Tonight Ange and I were driving around town when I noticed this string hanging off my glove.
I hate strings.
Haaaaaaate.
They drive me nuts.
NUTS.
So of course, I pulled it. I tried to do it so neatly so it would just come off and stop bothering me and nothing would go wrong.
DAMN.
Things always go wrong when they involve strings.
I immediately sent the picture to my mom along with a "Whoops. I accidentally pulled a string."
My mom hates when I pull strings.
When I was little I was always pulling strings. And my mom was always getting mad. Mostly because they ended up like the above picture.
And then one day? I pulled a string on my tights and to my surprise it ripped all the way around my leg and the lower half of my tight fell down to the ground. Whoops. Mom was way pissed about that one. But also? Secretly feeling all sorts of hysterical laughter.
Tonight we were texting back and forth about why I shouldn't have pulled the string on my glove. And she said "Strings are your kryptonite." She's totally right. I am weak where strings are concerned. Even though it overwhelmingly ends up like the above I always hope that it won't. That I will pull the string and it will come off and it won't leave a hole and I won't be bothered by the string anymore. That rarely happens. But still I pull. I srsly can't help myself. The string just calls my name. It BEGS me to pull it. I obsess over the string. Obsess until I can't take it anymore. And then I pull it. Most of the time that is a major failure in my plan. Every once in a while it works out. It's kind of like a gambling addiction. I keep thinking I'm going to win. But usually I just end up with a hole in my clothes or perhaps even a cut on my finger (true story: one time I tried to pull a string off the upholstery of my car and it sliced my finger open). My mom always asks me why I don't cut the strings. As if I carry scissors around with me all the time. As if I am patient enough to wait. Or motivated enough to go get the scissors. A quick tug is so much easier.
Damn strings.
3 comments:
so how well is that pulling strings thing working for you? here's an idea: fingernail clippers. clip the strings.
Oh! words of wisdom from Laurie.
You know there are these expensive gloves out now that have the finger tip slit open. This is so you can text and use touch screens which do not respond when you use a gloved fingertip.
So? There's that excuse--right?
Also there is the whole idea of buying lingerie that comes off when you pull a string--right?
what?
I am trying to help here
nevermind
Hehe. I love the lingerie comparison.
And I do have some fingertipless gloves that I use for my iphone. They were not expensive. But I am a losey mclosersone and I lose them a lot. I usually find them but I don't wear them all the time because I can't find them all the time. I have about 10 pairs of gloves and I usually can only find one or two at a time.
And now? I'm down a pair. Whoops.
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