17 ડિસેમ્બર, 2025

"When I see my own ex at a party, I clam up. Go in on myself like a jump-started pangolin."

Writes Simon Mills, in "I know how Madonna and Guy Ritchie must have felt in that room/Reunited after 17 years for their son Rocco’s exhibition, the former It couple made a good show of civility. So why can’t everyone else do the same?" (London Times).

He's simultaneously like a mollusk and a scaly anteater, but we see what he means. 
I have actually discreetly exited several events when spying her across the room. If I know in advance that she will be attending something, I tend to avoid it altogether. It’s stupid, ridiculous, teenage behaviour — I am 61! Divorced for almost 13 years!... I can’t deal with the unnerving strangeness of not knowing someone I once knew so well.... A festering, debilitating, emotionally ruinous sense of shame remains, blighting progress and preventing sleep....

I sent a link to this article to my son Chris, and he texted: "At first I thought it was gonna be about them having to pretend their son is a great painter." 

39 ટિપ્પણીઓ:

Peachy કહ્યું...

"Rocco Ritchie’s art is a clumsy pastiche of Francis Bacon"

pastiche - I need to use that word more. Reminds me of pistachio. which reminds be of Dubai style chocolates.
which reminds me of chocolate. damn.

Rocco કહ્યું...

Peachy, don’t forget the bacon, too.

Iman કહ્યું...

Like a sturgeon…

Peachy કહ્યું...

Bacon. You know - not a big fan. strangely.

Humperdink કહ્યું...

After 37 years my ex still refuses to talk to me unless she absolutely forced to do so. A bitter woman and she’s the one who left. So childish. At the time, my pastor told me to be cordial. I have followed that advice.

rehajm કહ્યું...

I love pangolins. I so wanted to see one in the wild. I visited the preserve where there was a pangolin studies camp but didn’t rearrange my schedule to do the overnighter to visit them. One of life’s big regrets…

Known Unknown કહ્યું...

You would think after seventeen years it would be fairly old hat.

rehajm કહ્યું...

I’m also a big fan of the Irish exit…

Aggie કહ્યું...

..."At first I thought it was gonna be about them having to pretend their son is a great painter." ...

How could it possibly be about their son, when it's All About Them?

n.n કહ્યું...

Ex-actly.

FullMoon કહ્યું...

Follow the link, son has that unhappy Nick Reiner look...

n.n કહ્યું...

Eggs-ellent advice.

n.n કહ્યું...

Beware the unPlanned "burden" entertaining abortive ideation.

NKP કહ્યું...

What happened to “Get over it?”

We were a family for 18 years. I see her every couple years at events involving kids or grandkids. Stay under the same roof for a few days - enjoy catching-up. We might even be “friends” on Facebook? We let each other down in big ways (she DID hit me first!). We always kinda liked each other but it wasn’t enough. Life without forgiveness isn’t much of a life.

Bitch did take me for over a $million, though.

narciso કહ્યું...

I like his film the least said of madonnas eldritch shape

Peachy કહ્યું...
આ ટિપ્પણી લેખક દ્વારા દૂર કરવામાં આવી છે.
narciso કહ્યું...

Its the London Times exoect them to get it wrong

Peachy કહ્યું...

Pangolins in China were slaughtered for the big lie.

tim maguire કહ્યું...

Now I can’t hear the word “pangolin” without thinking of Jon Stewart. https://youtu.be/sSfejgwbDQ8?si=_bYtPaZ6yYgRm2DO

narciso કહ્યું...

Man from uncle ministry and operation fortune are my top three

narciso કહ્યું...

Auditions for the bond milieu

BarrySanders20 કહ્યું...

"That's funny," Madonna said when told of Richie's comments. "I hardly think about him at all."

narciso કહ્યું...

Thats how we feel about madonna

Laslo Spatula કહ્યું...

He was caught off-guard. He thought he was being introduced to an unfortunate elderly plastic-surgery victim that looked vaguely frog-like, when it turns out that it is his ex.

Time goes by.

I am Laslo.

narciso કહ્યું...

Mistakes were made

Bob Boyd કહ્યું...

If a pangolin won’t start, do not connect it to your vehicle’s battery or electrical system.
Try a kick start. If it remains unresponsive, just leave it. It has probably joined the choir invisible and will never start, no matter what.

Bob Boyd કહ્યું...

The Norwegian Blue pangolin is known to play dead.

William50 કહ્યું...

Laslo,
+1

narciso કહ્યું...

Depends on the voltage

narciso કહ્યું...

It might go voom

Rosalyn C. કહ્યું...

Madonna looks like the attention is all about her, but in fairness that's true.

john mosby કહ્યું...

Jump-Started Pangolins were a great band. I saw them at the Cantab Lounge. CC, JSM

Josephbleau કહ્યું...

“ Depends on the voltage”

But what’s the frequency, Kenneth?

mccullough કહ્યું...

The Pangolin, a Marianne Moore poem, delights.

Marcus Bressler કહ્યું...

My 12-Step, spiritually-based program taught me how to forgive. I have forgiven all three of my ex's. With the exception of my surviving daughter's mother, I refuse to have anything to do with them.

Tom T. કહ્યું...

Mercifully, my first wife and I are on different coasts, so we never run the risk of attending the same event.

Fritz કહ્યું...

According to Willie Nelson “There is no such thing as an ex-wife, there are only additional wives . It’s an accumulation.” I wouldn't know.

n.n કહ્યું...

Ex parte meetings are fraught with ethical risk.

Not Illinois Resident કહ્યું...

This week we're reminded life with a rich and famous parent can be as difficult as our own.

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