In my head, the punchline's always dirty (I can't help it, blame my mother)

September 24, 2008

In my head, the punchline's always dirty (I can't help it, blame my mother)

All this talk about wearing the Pearls of Believability made me remember a lovely little gift the Almost-Ex gave me on the day I defended my thesis.

He gave me a string of beautiful, black pearls with matching earrings. It was so thoughtful and kind.

But as I look back on it, the gift makes me laugh. Not because we're undoing all this. Not because it's in a drawer with lots of other pretty stuff I am pretty sure I will never wear again. Not because the last gift he gave me was a...umm, what was that? Oh yeah, a card.

It makes me laugh looking back on that because he gave me a pearl necklace. For getting a degree in Women Studies.

A pearl necklace, people. For a degree in being an ass-kicking, empowered, independent woman.

Let that sink in a bit. And when the irony strikes you, come on back and I'll pour you a nice gimlet and we'll laugh a little bit more about it together. Maybe even make a plan for how this single mama's going to get her a double-strand next time.

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Oh my goodness. Well, at least you can laugh about it. Irony is awesome sometimes.

Steph

Posted by: Adventures In Babywearing | September 24, 2008 at 07:46 AM

Don't chuck the pearls. One day they won't remind you of anything but jewelry.

Been there - I swear!

Posted by: Amy Nathan | September 24, 2008 at 10:59 AM

I get your point, but powerful ass-kicking women can still wear pearls, can't they? Black ones are sort of ninja like... :-)

Posted by: dadshouse | September 24, 2008 at 02:19 PM

rolling on the floor right now!!! :)

Posted by: 2Jmama | September 24, 2008 at 07:23 PM

I had to read this to my coworker, 'cause she was a little curious why I was fallin out of my chair laughing!!!!!

Posted by: Sarah | September 26, 2008 at 01:31 PM

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September 24, 2008