I have recently opened myself up to some stuff that I hadn't in a long time (how is that for cryptic?). Suffice it to say, I took a risk.
It didn't pan out, and I am sort of sad about it.
And a little bit ago, I got flowers at work from my sweet, dear friend Jay P., just because he knew I am feeling a bit like an idiot for having taken said risk and fallen on my face.
I am really, really lucky to have Jay as a friend. I'm bummed that he's moving two miles away (now he lives just a few blocks away), because I like having him nearby.
Thanks Jay. You know my plight. And I love you for it.
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Okay I will take a guess. You fell in love. Am I right? Anyone else have a guess?
I've recently taken up poker (like I need another hobby!) and one of the hardest things to deal with is that even when you play your cards correctly, you can still lose the hand to a lucky draw on the river. Over time however, if you keep playing correctly, you will come out ahead over the long term, as long as you keep betting.
This teaches me two very important lessons. 1) Without risk, there are no rewards. (Duh!) And 2) No matter how good you are or how hard you try, losing is always a short term possibility, but if you stay in the game, you'll come out ahead in the end.
Keep slugging away, pretty lady. You'll win in the long run.
Your "risk" is a fucking idiot, Kate.
If this is what I think it is then yes this guy is an idiot. Does he think he will find someone more interesting than you are? If so, he is wrong. Smart women are slim pickins, especially if you also expect them to look pretty good, which you do.
You can do better. If he doesn't get "get" Katie, then he shouldn't get Katie.
I've said it before and I will say it again. There is a reason this woman ends up with bad men. It's about the bad choices she makes and her belief that everything is just one big sracstic hip joke. Nice men want a woman who IS nice.
Hey! I'm nice!
-Katie
I am an idiot.
And anon #3's assessment that everything is a "big sracstic [sic] hip joke" is dead wrong. Katie is a very kind, loving and caring individual with way more going for her than you'll ever know from reading her blog.
I've asked Katie out three or four times in the past year and she always begs off, saying she is too busy.
This is all very interesting indeed (Katie neither seems to confirm or deny what we are surmising from her post) but Mr. Idiot, why, pray tell, are you an idiot? We regular blog readers want to know. Why, if you have the chance to date Miss Katie, why not just do it?
The biggest problem I have with dating is that men are freaked out by the fact that I am the mother of a child who is not their child. I can imagine that with three (or does she have four?) children, it is very hard for KAG to find anyone to date.
Cindy
Nashville
For the record, the Idiot has no problem with Kate's kids. She has done quite a job raising them and they're great kids.
But this is really Kate's story to tell, so I won't reveal anything else. Suffice it to say that this chapter is not yet closed.
I dated a women with two children for a while. I miss her children more than I miss her.
I didnt write the above comment about why the blogger attracts bad men but I think he/she/it is right. like attracts like. and based on the general sarcastic nastiness I dont think a nice man WOULD be attracted to her. only someone else who gets off on thinking that everything is fuel for snotty jokes. which would not say a whole lot about their character when it comes to relationships.
its very lame to blame the presence of children because I know plenty of single moms who have attracted wonderful decent men who are more than willing to step up to the plate as step dads.
I like Katie a lot and I've never met her. I've just been reading her essays in Metro Pulse and other magazines plus her blog for several years. What you describe as nastiness I describe as creative and funny and smart. I love her writing and know I'd be into her in person.
Alas, I live in Nashville and am married, so it's just a writerly crush.
And I am a stepfather to two great kids. I will admit I was very apprehensive about dating someone with kids, ad at first I felt sort of nervous around them, but I fell in love with their mother and slowly, I fell in love with them too and now we are a family. Never would have predicted that a few years ago when I swore I would never even go out once with someone with a kid, much less two of them. We are even talking about having a third. Go figure.
its a sad comment that sarcasm and nastiness (not to mention the intolerant liberal mantra of tolerance) gets construed as "funny creative and smart". if you took away Katies jabs at conservatives in general, Bush, Wal Mart and numerous celebrities that she is probably secretly jealous of, there really wouldnt be a whole lot left for her to write about. except oh, yes, I forgot, a lot of terribly intolerant (and this from the tolerance queen) armchair psychology on what she "thinks" that maybe you just might "have" to do to create well adjusted children (never mind that countless others throughtout history have not found "attachment parenting" to be a neccessary adjunct to raising well adjusted people...I might add though, that teaching kids how to grocery shop and cook and balance their check books might do a little more for their long term happiness than allowing them to nudge you and the hubster into separate beds and ultimately separate domiciles)
if you took away the sarcasm, Katie would have precious little writing skills left. its like comedians. if they can be funny without appealing to peoples baser instincts they are truly funny. so it is with writers. if their only claim to fame is sarcasm disguised as "wit" then maybe there is no writing skills there at all. however, Katie has to do SOMETHING to support herself so here it is. maybe she has just done a tremendous job of self marketing.
Well, I know her kids and whatever she's doing, it's working out awfully well. They are bright, kind and polite, not to mention healthy and athletic. I've said this before - I don't have children but if I ever do, I will be quite happy to listen to whatever Katie says about baby care, and will likely read her book, because her own children are delightful.
We all make bad decisions every now and then. Katie's really been dating for less than a year. It's no wonder that she's not met prince charming, and, frankly, no wonder that she's not ready to meet him.
So, sure, maybe Katie's recently out of a divorce and is still dealing with what that means and making some decisions that will seem foolish in the future, at least she's not stalking people that she doesn't like by post stuff on their blogs. That's really sick.
Yes, I am in love.
Wow. I said it out loud.
And he is a wonderful, funny, clever, super hot, kind and talented man. He's a better writer than I am.
-Katie
Well congratulations to you Katie. Let's hope he realizes what he's got and that he treats you as you deserve to be treated.
I doubt he's a better writer though.
Kate, I banish you to the hyperbolic chamber for crimes of gross exaggeration.
She is a WAY better writer than me.
You are a lucky man. She's hot AND smart.
So who is this guy? Details. We want details.
Anonymous said:
if their only claim to fame is sarcasm disguised as "wit" then maybe there is no writing skills there at all.
But she's awfully good at properly conjugating her verbs...
nolongeranidiot: you need to watch this:
http://www.wimp.com/presidential/
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