Things Brett Ruined for Me

November 19, 2009 at 6:24 pm (divorce, family, humor, infidelity, music, parenting, relationships, sex, Uncategorized) (, , , , , , , , , , , , , )

Every day, I think thoughts or like things that annoy myself, because they are all about Brett’s influence.  I almost attacked Joshua the other night for reading an old New Yorker magazine he found laying around.  “I can’t believe I missed one!”  I sneered as I snatched it out of his hand and into the recycling.  Here’s a short list of things he ruined for me, to go with the Tiffani list from the summer.

  • The New Yorker magazine
  • The New York Times Book Review
  • Punk Rock and Ska
  • Yo La Tango
  • Shakespeare (especially the Sonnets and the Histories)
  • Indian food
  • Coffee shops
  • Professors
  • Motorscooters
  • Christmas
  • Tillie’s hair (he keeps cutting it like the Little Dutch Boy, or, as Tillie says, like Maria in The Sound of Music)
  • Ben’s knee (see Skinned Knee post.  The scar is ENORMOUS)
  • The Canterbury Tales
  • The Lord of the Rings
  • Roseville Pottery
  • Arts and Crafts design
  • Antique shopping
  • My self image
  • My relationships with my neighbors
  • My memories of childbirth
  • My belief in forever
  • My freedom
  • Superbowl Sunday (DAMN IT!)
  • Tiffani

Some of these things are worth taking back.  He can keep Tiffani.  And the New Yorker subscription.

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