Warning: Some Violence and Much Strong Language.SHE WROTE: Mea Culpa
You know, you guys really don't need us to blog at all. Bob gets cute with the no-post and you all get post-modern. I love it.
In other news, you know how Bob does something dumb and I go ballistic and then he posts here and says, "It's my fault," and we go on? Well, yesterday, I lost my mind, completely round the bend, crossed boundaries, really went berserk. I was wrong, wrong, wrong. And Bob, of course, never said a word in reproach. So covered in shame and guilt, I apologized twenty times and then told him he could bitch about Elizabeth Bishop and culture, he could quote Seinfeld, he could tell the Korean Restaurant story AS MANY TIMES AS HE WANTED and I would never say a word about it again. He's not only off the hook for anything he did in the past, he gets a free pass on his next three screw-ups.
The thing is, I HATE it when I'm in the wrong. And I'm in the wrong.
Do you think he's going to exploit this?
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Simply put...yes.
Oh yeah.
THEY'RE ALIVE!
So you did almost kill Bob? Wow we were closer than we thought to the truth.
Yes he's going to exploit it. Duh.
Cherrybombs, stand down.
and we were having so much fun planning the rescue mission, too.
Will he exploit this? Without a doubt.
Jenny - you're screwed over this one. Stock up on Chocolate.
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But, wait. It is a female POV to remember FOREVER - every little thing. It will definitely be interesting to see how Bob handles being on the other side of the WRONG WRONG WRONG scenario.
I have your book...I have your book....ladidada!!
Yes...I live in nowheresville and had to overnight it from Amazon..
Yes...I am taking a two hour lunch so I can start the book..
And yes...my children, house, pets will be on their own this weekend while I am reading.
I just cannot remember the last time (althought I think it was Suz' Out of Control) I was so excited about a book...
Anyway...I am not one of your cherry chicks...but I am a wannabe one! And this is my first time posting here, (is this even the proper place to post this?) but I wanted you all to know how excited I am! I also wanted to tell you that I think this blog is great and it has become one of my favorite daily reads.
And maybe...(I am hoping) I will get to see you both in Cincinnati on Monday (well, if the aforementioned children can be parcelled out for a few hours!)
Julie
Well, I'm sticking up for the man on this one. Have you taught him nothing in all these months? He won't exploit it, of course he won't. He'll smile very nicely, waggle his little finger at you, tell a few Korean restaurant stories, wear that tattered t-shirt once more, then put the whole thing behind him. You'll only know he remembers it by the gleam in his eye once every so often, when you're about to jump on his case about Ms. Bishop. But Bob, being the true gentleman that he is (I mean, he's started thinking about SHOE compliments, for gawds sake!), would never even DREAM of exploiting this.
Right Bob?
I don't know Jenny, last night he seemed to be pretty much okay with whatever you had done(loved-loved-loved The Jenny & Bob Show) I'm not sure he'll exploit it although he may hold in reserve should the need arise.
I think Dee's right. Maybe he'll exploit it just enough for you to get over the guilt, and then stop? Because, you know, wallowing in guilt can get old for both parties after, oh, three weeks or so. (Not that you would wallow, as such, I'm sure, because you have Dignity.)
Of course, we got all post modern. We all got educated real well here, what with Bishop and Moot et all. natural reaction.
And Bob is SF. he is trained to advantage of an opponent's weakness...
Yep. I agree with the last two blogs. He'll definitely hold it in reserve. Hell, it's ammunition babe. He'll go all misty eyed on you, squint a little and a tiny smirk will tilt one side of his mouth, but say anything, nuh! He'll get his jolly's by watching you squirm. That said, being a man, it will probably last for two days and then he'll forget the whole thing and leave you to stew in your own juice for weeks, months, maybe even years.
Oh, I hate when I'm wrong, and being wrong in front of a guy. Oy!
Better carry that coin around with you. If he ever does a 'coin check' in a crowded bar you're in trouble!
Christyne
Wow, I'd be dead of exhaustion if I had to live through as many explosions and arguments as you two have.
Think it will always be this way? No chance of a kinder, gentler collaboration? We want you two writing for a good loooooong time! :)
I agree with phenila re:training in SF. I think it was the in the plan to begin with. Wait until target shoots him/herself in the foot(regardless of shoe apparel) then gain control. Really good tactics there.
So is posting here when you are wrong the equivalent of penitents of old putting ashes on themselves and wearing sackcloth?
Will Bob exploit this? Are you kidding? Whatever he does, he's got you.
He can never mention it again and you'll suspect him of hoarding it for use "someday." He can bring it up daily and ruin the suspense -- but the effect is the same. He's got you.
This is what it's like to have a brother, by the way.
Actually, he was probably thinking about something else the entire time you were (a) offending and (b) apologizing. Like lunch. Or, with Bob, maybe guns.
Well what Bob'll do is refer to it twice, tell that awful Story, mither on about Bishop and method (which I think is fair because I read that review and it was stupid) and talk about Seinfeld> Unfortunately as all this really irritates the hell out of you, what you're really going to want to say is, "get a grip man and burn that awful t-shirt".
But you can't because you promised, so you'll have to bite your tongue. And then he'll do it again. And again. And again. And, well you get the point.
