Is it me?

Dave Sutton's barnet · Post by **Dave Sutton's barnet** » Mon Aug 20, 2007 8:27 pm

Or is this strand of "writing" incredibly annoying?

Apparently the "cult" (I think they got that slightly wrong) blog MyBoyfriendIsATwat.com is to be turned into a book, bagging the writer lots of money. Good: then she can either shit or get off the pot - if he's a dick, leave him.

It simply winds me up when people feel the need to whine in public about their choice of partner. Lucy Mangan, an otherwise capable writer, regularly spends half her Guardian column whining about how her boyf is useless. You think I care? At least Mil Millington, who arguably started the genre with Things My Girlfriend And I Argue About, was equally spearing and sparing with himself and his partner. When it's simply a list of grievances, it's victim culture, "comedy" as derogation, wholly unsympathetic and the writing equivalent of kicking a cripple. Then getting into bed with him. And I don't care that the boyfriend is aware of the blog, dared her to start it, loves the infamy. That just confirms that he's a dick.

Oh and is it fair to say that the blog would have been rather less feted if it were MyGirlfriendIsATwat.com?

a1 · Post by a1 » Mon Aug 20, 2007 8:41 pm

blogs are gay ..

jmjhb · Post by **jmjhb** » Mon Aug 20, 2007 8:44 pm

Some women just can never be pleased...

Batman · Post by **Batman** » Mon Aug 20, 2007 8:48 pm

a1 wrote:blogs are gay ..

hrg alert

Bruce Rioja · Post by **Bruce Rioja** » Mon Aug 20, 2007 8:53 pm

Dave Sutton's barnet wrote: Is it me?

Absolutely.

Armchair · Post by **Armchair** » Mon Aug 20, 2007 8:54 pm

Question for you DSB, why do you read that type of sh!t?

CAPSLOCK · Post by **CAPSLOCK** » Mon Aug 20, 2007 8:57 pm

He wants to know what his bird thinks of him

Dave Sutton's barnet · Post by **Dave Sutton's barnet** » Mon Aug 20, 2007 8:58 pm

Armchair wrote:Question for you DSB, why do you read that type of sh!t?

I don't. Just saw the story in the Media Guardian and thought I'd share.

Dave Sutton's barnet · Post by **Dave Sutton's barnet** » Mon Aug 20, 2007 8:58 pm

CAPSLOCK wrote:He wants to know what his bird thinks of him

Which one?

Armchair · Post by **Armchair** » Mon Aug 20, 2007 9:01 pm

Dave Sutton's barnet wrote:
CAPSLOCK wrote:He wants to know what his bird thinks of him
Which one?

Good comeback

Dave Sutton's barnet · Post by **Dave Sutton's barnet** » Mon Aug 20, 2007 9:03 pm

Armchair wrote:
Dave Sutton's barnet wrote:
CAPSLOCK wrote:He wants to know what his bird thinks of him
Which one?
Good comeback

...as they say in Portsmouth and Fulham

hisroyalgingerness · Post by **hisroyalgingerness** » Mon Aug 20, 2007 9:03 pm

the other notable blog that has made it to print is http://girlwithaonetrackmind.blogspot.com

similar sentiments, a blog by a bloke about his shagging fantasies would have been dismissed as perverse

CAPSLOCK · Post by **CAPSLOCK** » Mon Aug 20, 2007 9:03 pm

Dave Sutton's barnet wrote:
CAPSLOCK wrote:He wants to know what his bird thinks of him
Which one?

The one that thinks you're a nice person

Is there more than one?

Dave Sutton's barnet · Post by **Dave Sutton's barnet** » Mon Aug 20, 2007 9:04 pm

Quite, HRG. Which hardly seems fair.

Dave Sutton's barnet · Post by **Dave Sutton's barnet** » Mon Aug 20, 2007 9:04 pm

CAPSLOCK wrote:
Dave Sutton's barnet wrote:
CAPSLOCK wrote:He wants to know what his bird thinks of him
Which one?
The one that thinks you're a tw*t

Is there more than one?

Possibly. They tend to be intelligent.

communistworkethic · Post by **communistworkethic** » Mon Aug 20, 2007 9:18 pm

Guardian reader????

Dave Sutton's barnet · Post by **Dave Sutton's barnet** » Mon Aug 20, 2007 9:22 pm

communistworkethic wrote:Guardian reader????

Media supplement on a Monday. One has to keep an eye on one's industry. And chuckle at New Woman losing 45% of its sales.

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