Comments on: The Perfect Storm

By: amandalinn

amandalinn — Fri, 01 Aug 2008 00:29:01 +0000

I was also sorry to hear about your son’s friend. Hugs.

I should have just hugged his mother at the wake. Instead I said something completely stupid. I enjoy thinking about shit like that 3,798 times afterwards.

By: amandalinn

amandalinn — Fri, 01 Aug 2008 00:25:56 +0000

“I’m happy to hear this from you because in my imagination I was starting to think you were probably really sick of my comments — my overwhelming, long, sometimes illogical, ranting & raving comments.”

Au contraire, Pam, you are my copilot. The wind beneath my wings. My reason for babbling. And a damn good laugh most of the time.

I am relieved – lol. You’re too kind. But then I expect that from you:)

By: Karmen

Karmen — Wed, 30 Jul 2008 04:31:43 +0000

I don’t know why this post made me want to cry. Maybe it’s because you so clearly hit the nail on the head that it smacked me. Your comment about wanting to get a re-do, to go back and see if your life would be less fucked up if you got to try it again. Even though YOU are way less fucked up now, doesn’t mean anyone else has changed an iota. Good for you for coming to that conclusion without having to deal with the pain and disappointment – not to mention the outlay of cash and time to learn the lesson you already knew.

So sorry to hear about your son’s friend. Glad to hear you got to enjoy your family last weekend.

Thank you, Karmen. The whole thing really was kind of sad. Especially the funeral part.

A do-over at 48 in a 17 year old body would be fun as hell:) I hate to admit the fact that I probably would still be a slut. LOL Aw shit, then I remember the germ factor. With those details in mind I’d probably remain a virgin for life. Dammit. Ignorance continues to be bliss in certain circumstance.

By: girlgriot

girlgriot — Tue, 29 Jul 2008 04:57:17 +0000

Hi, Pam– I have to agree with all here and say it sounds as if you made the absolute right decision. Reading your post reminded me why I decided that I wouldn’t be going to next year’s big 25th reunion … I literally shudder at the thought!

Thank you for visiting! Only 24 years since you left high school? I wish I was young like you:)

By: Sarah

Sarah — Mon, 28 Jul 2008 21:31:11 +0000

You wouldn’t have wanted to be in Illinois this weekend anyway, it was sticky. So not worth the drive. It’s so much better to surround yourself with people you like and who like you back. Screw what your old classmates thought of you, odds are that they are so wound up in their own lives they wouldn’t have given you the chance you deserved to show that you are a wonderful person.

Oh, it’s so true, Illinois can be so humid in the summer.

I don’t think anyone ever really accepts the idea that someone they grew up with could possibly be any different than they remember them. And if you barf on someone’s feet in 2nd grade they still remember it when you graduate high school.

By: bluesuit12

bluesuit12 — Mon, 28 Jul 2008 15:55:07 +0000

I agree with everyone else! You made the right choice to stay home with your family.

It really was great to be home for four whole days – I vote for a 3 day work week.

By: kaylee2

kaylee2 — Mon, 28 Jul 2008 05:55:29 +0000

Good decision!

Thank you, Kaylee! How are you doing?

By: Red

Red — Mon, 28 Jul 2008 03:56:12 +0000

Good decision, Pam. I think you did the right thing.
I just finished “Running with Scissors” by A. Burroughs. Reading this post and then thinking of that book, geez . . so very similiar. I love it.
I’m proud to know ya, Pam.

You are the sweetest, Red. Tell that cute husband of yours to give you a smooch for me:)

By: morethananelectrician

morethananelectrician — Mon, 28 Jul 2008 03:06:40 +0000

I am thinking a weekend in someone’s basement with a bunch of new reading material and a willing partner doesn’t sound too bad to me!!!

Now where did the “willing partner” come from? It would have been me and a couple of Hustler chicks on wall posters – lol.

I have always said, however, that I think I could handle a prison term if they had a good library. Except for the smelly chicks & contagious disease.

By: birdpress

birdpress — Sun, 27 Jul 2008 23:14:49 +0000

I’m very sorry about your son’s classmate.

Your decision to skip the reunion makes way more sense than your decision to go in the first place. Fuck the past. Just fuck it. Seriously. You already won.

I so completely love this comment:) Especially the double fuck. Thanks.