| 2/17/04 Since our last episode (which was yesterday, for those of you keeping track) Miss Kimmie has spoken to Bill, and everything is sorted out - or is it? If I live to be 108 I swear I will never understand men! How am I supposed to commit to something I don't understand? Am I just supposed to hope that understanding will wander its way into my life with time, patience, and understanding? What if it doesn't? I just don't want to wake up ten years from now, as many of my friends are doing, and say "Whoops! Made a mistake!" I'm not anti-marriage or anti-commitment. I'm just anti choosing the wrong person. I mean, what's to say that I won't change my mind? What's to say they won't change theirs? I ran into a friend yesterday, a friend who I thought had the world's greatest marriage - he's thinking of leaving his wife. So much for impressions. It's like the movie American Beauty says...look deeper. I guess that's only half of what's making me so melancholy. The other half is someone I saw in traffic...someone who once meant the world to me. Someone I stopped waiting for... We waved and smiled, and I thought, 'What if...?" I suppose I could still find out - but do I want to? Will Miss Kimmie ever understand men? Is she really anti-commitment, or is it just a defense mechanism? Why is her friend telling her he is thinking of leaving his wife - before he even tells his wife? And who is this mysterious stranger miss Kimmie speaks of - and what affect will he have (if any) on her relationship with Bill? For the answers to all these questions and more, tune in to the next exciting episode of As the Tummy Turns! |
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| 2/16/04 Since out last episode, Valentine�s Day has passed�and our heroine, Miss Kimmie, was passed by as well� Ugh. What is it with some men? They get the least bit embarrassed because they are not all that and a side of Mel Gibson, and suddenly they feel they are �not worthy of me�. Let�s get one thing straight: I DON�T date guys for their: cars, money, nice apartment, or the fancy restaurants they take me to on dates. I do not date men because they have impressive jobs, famous friends, or because their families have nice beach houses where we can party in the summer. And I certainly don�t date guys because I feel they can advance my station in life. I DO date guys for their: sense of humor, originality, good manners, work ethic, chivalrous ways...and cute tushies (why do you think I was with Paul for so long?). I appreciate honesty, as long as they are not a completely open book during the �getting to know you� phase, because that turns it into the �scaring me away with too much information� phase. If he does not have a car, he will not be my date � I am willing to drive, but I am not a limo service � nor will he be on my arm if he has young (under age 12) children. Every time I make an exception to that last rule it always ends disastrously. So why is it when I meet a guy who IS all I am looking for he feels I �deserve someone better�? Has it ever occurred to them that maybe I should be the one to decide who and what I deserve? If he doesn�t want to be with me, at least have the balls to say so, and cut the cop-out crap of �I�m unworthy of you�. Does Bill really feel that Miss Kimmie deserves someone better? Or is it all just a bunch of crap? Will they try again? Or will Miss Kimmie move on�to the other cute, intelligent, and articulate guy she knows from Friday�s? To find out, tune in to the next exciting episode of As the Tummy Turns! |