Just like her mama

September 21st, 2006 § 0 comments § permalink

You see that fiendish look in her eyes around a piece of fruit?

I get that too.

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My Birthday Gift to You, Ladies of the World

September 7th, 2006 § 1 comment § permalink

As my birthday fast approaches (tomorrow in fact), I am taking a bit of time to pontificate on my twenty six years and the lessons I have learned, particularly when it comes to guys.

I cannot claim to know it all about them, but what wisdom I DO know, I will now pass on to you.  These are all lessons that I had to learn the hard way, and so I am saving YOU the trouble, dear Internet, as well as the time, effort, and heartache, so that you can avoid similar situations and get on with your lives.  Ladies, HEED MY WARNING BELLS.

This is my gift to you.

Here we go….

If he still sucks his thumb at night….he may not be the guy for you.

If he spends more time smoking weed than working (6 hours smoking versus 0 hours working in fact)…he may not be the guy for you.

If he is so enraged with jealousy because you are talking with another guy on the street corner that he keeps speeding by in his car and blasting “your” song until he crashes into another car…..he may not be the guy for you.

If he wets the bed and makes you think it was you…..he may not be the guy for you.

If he…..ahem…..takes and will not give……he may not be the guy for you.

If he accuses you of sleeping with practically every guy you work with no matter who they are and how long they have been there….he may not be the guy for you.

If he still lives with his mother (forgivable of course) but also STILL has his childhood bedroom decorated to exactly how it would have been when he was 3 (ie stuffed animals, primary colors, Mickey Mouse figures, etc)….he may not be the guy for you.

If his idea of a date is the backseat of the car in the woods……he may not be the guy for you.

If he is still reliving his high school football glory days…..10 years later….and he wasn’t all that great then even…..he may not be the guy for you.

If he claims that putting 3000 miles between the two of you will be “good for our relationship”…..he may not be the guy for you.

If he is crosseyed and you were so drunk the first night that you met that you didn’t even know it…..he may not be the guy for you.  (And you probably are not the ideal girl for him.)

If he is a closet junkie, or lives in a squat and is homeless……he may not be the guy for you.

If he won’t tell his parents about you due to significant religious differences….he may not be the guy for you.

If your bra suddenly goes missing…..he may not be the guy for you.

If his mother is such a psychopath that she presses on your doorbell non-stop at 4 o’clock in the morning until the battery in it dies at which point she starts screaming his name up at your 3rd floor window….and he doesn’t wake up…he may not be the guy for you.

If he cannot decide whether he wants to call you “honey” or “FUCKING SLUT!!!!!!”…..he may not be the guy for you.

If he throws away photos of your exes for you (how considerate of him)…..he may not be the guy for you.

And now the Doozie.  The Number One Warning Bell, if you will:

If he joins an online dating service after proposing to you….HE MAY NOT BE THE GUY FOR YOU.

OK, I think that is enough wisdom for one life.

This is not saying that ALL of my exes have been dumbasses.  In fact, I think I have had a pretty good, solid- albiet it rather long- history of dating the “nice guys” and look back fondly on all of my past relationships.  In fact, I am still on friendly terms with most of them.  In the worst of cases, they were a learning experience, if nothing else.

Only time will tell if I have got it right this time.

Hilarious Comments from My Girls:

Slush
By the way, feel free to add any pearls of wisdom if you have any.
Posted by Slush on Wednesday, September 06, 2006 – 7:34 PM
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Melodie

Amanda, you crack me the fuck up!! I am still laughing as I type this!  If your bra suddenly goes missing…..(that one’s a little scary)

Here are a few, but they are not all from me.  Some of my friends have had some interesting relationships.

If one day you realize that you cannot stand the way he eats, talks or even breathes…he may not be the guy for you.

If he asks you to come over and have sex and after thinking this in your head, you actually say out loud…”no thanks, I’m sick of faking orgasms”…he may not be the guy for you.

If you find yourself saying, “I can’t go because my boyfriend won’t let me.”…for goodness fucking sakes ladies, PLEASE learn to love yourselves and realize…HE MAY NOT BE THE GUY FOR YOU!

Posted by Melodie on Wednesday, September 06, 2006 – 11:17 PM
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Glinda the Good Witch of the North

Fabulous blog!  Can’t wait to read the responses.  I could fill a book with my lessons - here’s a few of ‘em:

If he runs to the store for cigarettes and milk on Friday and returns on Monday with cigarettes and milk like nothing happened… he may not be the guy for you.

If his mother tells you he was “different from the other kids”… he may not be the guy for you.

If you’ve had to pick him up at the police station so often you’re on a first-name basis with the desk sergeant… he may not be the guy for you.

If the wall hangings in his living room consist of a 2 x 3 (that’s feet not inches!) portrait of himself, a bleached steer head and an Uzi … he may not be the guy for you.

