Sun Goin’ Down on the Social Network!
Blogomania
Blog obsession? I tried to quit.
How did I get over it?
I psychoanalyzed myself,
then put my blog up on a shelf
and ventured out to have a life––
to be a girlfriend or a wife.
I went on social media,
put up with all its tedia
to try to find that special one
to have some extra-blogging fun.
I used my laptop not for blogging
but for romantic lollygogging.
And when I found a special one
who seemed intelligent and fun,
we wrote a bit and then, and then
I thought that I could blog again.
I confessed to him (with perfect diction)
my very slight blogging addiction.
He asked to read my blog and so
I told him just where he could go
to read me. Then I didn’t hear
from him again. I thought it queer.
Finally, I asked him why
he’d let our conversation die.
He wrote back and that is when
he said I hadn’t time for men.
That if he wants more information,
he’ll simply get his daily ration
on my blog, then said good-bye.
And that is how I lost that guy.
Of future loves? I had one fewer.
But at least I gained a viewer!!!
The Prompt: Happy Endings. Tell us about something you tried to quit. How did that turn out?
https://dailypost.wordpress.com/prompts/happy-endings/
These days, when someone wants to “know about me” I refer them to my blog. We waste time? It’s all out there 🙂 We’re off today. I’ll write when I can.
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Hope you have a wonderful trip and visit with your friends…
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I love this! I think we are all obsessed. And doomed.
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Your sad tale is wonderfully told. An ounce of viewer in hand is worth a pound of potential romance?
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Ha…It would seem so.
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Interesting post. I wonder how I should react to that guy. Did he want all of you or only part of you? I don’t know.
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I think he didn’t want me at all, but if he had, he thought he would like more time than it seemed to him I had to spare. I think this second-guessing is what keeps us from doing much in our lives and I generally have not run my life by second-guessing. If I want something, I do it and take care of the problems as they come. There are a lot of things I’ve probably done wrong in my life but holding back from possibilities is not one of them!
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You are right. If someone likes us they should be ready for some sacrifices to enable us achieve our heart’s dreams. I am the proud husband of a woman who’s gone back to school to realize her dreams. I would have loved her by me for my selfish satisfaction, but I must consider her interest and make sacrifices for that.
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Good for you and for her. I think the most successful relationships are those where both people have their needs met.
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That is right. While I am making sacrifices for you, you are making sacrifices for me. I put you first and you put me first.
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That’s exactly how my best male friend and I feel. Each of us feels the other does more for us than we do for them. I think the secret is that we’re both doing what we like to do!!!
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This is the way Judy. Have a great day!
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I wasn’t blogging when this was first posted, so it’s great to see it. Wonderfully expressed. 🙂
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