tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2923792986438866285.post1754833914342155276..comments2024-01-01T08:56:57.641-08:00Comments on Periphery: One LoveTangledLouhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04771682524596744447noreply@blogger.comBlogger19125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2923792986438866285.post-36642311910214791472012-05-15T15:22:19.964-07:002012-05-15T15:22:19.964-07:00I have read this through four or five times now an...I have read this through four or five times now and each time have been struck by the insight and courage you've shown in this post. I am in awe of both your writing ability and your willingness to lay it all out there. Thanks.Masked Momhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08197019009052401812noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2923792986438866285.post-50022664316741037102012-05-07T16:53:58.865-07:002012-05-07T16:53:58.865-07:00It's all part of the service here on the Perip...It's all part of the service here on the Periphery. <br />I am finding it interesting how many people are owning up to a similar experience.TangledLouhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04771682524596744447noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2923792986438866285.post-23227939141313344342012-05-06T11:29:18.765-07:002012-05-06T11:29:18.765-07:00I've had a relationship like that as well. Thi...I've had a relationship like that as well. This stung a bit, made me feel ashamed. I hadn't thought of that relationship in more than a decade, and now it's brought up all sorts of shaming feelings I need to go deal with. Excuse me.cdnkarohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12300104667616840616noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2923792986438866285.post-2147937594374986052012-05-05T22:11:24.293-07:002012-05-05T22:11:24.293-07:00Thank you, Larissa. Let it be a cautionary tale, n...Thank you, Larissa. Let it be a cautionary tale, no? ;)TangledLouhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04771682524596744447noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2923792986438866285.post-51486359997132264692012-05-05T22:10:52.541-07:002012-05-05T22:10:52.541-07:00Thank you so much, Jewels. I'm flabbergasted.Thank you so much, Jewels. I'm flabbergasted.TangledLouhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04771682524596744447noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2923792986438866285.post-24839375797496847822012-05-05T22:10:26.946-07:002012-05-05T22:10:26.946-07:00On the one hand, I'm glad I'm not the only...On the one hand, I'm glad I'm not the only one who has acted thus, but on the other hand... so many broken hearts, no?TangledLouhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04771682524596744447noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2923792986438866285.post-66381638557127636492012-05-05T22:08:44.257-07:002012-05-05T22:08:44.257-07:00We do that, don't we? It's a wonder anyone...We do that, don't we? It's a wonder anyone likes anyone at all, ever.TangledLouhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04771682524596744447noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2923792986438866285.post-22323252258479034832012-05-05T22:07:51.630-07:002012-05-05T22:07:51.630-07:00I like that idea, too.
I thought I was writing s...I like that idea, too. <br /><br />I thought I was writing something different when I started. A kind of funny story about a near miss, right? Funny how the fingers take over like that when we let them and they just pound out the ugly honest truth.TangledLouhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04771682524596744447noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2923792986438866285.post-2214689233571353742012-05-05T22:06:43.394-07:002012-05-05T22:06:43.394-07:00Thank you, Marianne. You say "chicken", ...Thank you, Marianne. You say "chicken", I say "sane".TangledLouhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04771682524596744447noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2923792986438866285.post-13830235708453296262012-05-05T22:06:10.415-07:002012-05-05T22:06:10.415-07:00These things stick with us, don't they?
I wrot...These things stick with us, don't they?<br />I wrote this as part of a larger project I'm working on and sent it out here into the blogosphere as sort of a test balloon. I'm rather surprised at the response it's getting.TangledLouhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04771682524596744447noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2923792986438866285.post-21991067704709088852012-05-05T22:05:04.849-07:002012-05-05T22:05:04.849-07:00Wow. Thanks. You know, when I hit publish on this,...Wow. Thanks. You know, when I hit publish on this, I did not think to myself "This is the best thing I've ever written." I thought "Wow, I am so shallow and now everyone will know and they will stop reading me."TangledLouhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04771682524596744447noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2923792986438866285.post-89452488820420300592012-05-05T15:33:55.233-07:002012-05-05T15:33:55.233-07:00Um, I think you just held up a mirror for me. My r...Um, I think you just held up a mirror for me. My relationship that just was lasted 2 years and I wound up blaming him for pretty much all of it. Ouch.Margihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00380912871792176901noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2923792986438866285.post-62130119302686941722012-05-05T10:41:38.178-07:002012-05-05T10:41:38.178-07:00I'm glad you wrote the truth and didn't dr...I'm glad you wrote the truth and didn't dress it up to make it more palatable. That is your job. You did it beautifully.<br /><br />I like the idea that certain people come into our lives, and us into theirs, to fulfill a purpose. And then we depart from one another. We might never know fully what the purpose was, but we know it's been served.Vesuvius At Homehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02783271096885148080noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2923792986438866285.post-18666246462087513612012-05-04T20:42:21.555-07:002012-05-04T20:42:21.555-07:00It takes a very self-aware and intuitive person to...It takes a very self-aware and intuitive person to write what you did. I am far too chicken to go there. Bravo!Mariannehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04509329937576764550noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2923792986438866285.post-12459882257378741972012-05-04T20:31:10.707-07:002012-05-04T20:31:10.707-07:00I have been the hurter and the hurtee. Neither on...I have been the hurter and the hurtee. Neither one is easy. I find that there are left over feelings with both relationships that continue to haunt me every now and then. <br />I'm curious to know what made you recall and reflect on your relationship with this man at this time.<br />Is it something that will always be with you, also?lyndagracehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13530605081989558341noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2923792986438866285.post-53526773224700023612012-05-04T19:47:10.986-07:002012-05-04T19:47:10.986-07:00I agree with Tara. Best ever.
When we open oursel...I agree with Tara. Best ever.<br /> When we open ourselves and reveal the raw truth inside, writing becomes so profound and poetic. It's because we reveal the weak and human side of us that most everyone can relate to.Julie DeMillehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17929034148906710834noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2923792986438866285.post-74568670091377740812012-05-04T18:48:43.566-07:002012-05-04T18:48:43.566-07:00I did this to a boy but, when he asked me to marry...I did this to a boy but, when he asked me to marry him, I said yes and then broke of the engagement. I left him and his parents stopped speaking to him and he lost his self-respect. It is a wonder I didn't lose mine because I should have. I have carried several men along tied by their ankles to a rope of cruel hope that they will improve. I even do it now to my husband, who is actually just fine and who I married because we are well matched. This brokenness that is inflicted on other people–you write it so, so beautifully. I wrote your first love piece, and I wondered why I wrote it for the crazy, broken boy that I did. Now I know. It is because I loved HIM instead of doing this. He was different, the only one besides my now husband who ever was. Thank you for sharing this. It is the best thing I think you have ever written.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08644569152748119356noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2923792986438866285.post-47086440672128892492012-05-04T17:36:22.271-07:002012-05-04T17:36:22.271-07:00Ouch. My cheeks are burning with humiliating under...Ouch. My cheeks are burning with humiliating understanding. I too did this to a boy. Man, really. A nice man who just kind of...was.Just Janehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02861216483398553225noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2923792986438866285.post-58205870786825210312012-05-04T16:24:59.151-07:002012-05-04T16:24:59.151-07:00This was beautiful, TangledLou. So open, raw, and ...This was beautiful, TangledLou. So open, raw, and honest.Larissa T.https://www.blogger.com/profile/18054129254135419707noreply@blogger.com