I knew we were kindred nerds, Jill. Along with the so-called "women's sports pages," also known as Sunday's NYT wedding announcements, I also read both dysfunctional relationship columns religiously (usually judging the subjects mercilessly and almost always having my own ideas how to redeem their sorry misunderstandings), and I'd hate to see either the Times' Modern Love or Washington Post's Date Lab go away.
Get the new PD toolbar! I merely suggested a temporary bump of Modern Love since I was writing about finding a suitable place in the New York paper for fiction and figured ML was the closest thing to it. I mean, we don't believe those self-portraits are strictly accurate do we? Should we? I've always thought the personal essay nature of the column was to tell entertaining parables and cautionary tales with at least a spoonful of fanciful romance to keep us all engaged. Maybe I'm too cynical about my romances, but, if I thought the weekly stories of love and other hazards were absolutely, verifiable, 100% reportage, I'd expect the wives, boyfriends, one night stands and many, many, exes exposed every week to be contacted and asked for their version. How dull and disappointing it would be when they each responded with a variation of "that's not quite how I remember it."
""Maybe I'm too cynical about my romances,but...""
Ahhh, varity.....the spice of life. Here's hoping your "practicing" safely.
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Cherry Cola
7:04PM Jun 8th 2009
This entire Politic's Daily Crap thing is disappointing and dull. Whoever came up with this format probably thought the Yugo was a top-of-the-line import.
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JLD
7:33PM Jun 8th 2009
Are you freaking kidding me?? We gave up Political Machine for this drivel? These women are embarrassing. My four daughters and I read the real sports page to find out how our favorite football, baseball, and hockey teams have fared. We also read the Wall Street Journal and watch the History Channel. I don't think any of us have ever read a wedding announcement unless we knew the bride or groom. Is this a column from the 1950's or what? Do you wait to read Dear Abby until your husband has finished reading the real news and you've brought him his pipe and slippers? Yikes! I can't believe these are supposed to be the "real" journalists and Caleb, Tommy, and crew weren't "professional" enough for AOL. At least they didn't pass slobbery notes like this to their gal pals between class!