The Candidate's Wife: Primo asks The Challenger why she didn't talk to him...
Oh yeah. I meant to post this yesterday.So not much more to say about this. Primo and The Challenger have become friends. They now speak honestly. And he asked her why she didn't talk to him before...
View ArticleThe Candidate's Wife: The architect who implied that Primo was racist because...
Primo: The architect? For those apartments?Me: Yes. The one who kept telling you that high-density housing increases property values? Which is why you see so much of it in rich neighborhoods?Primo:...
View ArticleThe Candidate's Wife: Primo talks The Challenger off the ledge after someone...
This is the bullshit people tell candidates. That you have to raise a ton of money and then spend it.Yes, money is important to campaigning because graphic artists do not (nor should they) work for...
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The Candidate's Wife: Primo goes to a campaign event for The Challenger
who wrote,Thanks to everyone who came! The Challenger here, and I have a few things I'd like to say. I'll post 2 now, and another later when I have a few more minutes. These two are people I forgot to...
View ArticleThe Candidate's Wife: Primo calls his contributors to tell them why he is...
Fortunately, most of them say no.I say "fortunately" because campaigning is not a money-making endeavor and Primo has already paid his campaign manager and paid the graphic artist who designed his door...
View ArticleThe Candidate's Wife: Primo gets an unsolicited offer for unsolicited advice...
There's this guy. Let's call him Otto. (I was going to use "Bob" but I think I have already used it.)Anyhow.Months ago, Otto was pissed that Primo wouldn't put up a yard sign for Otto's candidate in...
View ArticleThe Candidate's Wife: The winner of the Other Side's primary is such a loser...
Primo: I could have beaten this guy! I can't believe he won the [Other Side's] primary!Me: Me, neither! I thought everyone knew he was a total loser! Especially after that debacle in the...
View ArticleThe Candidate's Wife: Every time I think there is nothing more to write...
You guys, I have not been writing much. Primo has backed way out of politics, which means - not much political stuff to write about.I mean, sure, there is a ton of political stuff to write about, but -...
View ArticleFor those who don't believe, Number One
And these aren't even bad. I wasn't hurt. I was ashamed for some of them, but - never hurt.But in almost every case, my wishes, my voice, my space - subordinate to what a man wanted. There are men like...
View ArticleFor those who don't believe, Number Two
I am 22I am in my first job out of college. I have traveled to the Albuquerque office to give a training session about a new product. I am 22 and a woman. The people in the office are almost all men...
View ArticleFor those who don't believe, Number Three
I am 28I am in grad school and I work for a finance professor. I really like Prof S. He's brilliant and funny and nice.I like him in the way I like all brilliant, funny, and nice men my mother's...
View ArticleFor those who don't believe, Number Four
I am 30, I am 31, I am 32I don't even think these bear mentioning, just because they are so much part of the culture. It didn't occur to me until yesterday that these would even count as harassment,...
View ArticleFor those who don't believe, Number Five
I am 23I am living in Austin. I meet my friends' boss. He is in his early 30s. I think he's kind of hot, but - he's old and he's my friends' boss and he has a girlfriend anyhow.Friends' Boss (FB) quits...
View ArticleFor those who don't believe, Number Six
I am 24I am 24 and I have had a few boyfriends. I think this happens after Friends' Boss, but I can't remember. I remember these events by where I was living at the time. Friends' Boss and The Broker...
View ArticleIn which The Woman Fights Back
You guys, run, do not walk, to your bookstore or your library to get my friend Jeff Abbott's new book, The Three Beths. It is worth it just for this scene. (I mean, it's worth it for all of it, but...
View ArticleFor those who don't believe, Number Eight
I am 50This one - this one I don't even think of as any kind of assault. It's just kind of disgusting.I wasn't hurt. I wasn't scared. I was more - shocked. And then offended.It didn't occur to me to...
View ArticleFor those who don't believe, Number Nine
I am 54And this is so, so bizarre because I didn't even think of it as assault, I thought of it as a pass. Who makes a pass at a middle-aged woman wearing a loose sundress?It's 8 p.m. on an early...
View ArticleThe Candidate's Wife, or, should I say, The Engineer's wife?
Less than 48 hours ago, one of Primo's former co-workers called to ask Primo if he would be interested in coming back to work.Primo has since spoke to the woman who would be his boss, a friend he has...
View ArticleIn which I take a blog break because I am super busy at work trying to...
but I will be back soon.With election results. :)Everything is fine, I promise. Just super busy and about to go on vacation, so something has to go for now.Also, life is uneventful, which is excellent.
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