2009: You Are a Bad Boyfriend
ByGuest Blogger: Eyes WideOpen writes in
Dear 2009
You have been a very bad boyfriend and if am really honest with myself, I knew in January that it was not going to get any better, but I hung on to HOPE, and I said, ” Don’t Panic, maybe it will get better, I should trust you. Maybe it will blow over. “ But 2009 let me tell you right here and right now. You were a huge jerk. You made me doubt myself, you made me think I did not work hard enough…You made me think I was stupid for buying a house… you made me feel like I deserved to be treated way you treated me.
I am not going to lie, everyone noticed and tried to tell me. They said, 2009 is isolating you, why does he not want you to see us? Do you know what I thought… you jerk… do you? I actually believed that they were the stupid ones, and we were smart…., that together we could work hard enough to overcome as you like to call ” our challenges”. Guess what… there is not a TARP big enough to cover up our problems, and they were not “our challenges” they were YOUR problems that you wanted me to solve them for you. Yeah guess what; I did not bring subprime mortgages into our relationship, you got that from someone else, because I have clean credit and I have always been careful about how I use it, but NO you could not have any self respect could you?
Well 2009, its Over, Over, Over, and in a few hours I will never see you again. Guess what I got a new man, and his name is 2010, yeah double digits, I am dating an older man, and I will tell you exactly what I am going to do with 2010 just so when you lie in bed alone and wonder why you did what you did, you will know exactly what you are missing.
2010 and I are going to have a healthy relationship, we will have reasonable expectations of each other. 2010 looks forward to my insights, my new ideas, he thinks I am smart, and that I have made good decisions, and does not blame me for things out of my control. 2010 likes my family and friends, and even though he works really hard and is super smart, he gets that work is not everything. 2010 doesn’t think I am stupid when I ask how a mortgage readjustment works, or why I don’t qualify for Cash For Clunkers because I have always bought small cars.
You know, 2010 tells me No sometimes, and it okay, like how we cant go to nice dinners all the time because of our budget, but he doesn’t blame me for eating too much the year before. 2010 knows that nothing is guaranteed, but wants to try to make us work. That’s right 2009, 2010 and are planning on being in a committed relationship, and I will not waste another minute comparing myself to that…. fast and flashy 2007 anymore. Guess what, at midnight I am going to myself to 2010, its going to the best year ever and I mean ever. Good bye and good riddance. Here are some songs for to make your own pathetic song list with.
Yours:
Duffy: Warwick Avenue: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HhZ5-L9znt8
Mine:
Kelly Clarkson: Since You’ve Been Gone: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=41LG2k-ivVY
Sincerely….wishing we never met,
Margaret Meeker Bjork
PS Ladies, I know I am not the only one who has been dating 2009, so I would love to hear your thoughts on 2009
10 Comments
December 30th, 2009 at 8:52 pm
I hate 2009, you know what he said to me…. he told me, I should be lucky to have a job and him as a boyfriend. Yeah right, I carried that SOB the whole year.
December 31st, 2009 at 11:18 am
I totally fell for the same darn 2009! If only I had known he was trapping you in his greedy little claws I would have warned you. He was out there trying to make me feel stupid for buying a house too! What a jerk. I lost way too much sleep over that nerd. I’m glad we’re rid of him.
December 31st, 2009 at 11:27 am
2009 made me think I am not wealthy enough to have children! 2009 is shallow and simple minded!
December 31st, 2009 at 12:21 pm
Very clever post — I’m glad to hear you’ve won over 2010 and sent 2009 back to the dating game. Cheers to the New Year and Decade!
December 31st, 2009 at 6:03 pm
It so good to hear I was not the only dupped. 2009 has been calling me all day, its so humilating, why do they always do that? Happy New Years everyone
January 2nd, 2010 at 8:28 pm
Silly me who kept looking at stupid 2009 for inspiration. I spent 365 whole days with the jerk until I realized that I don’t need him to find it! 2010 is older and wiser, and is also definitely bigger and better!
January 3rd, 2010 at 10:09 pm
You go girl! That 2009 made me feel like a crazy woman for building a business and dreaming of a self-employed lifestyle. But you know what?? HE WAS WRONG! He was just envious of the drive and potential that he himself lacked. Woo hoo for going with that 2010 stud!
January 4th, 2010 at 10:48 am
No more “head in the sand” over financial health! 2010 wants me to bare it all! 2010 says I can be healthy physcially as well as financially. I just have to pay attention to the details like calories and dollars in and calories and dollars out. Here’s to new challenges and exciting opportunities!
January 5th, 2010 at 4:40 pm
2009 spinned his no-good web with me, too! He blamed me for what all his other girlfriends did and got his filthy hands deep into my hard-earned savings before I even knew what hit me. I refuse to dwell on his insecurities; instead, I’ll take the power back by budgeting and re-building my savings along with the help of our charming 2010. And losing a few of the pounds, too, for good riddance.
January 8th, 2010 at 12:00 pm
2009, considering we are 8 whole days into 2010 I really don’t know why I am wasting my time on you but, I need to get a few things of my chest. So, let’s be honest, I gained a little bit of weight last year with you. Lucky for me, that’s no longer your problem. Unlike you, 2010 appreciates my new “curves”. Instead of constant criticizing, he gently suggests we go to the gym together, take the dog on long brisk walks together, HE makes ME oatmeal each morning…even with berries, you know, for the antioxidants. I won’t let you beat me down another second! I am beautiful no matter what size I wear…2010 gets that as well! Do you know what the best part is??? He even understands that every once in a while a girl needs her (guilt free) Nacho Bell Grande. (Arby’s on special occasions too.) Good riddance, 2009. I’m with a real man now!