What an Idiot He Is

I was dating a very hot, tall, older, muscular, handsome, successful idiot.

We were in his house and had put some takeout on the edge of the counter.  Dangerously close to the edge.  It was highly topple-able and I was sure my dinner was going to become a floor blanket.

As I crossed the room to rescued the food, I said, “That looks a little precarious.  I’m going to move that.”

He stopped fiddling with the television (which had been tuned to MTV) long enough to look at me and say, “Why don’t you talk like a normal person?  ‘Precarious’.” He snorted in what must have been disdain.  “Nobody uses words like that.”

I said, “Maybe not the people you hang around.”

It didn’t last.

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11.22.07 / 8pm
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  1. Hanie 11.22.07 / 8pm

    Pity but thats life ;-)

  2. brio 11.22.07 / 9pm

    Eh. Anyone without any 3-syllablewords in his vocabulary isn’t going to last.

  3. Ima Wurdibitsch 11.26.07 / 12pm

    I refuse to “dumb down” my language for adults. I had a friend tell me once that she appreciated the fact that I talked to her like she “was smart”. She said that many times, she’d have to go look up a word but that she was also able to figure it out other times.

    I prefer to assume and encourage the very best in people. It doesn’t always work out but I choose to remain an optimist.

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I’ve been called intelligent, strong, an idiot, annoying, entertaining, obnoxious, kind, crazy, hilarious, a sociopath, a narcissist, beautiful, ugly, hideous, insensitive, a robot, intense, an insitgator, a mediator, logical, friendless, undateable, hot, creative, retarded, professional, leggy, fat, skinny, short, tall, blonde, blue-eyed, brunette, crass, vulgar, classy, crude, rude, inconsiderate, socially unacceptable, socially adept, talented, skilled, curious, and ridiculous.

I’ve also been told I have presence.  And horse teeth.  And that I’m “too much”.  Often.

I have no idea what the truth is.

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