Update re: Chubbs

We had the weigh in this weekend. Chubbs lost at least 10lbs. Isn't that exciting? If only he were exciting. Apparently, I am not as shallow as I thought. I thought that all I cared about was whether my guy was thin or not. But, no. I require more. You have to be interesting.

The fact that Chubbs was Chubbs was strike one. Strike two was that he said that he liked me because I was intelligent. It dawned on me that this was the reason that all of our dates had involved some discussion of politics. But, the idea that I came off as intelligent in those conversations says to me that Chubbs is an idiot. I don't know anything about politics. A political discussion is like a mental vacation for me. I just go on auto pilot. I do the same three things. First, I point out the most logical and compelling counter argument. Second, I create an extreme hypothetical to make the other person question their position. Then I poke at everything else they say until they get frustrated. I can do it for hours!!! The following statements always work: "that's not necessarily true" or "you are assuming x (repeat some part of what they said)" or "it's more complicated than that."

If I exhaust all of those options I resort to name calling like "liberal" "hippie" "commie" "white male patriarch" "bible thumper" etc. Notice that none of these things require any real arguments of my own. And, I will never defend a counter position. I have one political position: It's complicated. Haha. C'mon. That's not intelligence. Wait, maybe I am an evil genius actually.

Strike 3 occurred a couple of weeks ago when I told Chubbs over text that I was going to see the new LiLo movie. I sent it and then thought to myself that he would not know what I was talking about, and before I could finish the thought he responded with what's that? I knew it was over. I mean who doesn't know who "LiLo" is? Could I really date someone who didn't? While I am reading tmz.com he is reading nyt.com. That's just not right. He is watching CNN while I am watching VH1.


Nope, I am not vain at all. I am proud of myself.