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Disclaimer: This blog entry is verbatim, as originally posted on LKH's blog. Copyright belongs to Ma Petite Enterprises.

Comments

[suzycat]

Well how perfect.

Something strikes me here: the complete dismissal of exes. The "ex-third" is unimportant, even though she and Jon, her husband, were "in love" with him and they'd hoped he'd be a major part of their lives. It seems like once someone isn't the love object any more they cease to exist, and that's cold, to me.

ETA oh wait hang on, the ex-third is not the ex-partner of Genevieve and the Laurellathon. But still. "Doesn't matter because he's an ex" isn't compatible with ideas of "loving more" in my mind.

[apep727]

It doesn't help that she's not actually referring to them by name - just as "ex-[whatever]". Like she's trying to make them into nonpersons.

[elialshadowpine]

IDK -- if I were LKH's ex, I really wouldn't want her including my name on her blog.

[apep727]

True, but it still feels like she's defining them solely through their relationship with her. And it's a constant thing - a while ago she mentioned that Trinity was spending time with her father, but LKH still referred to him as "my ex-husband" rather than "Trinity's father".

It just sounds a little sociopathic, is all.

[collectively]

My ex-husband got to keep our remaining parrot and I got the two dogs; we shared Trinity.

*facepalm* Oh, LKH. Surely there was a way to express this that didn't make it sound like your daughter was your least favorite pet.

[ravens_shadow]

This. So much this. I get what she intended, but her phrasing and sentence structure... just not good.

[apep727]

I was never going to marry again [. . .] Six months later I would be engaged

Wow, that's some commitment there. You know, some people might take this as an indication that LKH and Jon, her husband, Jon stopped being "just friends" some time before the divorce. Just sayin'.

[magdalen77]

I don't personally know, but people here on this forum have mentioned that Jonboi and she weren't particularly discreet and people had seen them acting affectionate (for lack of a better word) at cons long before the divorce. To be fair to LaLa separation and divorce can take a long time. Both her ex-husband and she may have moved on to other relationships long before the divorce was final.

[apep727]

My issue is more with the wording. If she'd said they were separated or finalizing their divorce, I wouldn't be so bothered. And the timeline just bugs me. Like she and Jon, her husband, Jon couldn't quite wait for the dust to settle before deciding to get hitched. I know, it's none of my business, but it still bugs me.

[magdalen77]

Well, the way that LaLa keeps insisting that Jonboi and she were just friends, really, honest, until they suddenly fell in love and got married does seem like she's cleaning up things so it doesn't look like she was cheating.

I really don't care, but it is funny how, even after all these years, she feels like she has to justify herself.

[kisstheground]

....

I now know more about Laurell's personal life than I do most of my friends.

That's not okay.

[magdalen77]

This is just another version of LaLa's "I'm so happy, happy with my life...can't you see how happy I am, dammit!!" blogs. Is there any other writer or blogger that feels the need to constantly do this? I read about 5 other writers' blogs and tweets and I've never seen anyone go on as much about their private life and keep insisting they're so unbelievably happy with it like LaLa. It makes me feel sorry for her.