Dear MammaMia Sammy- Page 4

[nomdeplume]

Posted: 4/8/11 at 4:10pm

**** happens

[FindingNamo]

Posted: 4/8/11 at 5:57pm

Carl Newman always has an appropriate lyric somewhere and Neko Case always helps him make them even more beautiful.
Adventures in Solitude, The New Pornographers

[Mister Matt]

Posted: 4/9/11 at 4:18pm

Anyone have more ideas for appropriate songs/films? Life after divorce or I hate your guts, et al? I don't really have the metal resources for research at the moment, but I would love some suggestions.

[ghostlight2]

Posted: 4/9/11 at 5:01pm

Harry Nilsson
You're Breakin' My Heart

[nomdeplume]

Posted: 4/9/11 at 10:29pm

"Lucille"

either the one by Kenny Rogers or Little Richard, with a slight preference for the former due to the present pathos

[sabrelady]

Posted: 4/9/11 at 10:46pm

A little too early (yet!) but "Cry Me a River" and "Who's Sorry Now?" Edit- Down Hearted Blues- Bessie Smith

Almost any thing by Alaniss Morrisette.
Updated On: 4/9/11 at 10:46 PM

[doodlenyc]

Posted: 4/11/11 at 2:43pm

Matt, so sorry about this, but am glad at least you have so much support here on bww. You have certainly had a hard year and hope that this just adds to your strength in the end.
Hugs.

Also, I would suggest "Seasons in the Sun" because then you can pretend he's dead.

[Q]

Posted: 4/11/11 at 2:49pm

Don't know if you're a sequins and feathers kind of gal, but . . .
Some of these days.

[AnthVoice2010]

Posted: 4/11/11 at 7:39pm

I'm just shocked that MamaMia Sammy is a real person that anyone would leave anyone else for.

He is, without question, repulsive on so many levels(he used to pm me about meeting up at a porn place....how romantic)...

Mind you I had never even seen a photo or talked to him..

He never forgot my snub...

Mister Matt, u will find a wonderful person who adores "PrettyBelle"...you'll see..

But I think I speak for everyone - we want names, stories and photos....

Lindsay Lohan would do it! Go with Lindsay!

[nygrl232]

Posted: 4/11/11 at 8:30pm

What goes around comes around, Mister Matt. That's hard to believe right now, but it is really true. People who are cruel attract that stuff back onto them. They get taken down by their own devices. Most of them are too idiotic to do the karmic math, though. So they just keep on that path while the people who are out of their lives can be glad not to be around that mess.

This may sound a bit weird, but leave your workplace for a while. Talk to HR and say you need a short sabbatical to deal with your family or personal situation. If you need family time, go do that, and if you need to be around friends watching stupid movies or if you need to be alone meditating near a stream, really, whatever you need right now, do that. Take a week or two, regroup, ctrl alt del, and then calmly re-enter your workplace. Just my 2 cents. The people who surround you need to be loving and supportive. Anyone who isn't need not come to movie night.
Updated On: 4/12/11 at 08:30 PM

[sabrelady]

Posted: 4/12/11 at 12:51am

Was thinking about songs and this cme to mind. Anger and Pain.
Paint It Black
I see a red door and I want it painted black
No colors anymore I want them to turn black
I see the girls walk by dressed in their summer clothes
I have to turn my head until my darkness goes

I see a line of cars and they're all painted black
With flowers and my love, both never to come back
I see people turn their heads and quickly look away
Like a newborn baby it just happens ev'ryday

No more will my green sea go turn a deeper blue
I could not forsee this thing happening to you
If I look hard enough into the setting sun
My love will laugh with me before the morning comes

I look inside myself and see my heart is black
I see my red door and it has been painted black
Maybe then I'll fade away and not have to face the facts
It's not easy facing up when your whole world is black

I see a red door and I want it painted black
No colors anymore I want them to turn black
I see the girls walk by dressed in their summer clothes
I have to turn my head until my darkness goes

Hmm, hmm, hmm...

I wanna see it painted black, painted black
Black as night, black as coal
I wanna see the sun, blotted out from the sky
I wanna see it painted, painted, painted, painted black
Yeah

Hmm, hmm, hmm...

