Comments on: blushes

By: Clare

Clare — Mon, 27 Nov 2006 13:14:33 +0000

I still struggle to tell people I’m a writer when they ask. And I’ve been one ‘officially’ for two years and ‘unofficially’ for seven years now. It doesn’t help that I’m rubbish at describing what I write.

I’m lucky though, in that I have a fallback option: I can just tell them I’m a software engineer and omit the other stuff altogether.

By: adrian

adrian — Sun, 26 Nov 2006 16:36:52 +0000

Yes you can grope my bottom.

By: Templar

Templar — Sun, 26 Nov 2006 04:57:11 +0000

I am sure the right man for you will turn up when you least expect him to.

By: Zandria

Zandria — Fri, 24 Nov 2006 22:34:20 +0000

I agree with you. I feel that I would be at a disadvantage if I started dating a non-blogger and he was able to read about the past four years of my life. Too much information for a new relationship if he can’t reciprocate in kind. :)

By: Lotus Flower

Lotus Flower — Fri, 24 Nov 2006 21:26:19 +0000

Of COURSE you are a writer, Petite, and a BRILLIANT one at that. I recommend Julia Cameron’s The Right to Write. A very nice book, and it will make you feel much better about your new situation.
Great post. I can’t wait for your book to be out!

By: petite

petite — Fri, 24 Nov 2006 18:17:49 +0000

What makes you think that the question was not returned? This is edited footage, not a complete picture. I showed the portion I needed in order to illustrate my own awkwardness. Which you think is false. Clearly you know me better than I know my self, and I bow down in front of your superior knowledge.

By: thefriendofafriend

thefriendofafriend — Fri, 24 Nov 2006 17:19:44 +0000

the question of what are you doing here is a natural one for one anglophone to ask another i think. it represents an attempt to begin a conversation, to form a connection, even if a just a fleeting one. in this case the question was not returned. was this out of courtesy or complete lack of interest? was it because the rich and apparently famous don’t need to know about you–it’s simply not worth their well-paid time to consort with nothings. perhaps we might cut out the feigned humility stuff in the future.

By: Sophmom

Sophmom — Fri, 24 Nov 2006 16:27:38 +0000

Love me, love my blog. Not negotiable. I’m optimistic that having that much of myself out there on the internet will increase the opportunities to form friendships based on beliefs and ideas in common, rather than appearances. Perhaps you’ll be surprised, and it will improve your dating experience, even if it complicates it at the same time. Nice post, petite.

By: bec

bec — Thu, 23 Nov 2006 09:36:49 +0000

I have been reading your blog for about a year and at one stage I went back and read over the archived entries, and I didn’t read anything you should be ashamed about.

I know at the beginning of a new relationship it might makes things a little unbalanced, but it will work itself out and maybe having it all there early is a good thing, get it all out of the way at the beginning. I had an ex who had previously been married and had a lot of baggage, and even though he never kept anything from me and tryed to explain it all, I had a hard time understanding exactly how things happened. It would have been great to have a blog of his life leading up to the events to help me get my head around it all.

By: mardo

mardo — Thu, 23 Nov 2006 01:50:58 +0000

Petite, you might be (are) terrifying. So what…?

Damian, will read your “oh shit” stuff. Just to figure out.