In the end, you will have to choose between a sore tongue and incipient ulcer on the one hand and putting Bob straight on the other, which is going to be so tempting because you just know that he's doing it on purpose and doesn't really care about any of it. Leastways, nowhere near as much as you do.
So, strictly speaking, no he won't exploit it (particularly if you actually count the number of instances) but to you it will feel like he has. So, really the question is, what are you going to do? Get mad? Or let it go?
i, too, was going to guess that a 'coin check' might be in your future. good luck with that;)
steph
Isn't there a psychological thing they do in the military where they break the recruits down and then build them back up? Bob sure seems to know which buttons of yours to push. Could he be that crafty? That's what I'd be asking myself.
Will he exploit this?
Only a lot.
"He's not only off the hook for anything he did in the past, he gets a free pass on his next three screw-ups".
Will you be counting? What if you disagree as to what is a screw-up and he thinks that he hasn't used up his quota?
Huh, you might want to qualify that free pass on the next three screw ups, he's a pretty crafty guy.
(NO, not a free pass on the Seinfeld references . . . noooooo).
It's a good thing he's a Bob and not a Bill. I'm dating myself - age wise thank you very much - here by saying then we could all be doing the 'oooooh noooooo, Mr. Bill' cry from SNL 100 years ago when he gets out of hand.
Jenny, Jenny, Jenny -- Good Morning America did a story today on how guilt is good. However, lots of guilt is not necessarily better.
Apologizing for going berserk is appropriate, but don't give away the entire store! I mean really -- he can quote Seinfeld, bitch about Elizabeth Bishop AND tell the Korean restaurant story as often as he wants?? That's above and beyond atonement duty.
It's only the first week of the tour and you've kept nothing back to negotiate amendments in future scuffles.
I say that Elizabeth Bishop and the Korean restaurant story come off of the table. Leave him Seinfeld. He's going to quote the show anyway. *g* Now, however, you can smile because you ceded the point in mediation.
I tend to think that men forgive arguments over who (or is it whom?) is right far more easily than women. You've admitted you were wrong, and apologized quite nicely. I think Bob will only exploit it to the degree that he'll expect you to be a little kinder and gentler with each other for a few days. :)
Of course, he also will probably tell a few Seinfield stories just to show he's teasing and you're not off completely Scott free.
Keep your chin up, and yeah to you for finding TWO coats ON SALE! Woot!
Nah, he won't exploit it. He seems like a good guy.
Does Wilder have extra bullets?
Yeah, he's going to exploit it.
Nonsense. He may be perfectly willing to exploit it, but we've already established that Bob's short-term memory is caput. He won't even remember it unless someone reminds him, right?
If you were REALLY in the wrong, never. If you were marginally in the wrong, maybe now and then. If only you think you were in the wrong, every single second of every single day.
Gotta agree with Jane on this one. And, I think Mary Stella is VERY on target - don't play all the cards at once! We gotta have a bit of private ammo to draw out every now and then - don't give it all away!
I don't have time to read everyone's blog entries, so I'm not sure if anyone else has noticed but there's something I have to know. I started reading DLD yesterday and I'm now to the part where Lucy and J.T. are sitting in Lucy's trailer talking after the bar fight. They're discussing the changes to the script and Lucy says, "It's like going to see Sleepless in Seattle and finding out Bill Pullman is a terrorist..." Is there hidden meaning there? Because Bill Pullman was in "While You Were Sleeping". I'm not a writer or anything but I do know my movies. Just curious.
Have you noticed how everyone seems to be using shooting metaphors? Everything's bang on target and we mustn't let anyone run out of ammo.
I thought that we were teaching him about the importance of getting both coats (if they're in the sale) and that meandering through the mall, pausing to look at various important items, doesn't really count as shopping, provided that your end goal is the exit but oh no! Instead, sneakily, it turns out that he has been indoctrinating us and covering it up with all that blather about squirrels! Tricksy. Very tricksy.
I vote that he should post the Skirt picture (Bob Mayer, author, allowing the air to circulate in the latest tulip skirt ($249 from Neiman Marcus - I'm sure Bob isn't cheap)) as immediate compensation. Failing that, has anyone seen this magazine on a newstand? They don't sell it over here.
Because Bill Pullman was in "While You Were Sleeping". I'm not a writer or anything but I do know my movies.
Bill Pullman was Meg Ryan's fiance in Sleepless.
Exactly. IIRC they showed Bill Pullman's general undesirablity and lack of moral fibre by giving him horrendous allergies. Hay fever = Totally Unworthy of Love in movie land. Not that I resented that At. All. In some ways making him a terrorist would have been an improvement...
/bitter
Remind Bob that he was taking Allergy meds and it was just a horrible nightmare. Bob has quite the imagination....hitwomen, vicious bunnies, empath with squirrels, Jenny being wrong.
lbooth
" Instead, sneakily, it turns out that he has been indoctrinating us and covering it up with all that blather about squirrels! Tricksy. Very tricksy."
OMG You're right! We thought he was being lured into our world. But no, we've been sending Moot signals and coming up with rescue plans. Diabolical. Egad. Not cricket at al.
On the other hand Bob's probably made more trips to malls this week than he usually does in a year. So I'm thinking it might just even out.
Bob will not exploit this. I can't imagine there is a petty bone in his body. For goodness sake the man bought you clams playing poker.
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