continues to talk through the door.
There’s not actually ANY escape.
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