This entry was posted on 8/13/2010 5:30 PM and is filed under Other.
Everyone talks about the hard life of a writer and many are just in awe of those of us who can produce unending words on paper. But I find, that of all the people who appreciate what I do....my girlfriend is not one of them.
Don't get me wrong...she's a wonderful and is like 99% supportive of anything I do. She even says she's supportive of my writing...and maybe she is, but there is this gray area....
I'm at my computer, typing away.
Her: Hey, what'cha doing?
Me: Working
Her: Working on what?
Me: Working on one of my blogs.
Her: What's a blog?
I sigh loudly...
Her Hey don't get huffy, I don't know a blog from a frog.
I chuckle and keep typing, because I don't want to lose the thought.
Her: So what are you typing for your blog?
Me: Let me type it and then you can read it.
Her I don't want to read it...just tell me.
I stop typing...
Me: Okay, I'm typing about our little conversations every time I'm on the computer writing.
Her: What? Who wants to read that? Why would you write that? I'm going out shopping.
Another sigh from me...this time, relief.
Me: Alright, I'll be done by the time you get back.
It is sometimes so frustrating. Most of the time when we have these conversations, she is doing nothing...maybe watching television...I guess its just that when a writer writes, we tend to shut those out around us. This is something we have to be careful about.