If he stops at a diner for “breakfast” on the way to the hospital and leaves you in the car timing your labor pains… he may not be the guy for you.  Doubly true if he emerges from said diner so drunk you have to drive yourself to the hospital.

And finally….

If he asks you to hide a gun in your attic “just until things blow over”… HE MAY NOT BE THE GUY FOR YOU!

Posted by Glinda the Good Witch of the North on Thursday, September 07, 2006 – 12:35 AM
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Slush
OMG you guys can’t be serious!  hahahahah!  Thanks for adding your wisdom!!!
Posted by Slush on Thursday, September 07, 2006 – 10:09 AM
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Jamie

Welll well well. I do have some wisdom to share. Some of it’s kinda scary. I cannot believe the shit we put up with as young women.

1. If he hits on your mom, in front of you, he may not be the guy for you!
2. If you catch him waiting in the parking lot across from your work, spying on you, he may not be the guy for you. Beware also of random people coming into your work just staring at you. Yes, he paid people to come inside and watch after you too.
3. If he’s having sex with his male “friends”, he’s probably not the one for you.
4. If you get a warning about him from his past friends that goes something like this “He used to eat glass to hurt himself to get back at his ex”, STAY AWAY! He’s so not the guy for you!
5. When you find out he’s been sleeping with girls younger than your little sisters, please let go. He’s not the one.
6. If he laces your joint with PCP (without telling you, cuz it would be funny), he’s not the guy for you.
7. If you find yourself sleeping with his brother cuz he has a way bigger “tool”, your guy probably isnt the one for you.
8. If you go into a friend of a  friends house and see your boyfriends name listed on her younger sisters wall under the heading “Guys I given head to”, this guy is not the one either.
9. If he lies to his parents about how old you are (even though there’s only a 1 yr difference), this guy’s not it either.
10. If he ever tells you you’re nothing but a fuckin whore, and noone will ever love you like he does (you’re right, this doesn’t make sense. so dont fall for it.) or that he only starting flirting with you so that the black guy at the party wouldnt get yet another white woman, this guy is not the one for you.
11. If you find out he carries a Glock 9 in his car at all times, this guys not the one.

Well Amanda there ya go. I have so many more but at 8 am these are the first to pop to mind. I think I just wrote my own blog within yours! I could probably write a book on all the assholes I’ve dated.

Posted by Jamie on Thursday, September 07, 2006 – 2:36 PM
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Slush

Oh.

My.

God.

Are you serious?!?!  OK, you are definitely the winner, hands down!  Lucky you finally got a good one, then, hey?  :)   Thanks for sharing!!!!!

Posted by Slush on Thursday, September 07, 2006 – 6:00 PM
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Melodie
Ok ladies, now I am crying because I was laughing so hard!  Amanda I think you need to create a website just in dedication to…he may not be the one for you.  What in the hell is wrong with us?  In the end we all found good ones though!! =)
Posted by Melodie on Thursday, September 07, 2006 – 11:50 PM
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Jamie
I agree with Mel, a special page in dedication to this. It’s so funny, how I for so long didn’t think about the stupid assholes I dated. Now you got my brain working and I can’t stop thinking of reasons why “he may not be the guy for you”! But you’re right, I got a good one now, I consider him the best though!!
Posted by Jamie on Friday, September 08, 2006 – 4:41 PM
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Oana

One story is worse than another…..this was the funniest blog ever. I’ve actually been pretty lucky so far but here are some funny ones:

1) If he does a dance in the nude right after the act, he might not be the right guy for you.

2) If he says he’s gonna be late but leaves a porn tape for you to watch, just to get “warmed up”, he might not be the right guy for you.

3) If you say I love you and he doesn’t say it back, he might not be the right guy for you.

4) If he stops shaving, showering, brushing his teeth ETC, just to see how long he can get away with it, he might not be the guy for you.

5) If you mistaken his thing for one of his fingers, he might not be the guy for you.

Posted by Oana on Saturday, September 16, 2006 – 12:30 PM
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Slush
hahahahah!  That last one was brilliant!!!!  You always surprise me, girl!!! I’m dying to know who these are……..   ;)
Posted by Slush on Saturday, September 16, 2006 – 6:57 PM
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Melonie
If he says he can’t stay for breakfast because it would make him late for a parole hearing….he might not be the guy for you.

Seriously, not one of my own, stolen from a friend’s experience.

Posted by Melonie on Wednesday, September 20, 2006 – 5:29 PM
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Tresja

Damn….

I’m wondering whether there is a guy for me at all, don’t they all possess at least one of these features..?

Then… thank f**k I’m single..!!

Kisses, Tresja.

Posted by Tresja on Thursday, September 21, 2006 – 1:33 PM
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