Comments on: Tablemates

By: nic

nic — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 12:06:25 +0000

The more I think about it, the more I’m glad to be with someone with whom I can share that side of me. I don’t have to pretend I’m this sweet little thing that doesn’t swear all of the time or think badly of anyone or anything. I’m catty. I’m bitchy. I swear and mock and, yes, even jeer. I used to envy my friends and acquaintances who weren’t like that- who didn’t SEEM like that. But I’ve learned to accept these things as part of who I am. Maybe that doesn’t make me a good person, but I don’t give myself shit about it anymore. And it feels really, really good to be with someone who loves me even with all of those “qualities.”

By: Sarah

Sarah — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 21:51:35 +0000

I’ve been in that situation before and I had a different take on it: what is so wrong with me that I feel the need to jeer at other people’s dates?

By: Kate

Kate — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 19:33:35 +0000

It occurs to me pretty regularly that I would be so hosed if I had to enter the dating pool again. So EFFING hosed.

By: brookem

brookem — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 21:32:36 +0000

it’s true… there is that point in a relationship when there is good silence. comfy silence. sometimes i read too much into it, but most of the time, i know that this is just the natural progression of comfort with the man i want to spend forever with.
i so dont miss those mornings after, having to put on the happy face throughout brunch.

By: lifebeginsat30ty

lifebeginsat30ty — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 20:36:04 +0000

On the outside, it’s hard to tell good silence from bad silence! Maybe the trick is to find that comfort right from the beginning. I would have asked to move, ha!

By: Nilsa @ SoMi Speaks

Nilsa @ SoMi Speaks — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 19:56:11 +0000

In this case, the grass is always browner on the other side. =) I’m totally with you … there have been times when I’m out with my husband and we’re mellowly enjoying one another’s company and I’m quite certain someone in the room thinks we’re mad at one another or worse, stuck in a bad marriage. I always have a good, internal laugh during those moments.