[Mister Matt]

Posted: 4/12/11 at 10:59am

I really am collecting all these songs and creating a playlist. I'm embarrassed to admit I'm unfamiliar with New Pornographers, but after hearing that song, I'm totally hooked. I immediately purchased the CD.

nygrl - You're an absolute gem. I wish I could do something like that with my job, but it's a small startup company. We technically have HR from a partner company, but it's on paper only. My psychiatrist suggested intensive outpatient therapy, but it's three hours a day in the middle of the day three times a week. Medical expenses are now up to $450/month (with insurance) and there is no way I could afford to add the outpatient services, not to mention I'd lose my job with that much time away from the office.

[Marianne2]

Posted: 4/12/11 at 3:23pm

Apologies if you do not find this amusing. But, the Cell Block Tango from Chicago is always a good song. Just pick which story you like best, and that can be your ex.

[FindingNamo]

Posted: 4/12/11 at 3:35pm

Matt, I was reallllllly late to the New Pornographer's party but they are excuisite. Their singer Neko Case also has a countrified solo career that is pretty fantastic too.

[Mister Matt]

Posted: 4/12/11 at 3:49pm

Namo - I have been listening to them all day. Really digging it.

So, I decided to design a new T-shirt for those like myself unwittingly pushed into the foray of single life. Again.

This is the front...

[Mister Matt]

Posted: 4/12/11 at 3:51pm

Back of shirt...

Do you think it would sell?

[JustAGuy]

Posted: 4/12/11 at 3:53pm

Matt...the exit wound is usually larger than the entrance wound...but I like the shirt! This is assuming that you were shot in the heart from the front and not from the back.

Updated On: 4/12/11 at 03:53 PM

[Craig]

Posted: 4/12/11 at 3:55pm

Matt - sorry for your "loss"

I truly am - and words cannot express nor really begin to help your healing. And as cliche as it sounds - it's really for the best and that as long as the relationship DID go on - you have so many wonderful years ahead of you to look forward to FREE from the poison of the past. It will take time to get there... but you will. You're too strong not to.

[FindingNamo]

Posted: 4/12/11 at 4:02pm

I like the shirt. The text maybe could move up a bit. And did you check out the crazy way I spelled exquisite up there. Wait, is that even right?

[Mister Matt]

Posted: 4/12/11 at 4:10pm

JustAGuy - You're absolutely right. I'll reverse them. Just trying to find creative ways to supplement my income. The doctors and medications are totaling $450/month and that's with my insurance. Legally, the relationship was never recognized, so there is no possibility of alimony, recourse or compensation. When I tentatively broached the subject with my ex, his response was, "What are you going to do? Sue me? Is that the kind of person you want to be?" Then he hung up on me. That was the last thing I heard him say to me. So, when I say I feel worthless, I'm not being dramatic. It's a real kick in the gut after nine years. The last time we discussed our relationship, he wanted to get married in Illinois when they legalized civil unions. It would have happened this July. He could have been added to my insurance and I could have supported us both for a while. At least he made me forget my father just died.

Ugh. This is the sort of crap that just keeps running around my head nonstop.

[Craig]

Posted: 4/12/11 at 4:15pm

"Is that the kind of person you want to be?"

Makes me want to throw a few punches myself. Beyond hypocritical to the point of ridiculousassholedness

[Kalimba]

Posted: 4/12/11 at 4:16pm

Mister Matt, honey, I understand that you need an outlet for your heartbreak. I have one issue with your shirt though. I see your ex as the one who is Damaged Goods, not you. You are far too valuable to be labeled that. Just my opinion.

[Mister Matt]

Posted: 4/12/11 at 4:27pm

Ooooh, Kalimba...you get bonus points for that.

Craig - I know, right? It's just inconceivable.

New front...

[PalJoey]

Posted: 4/12/11 at 4:27pm

Where did someone get the idea that your ex actually left you FOR Mammamia Sammy?

You were just saying that the two of you were no longer together and Sammy could finally have him after so many years of obsessing over him on BroadwayWorld, right?

They didn't actually get together, did they?

[Mister Matt]

Posted: 4/12/11 at 4:29pm

New back...

PJ - Not that I know of. But for all I know about the actual homewrecker, he could very well be MammaMiaSammy.