Oh this hurts from laughing so hard, and from remembering my own naive, blown-out-of-proportion, cringeworthy teenage experiences with boys I hardly knew if even that. Wonderful piece!
omg Merrill, this is so horribly resonant of THAT AGE and how we thought and acted, I think it was probably even harder if you/we were articulate, smart, thinking, because our need to study, decipher, and analyze SO EXCEEDED our ability to emotionally understand anything going on in our lives hahaha --- I especially love Present Day You visiting Younger You and how annoyed Younger You is, and I mean, the whole story, the sleeping Bob, DYING LAUGHING HERE -- PP
Also, if you accept stuff for what it appears to be, then it is over. There is nothing more to say. But if you believe there are hidden layers you do no understand, then you can hold on to a fantasy that remains alive in a way that is about to deliver something special. Its the core premise of almost all rom-coms. I think girls are raised with this myth.
So incredibly funny and en pointe ! Your illustrations and personal stories are so genuine and relatable!(The frontal lobe development part is completely understandable regarding our teenage selves ) I recall the "dating game' was a favourite of mine at age 13.. The stakes were definitely lower!
I was going to watch Love is Blind but I decided to read you. Much better. Of course I’m hung up on the Golden Bachelor show after just one episode because I cannot believe ... if you watch it, please share your thoughts. It’s too late for me to be articulate
I love this! I can totally relate because my column "Vivi's Vortex" is about exactly the same thing, where angst meets brilliance. As a mother, how do you foster brilliance and angst, all the while being "not liked" by the brilliant kid?
I knew Bob. But his name was Billy.
haaaa. He often went by an alias.
Perhaps pathetically, I want to know what happened to Stanley. Did he rebound from your rejection, or spiral into dissolution?
He went on to receive the Nobel Peace Prize for his work in...
Actually I never saw him again.
Getting "Society Is Fuck" t-shirts made. Who wants one?
Oh this hurts from laughing so hard, and from remembering my own naive, blown-out-of-proportion, cringeworthy teenage experiences with boys I hardly knew if even that. Wonderful piece!
omg Merrill, this is so horribly resonant of THAT AGE and how we thought and acted, I think it was probably even harder if you/we were articulate, smart, thinking, because our need to study, decipher, and analyze SO EXCEEDED our ability to emotionally understand anything going on in our lives hahaha --- I especially love Present Day You visiting Younger You and how annoyed Younger You is, and I mean, the whole story, the sleeping Bob, DYING LAUGHING HERE -- PP
Also, if you accept stuff for what it appears to be, then it is over. There is nothing more to say. But if you believe there are hidden layers you do no understand, then you can hold on to a fantasy that remains alive in a way that is about to deliver something special. Its the core premise of almost all rom-coms. I think girls are raised with this myth.
Yes! Also the whole ruinous "Heathcliff" "I alone understand him" myth that drags women into terrible relationships.
Merrill - you are too funny. You get me laughing at my phone. Snorting, actually.
I love that Old Dan Tucker washed his face with a frying pan. That’s a dang good trick. It cracks me up imagining it.
Oh yes, yes I know Dan washed his face in a frying pan, but with a frying pan? That is a huge improvement on the original lyric.
It was good for exfoliating. Everyone said Old Dan Tucker had the most beautiful skin. You couldn't even see his pores.
😂
you were very hip if you were listening to Bob Dylan. He is still my boyfriend to this day. (50 years)
I don’t know exactly what did it but I busted out laughing, which I’m WAY too tired to do ❤️& nearly woke up the hounds
So incredibly funny and en pointe ! Your illustrations and personal stories are so genuine and relatable!(The frontal lobe development part is completely understandable regarding our teenage selves ) I recall the "dating game' was a favourite of mine at age 13.. The stakes were definitely lower!
Oh you really are so perceptive and funny. That’s why I didn’t watch Love is Blind but chose to read you. I like my choice because got to laugh 😂
I was going to watch Love is Blind but I decided to read you. Much better. Of course I’m hung up on the Golden Bachelor show after just one episode because I cannot believe ... if you watch it, please share your thoughts. It’s too late for me to be articulate
It took me several more decades to learn that I was Bob.
I trust you figured out that you needed to date girls who had
expensive carpeting!
By the way, we have noodles and cabbage for dinner here at my home A LOT!
I am jealous.
I love this! I can totally relate because my column "Vivi's Vortex" is about exactly the same thing, where angst meets brilliance. As a mother, how do you foster brilliance and angst, all the while being "not liked" by the brilliant kid?
Haaa, That's probably why I never had kids. I spent too much time in that vortex.
Bob was a schmuck. Not Dylan.