tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1317198515686034704.post3410778309725076153..comments2024-03-27T09:52:02.406-07:00Comments on Petunia Face: Battle of the Sex(es)Petunia Facehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10862319327443285277noreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1317198515686034704.post-20511579989800190102009-09-01T14:36:58.188-07:002009-09-01T14:36:58.188-07:00I wish I had one girlfriend. Just one is all I ask...I wish I had one girlfriend. Just one is all I ask. Once you get to that weird age over 20, but not in college, no kids... where do you meet 20, 30-something women who are fun and average and not freaks? And why are all the girls I went to grade school with still in touch with each other, but not me? Do you ever feel like you alienate people on purpose, but you're not sure why?Oona Johnsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09951594171079633931noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1317198515686034704.post-65218316766205225532009-08-28T11:12:44.461-07:002009-08-28T11:12:44.461-07:00It is amazing how kids can force you out of your s...It is amazing how kids can force you out of your shell. I've always been somewhat of a loner. Very few people that I let in. Suddenly, I'm spending afternoons with women I wouldn't have normally interacted with. I'm still guarded but I'm trying to put myself out their more often.Heatherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06556133385364930308noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1317198515686034704.post-4390423517566985902009-08-28T08:21:23.301-07:002009-08-28T08:21:23.301-07:00I get it. You see glimpses of yourself in her, and...I get it. You see glimpses of yourself in her, and yet she's her own person, and all of that is kind of amazing and maybe a little scary, too. Personally, I have very few friends that I feel 100% totally myself around. With most others, I'm guarded, though I don't think they realize that.deehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12271310136010979584noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1317198515686034704.post-78407527966315908442009-08-28T04:10:05.814-07:002009-08-28T04:10:05.814-07:00You touch us everyday and few of us shy away. You ...You touch us everyday and few of us shy away. You obviously trust us enough to share yourself, your beautiful daughter, your cat and even a little bit of your lovely extended family. I think you are a relistic optimist. namasteAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1317198515686034704.post-39632051521374445712009-08-27T21:44:50.822-07:002009-08-27T21:44:50.822-07:00I always wondered - and still do - how do you pron...I always wondered - and still do - how do you pronounce Lilah?<br />Lie-la? Or Lee-lah?<br /><br />I am not touchy either. I maintain some high walls. I pretty much trust 2 people. And I really dislike all that about myself.JJnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1317198515686034704.post-11406315297628718162009-08-27T21:33:43.954-07:002009-08-27T21:33:43.954-07:00Sweet Valley High was my Bible from 9 to too old t...Sweet Valley High was my Bible from 9 to too old to care. matching gold lavalier necklaces and Todd Wilkins, Bruce Patman, Lilah Fowler, poor Enid Rollins. God I miss me some SVH.<br /><br />And R--no, this doesn't relate to you. You, my dear, are one of the few, the proud, the brave.Petunia Facehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10862319327443285277noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1317198515686034704.post-81033400029166408742009-08-27T21:22:39.002-07:002009-08-27T21:22:39.002-07:00Ah...this is a good subject. It reminds me of that...Ah...this is a good subject. It reminds me of that old saying about the difference between raising girls and boys. Girls mess up your head, but boys mess up your house. Not sure why, but it does. With boys, most of the time, you get what you see. It sounds sexist, but girls ARE more complicated and it's probably why you feel cautious with them. Anyway, of course this doesn't relate to me AT ALL... of course.<br />Right?<br />RIGHT?!!!<br />RRosaliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07861003087330922559noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1317198515686034704.post-78552301417345359342009-08-27T20:34:17.635-07:002009-08-27T20:34:17.635-07:00i think i'm definitely working at the first ro...i think i'm definitely working at the first round of being human. although i wish i had been cilantro. i have a feeling i was dill. i only went well with certain dishes and smelled somewhere between good and sorta gross.<br />and it's GOOD you don't trust us. you shouldn't. i have no issue with not trusting people implicitly. there's only so much of that to go around and i can love my friends without placing all of my trust in them. as long as i have approximately 4 people i can call at three am, i'm good. and i don't care what genitalia they have.<br /><br />SWEETMOTHERLOVINGVALLEYHIGH.<br /><br />oh, i used to be so obsessed.kristahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07862447137460152226noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1317198515686034704.post-66172817283871319832009-08-27T18:22:25.209-07:002009-08-27T18:22:25.209-07:00I used to trust every person I met, and as a child...I used to trust every person I met, and as a child would knock on strange houses in my neighbourhood asking if there was anyone there I could play with. I think perhaps I was a golden retriever in a past life - happy-go-lucky and eager to please and unconditionally loving anyone I met.<br /><br />I've obviously been kicked a few times since then since I'm similar to you now - a few close friends on whom I lavish love and affection, and everyone else gets my squinty suspicion.<br /><br />Thank God for a daughter who talks to every person she meets and forces me to at least make the attempt to do the same.mosey (kim)https://www.blogger.com/profile/14990626697257089908noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1317198515686034704.post-4655869892669869892009-08-27T17:45:54.318-07:002009-08-27T17:45:54.318-07:00First of all, kudos on the Sweet Valley High refer...First of all, kudos on the Sweet Valley High reference--loved it! Second of all, thank you so much for bringing up a topic that I've discussed with one (yes one) of my good girlfriends--we thought we were somehow strange, but now, perhaps not.Lisanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1317198515686034704.post-82838576113350491412009-08-27T15:57:07.606-07:002009-08-27T15:57:07.606-07:00I like that: "pardon me, but this is my first...I like that: "pardon me, but this is my first life as a woman." This would explain my lack of wedding fantasies, the fact that I don't care much about cooking. I'll take it further, though, and say that this is my first life as a person. In the past I have been a cat, a sunflower, fish, cilantro.Petunia Facehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10862319327443285277noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1317198515686034704.post-58833171994276712292009-08-27T15:40:41.548-07:002009-08-27T15:40:41.548-07:00I am this same kind of girl. I saw a, well, more ...I am this same kind of girl. I saw a, well, more than a psychic really, a mystic sort of, who just told me this is my first life as a woman and that explained everything. It is the excuse I use now when my good girlfriends don't understand when I don't take to someone. It is nice to have something to blame it on.Mrs. Blandingshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06402207636108999627noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1317198515686034704.post-12296167013433904822009-08-27T14:00:28.086-07:002009-08-27T14:00:28.086-07:00Zoey looks SO cute and happy in that picture. She ...Zoey looks SO cute and happy in that picture. She is totally in her element.Erinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04249442545928664320noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1317198515686034704.post-77734998087608132122009-08-27T13:49:06.333-07:002009-08-27T13:49:06.333-07:00I love your stories and the picture of Zoey is so ...I love your stories and the picture of Zoey is so adorable!<br /><br />I have a few girlfriends that are the best - they are very hard to find, but once you do they are forever friends...cathihttp://everydayadventuresofacuriousgal.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1317198515686034704.post-16321815454509194662009-08-27T13:24:28.093-07:002009-08-27T13:24:28.093-07:00I have this same problem with women. I have lived ...I have this same problem with women. I have lived in L.A. for three years now and still have no female friends that I love and trust. <br />I was beginning to trust one of them, but then she moved to Scotland. <br />I think my distrust comes from watching other woman do backhanded, despicable things to each other. And also from haunting memories of those horrible girls in the 6th and 7th grade who's main hobby was tormenting me.Alexsandriahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17334084136447901888noreply@blogger.com