Bizarro world

Okay, I think this is a little bizarre although my husband is just shaking his head. (Come to think of it, he does that a lot around me.) Anyway, my daughter is down for Thanksgiving and brought one of her guy friends over. (What is the term for a guy your daughter is dating but isn’t exclusive with? I mean, besides ‘lucky’ because hey, my daughter is pretty special.) The bizarre thing is that I think he looks eerily like one of my old boyfriends, Stuart, who is currently featured on my website (because I haven’t gotten around to updating it to reflect that I have a new book out.)

Hmmm. There is probably a plot idea brewing about all of this. (Which is why teenagers are so valuable. If you want to write, a teenager is a must.)

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The second bizarre thing–which an observant commenter pointed out and which I hadn’t realized until I’d already posted the blog–is that yes, my daughter and I are standing in the exact same position. No, that wasn’t posed for effect. She even has the same head tilt and smile. Which obviously means, dear daughter: THAT HE IS ABOUT TO DUMP YOU FOR JESSIE LIPE!

Not that any of this is making me relieve those early years . . .

19 comments

  1. Angela
    November 18, 2007 at 11:30 pm

    That is spooky!
    But you’re right, there’s your next book.

  2. Anne Bradshaw
    November 19, 2007 at 7:50 am

    Beautiful photos!

  3. tenacious d
    November 19, 2007 at 8:23 am

    That is really weird. He’s a cute boy, and I agree that he’s lucky to be able to hang out with Asenath.

  4. Annette Lyon
    November 19, 2007 at 9:42 am

    Striking resemblance.

    I don’t know that I’d do well if one of my daughers showed up with a boy who looked like an ex. I’d get the heebie-jeebies.

  5. Heather B. Moore
    November 19, 2007 at 11:31 am

    Very funny 😉

    So does this mean her taste is good or bad?

  6. Julie Wright
    November 19, 2007 at 12:30 pm

    oh wow! That is seriously bizarre, and yeah he’s a cutie! life is stranger than fiction on every level.

  7. Smithy Smith
    November 19, 2007 at 4:53 pm

    That is scary.(Did you stage that photo because the positions look awflly alike…)
    I’ve met a lot of people who look like other people I know, I just haven’t met my “twin.”
    Everyone is suppposed to have a twin, maybe their each others twins, “the people who say everyone has a twin” never did say that they had to be the same age…

  8. Nerd Goddess
    November 19, 2007 at 5:48 pm

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  9. Lillian Syville
    November 19, 2007 at 8:53 pm

    YEah, nerd goddess has a point there… Hmmm…Spooky… And what does Asenath have to say about this?

  10. Janette Rallison
    November 19, 2007 at 11:31 pm

    Being a teenager works just as well. It’s all about the drama.

    And Asenath has good taste of course!

  11. Anonymous
    November 20, 2007 at 8:42 am

    Janette, I really think you’re on to something here. Seriously!

    –Erin

  12. Janette Rallison
    November 20, 2007 at 9:32 am

    I just added this to my blog to address the point you made, Smithy Smith.

    The second bizarre thing–which an observant commenter pointed out and which I hadn’t realized until I’d already posted the blog–is that yes, my daughter and I are standing in the exact same position. No, that wasn’t posed for effect. She even has the same head tilt and smile. Which obviously means, dear daughter: THAT HE IS ABOUT TO DUMP YOU FOR JESSIE LIPE!

    Not that any of this is making me relieve those early years . . .

  13. Annette Lyon
    November 20, 2007 at 4:28 pm

    Another bizarre thought: does this mean she’ll have found her future husband when she starts dating someone who looks like *your* hubby?

  14. Smithy Smith
    November 20, 2007 at 5:42 pm

    like Mother like daughter

  15. Asenath
    November 20, 2007 at 8:59 pm

    Just thought I’d add my 2 cents:
    1.) Yes, I think it’s a little bit weird. Usually Mom lives vicariously through me…not the other way around…
    2.) Yes, he is lucky to hang out with me 😉

  16. Shellie
    November 21, 2007 at 1:41 pm

    I can just hear the plots brewing! Freaky Friday!

  17. Tristi Pinkston
    November 22, 2007 at 9:21 am

    Hey, I think your husband is much better looking than that guy who dumped you. And I bet that guy who dumped you is sorry now!

  18. Josi
    November 24, 2007 at 11:50 am

    ha, ha, ha. That is hilarious, and he does look just like stuart. yikes!

  19. Leez
    March 23, 2008 at 11:19 am

    This is obviously very dated, but I found great entertainment in browsing your blog. And now for my comment: *ahem*

    That is possibly one of the creepiest shirts I have ever seen (the one your daughter is wearing), because the two people on it look exactly like my mother and father. No joke. They look EXACTLY like them. Now I must get that shirt.

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