Wed Mar 12, 02:26:00 PM
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Maria Calvo said…
That’s amazing that he contacted you six years later to apologise.

Some men are just so good, aren’t they?

Scott sounds like a really amazing guy. That’s hilarious about the can of beer and what he says about her field of medicine!!!!

That you’re a “muppet” is hilarious, Maha! I don’t even know where you come up with these things, lol!

I am going to take Scott advice to heart. You can tell him that.

hugs,
Maria

Wed Mar 12, 02:42:00 PM
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Anonymous said…
Scott is correct, and there are few men who would be willing to say that beyond a circle of male friends.

I have to admit, Maha, any smart man (or woman) would be hard pressed to have you in his life and then simply let you go and not think about you again. It comes as no surprise to me that he contacted you six years later. He’s clearly a smart man.

His wife must be a really great sport because that beer can thing is hilarious!

Thomas

Wed Mar 12, 04:57:00 PM
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Haya said…
Scott sounds like he grew up to be a great man
Thanks for sharing, Maha.

Salaam,
Haya

Wed Mar 12, 08:17:00 PM
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Haya said…
By the way, my husband agrees with Scott and he told me the same thing while we were getting to know one another years back. He sticks by it to this day
I like that you call yourself a ‘muppet’ because I’d not heard that word since Jim Hensen used it
Salaam and sorry for the double post,
Haya

Wed Mar 12, 08:21:00 PM
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Anonymous said…
It took him SIX YEARS to apologise? HOly fuck, Maha, you are a nicer woman than me aged 27 and 33 and probably 56

I guess it’s cool that he didn’t hurt you that much from what you’re saying, it’s probably why it was fine a few years later.

He sounds like he’s a good guy and honeslt,y I don’t know that many boys who would go out of their way years later to contact someone they fucked over. The ones I know don’t go after a woman weeks later to apologise because they NEVER DO ANYTHING WRONG the fucking losers.

Cool advice, thanks scott. -lily

Thu Mar 13, 01:14:00 PM
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Anonymous said…
This is great. I love it when you let us in like this.
x

Thu Mar 13, 06:34:00 PM
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fathima said…
being that i am twenty-two, i am glad i read this post, because it is clearly all about me.
and yay, having read it, i no longer feel like an idiot. or less like one, anyway. which is clear and definite progress.
i love it, too.

Thu Mar 13, 10:49:00 PM
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Anonymous said…
do you work downtown? I was just walking downtown and i think i saw you in a off white jacket carrying a coffe you had your hair down with two bobypins to hold back the front and you were in glasses? I followed you for a couple of blocks but i was too nervous to say hi. You’re so pretty even in real life!! And you’re really confident i wish you could have seen the way people were looking at you. wow i’m so nervours just writing this to you i’ve been reading your blog for so long.

You’re really pretty and you attract a lot of attention from people. My name is Monica would it be weird if i said hi to you next time?

Fri Mar 14, 12:15:00 PM
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Maria Calvo said…
LOL Monica! It may be “weird” if you just follow her around and not say anything

I think it’s a safe bet that you can approach Maha and say hi

Maria

Fri Mar 14, 01:24:00 PM
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just a girl said…
Monica – that was likely me!! I wish you’d come over and introduced yourself

Your observations are nice, though likely quite over exaggerated because it may have been what you wanted to see

But thank you, anyway…

Next time, just come on over and say hello.

xox
Maha

Sat Mar 15, 06:10:00 PM
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Anonymous said…
Maha,

I was googling information on a cousin of mine with the same name in Greece and I came across your blog, and man, I was surprised. It’s me, George Logaras from Brookfield High School. I need to admit that I don’t remember you that well, but I do remember you, I remember your glasses. So, I was reading your post and I was interested to see what why my name was in it, well, I almost fell out of my chair and was instantly embarrassed when I came across my part in your story. I thought long and hard trying to remember the incident, the place, the year, something that would trigger my memory of uttering those words. Well I can’t remember, and I thought “Man, she has me confused with one of my knucklehead buddies”. Well, I think it’s hard to confuse a name like George Logaras, and to recall that name 18 years later, there must be no mistake. I looked back at those days at Brookfield and I have great memories that I often draw on, and still have great friends from then. I really thought I did my best back then to be a “good guy”. Obviously, I remember more of the good then the bad. So, as I continued to read your post it was a story of an apology from a guy several years later who realized he made a mistake. Well, here it is, an apology from a man who was once a boy (pretending he was a man), who wants to say “I’m sorry”. I am embarrassed for ever saying anything close to that. This apology is 18 years late, and I can’t believe I came across your blog, but I did, and in some ways I guess I was meant to. No need to respond, no need to accept or decline the apology. I just want you to know that I hate the thought that I could have been so cruel at a super sensitive time in someone’s life. You look great, maybe should have said that then eh!

Tue Mar 18, 05:59:00 PM
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just a girl said…
George Logaras? Of Fiori Guido and George Logaras? Oh my God, this is so strange – if you’d Googled your cousin last week, you would have never found this!

I don’t even know what to. I mean. WOW!

First of all: Apology accepted, on behalf of my 15 year old self. It’s so very kind of you to step out from beyond your computer screen and apologize…

Second: Thank you, on behalf of all 15 year old girls, for recognizing that that age is so sensitive and gentle. If you have a son, tell him to step gently when a girl crushes on him; we are too tender then and the first boy who tells you you’re “ugly” tends to leave an imprint )

Third: If you look me up in the yearbook, I was in the same grade as Krista (the one you dated – if broke my heart, so, George!)…

That is HYSTERICAL that you remember my glasses, but not surprising because they were *gigantic*! Now that I think about it, I wonder if you mistook THEM for a unibrow

I hope you’re well and happy and still playing soccer.

Thank you, so much, once again.
Maha

Wed Mar 19, 12:35:00 AM
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just a girl said…
Wait wait! To trigger your memory, the only thing I can think of was: Fern Felix asked you if you thought I was pretty.

And then came the deluge.

And then he told me.

The bastard!

I think we should blame him. Maybe you can beat him up? (that was a complete joke – he’s a nice man!)

I can’t imagine anything else would jog your memory. I was a complete and total geek with big glasses. That’s about it. Oh! I wasn’t one of the cool girls, although I was knew most everyone (like Tanya of Tanya & Fiore…we were in the same grade). I wasn’t cool because of the glasses, I’m certain. That and the fact that I didn’t party – no party, no drinking, no dating.

That’s it…I hope you come back and read this and know you will only be spoken of in good form from now on!

Maha

Wed Mar 19, 12:40:00 AM
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Anonymous said…
Holy shit that’s awesome that he found this blog.

GEORGE YOU’RE AWESOME FOR posting and apologising!!

I swear, Maha, you have a charmed life. -lily

Wed Mar 19, 02:45:00 PM
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yasmine said…
maha, i remember reading this post months ago, but forgot to comment on it. and whatever i meant to comment has been totally eclipsed by the fact that GEORGE COMMENTED. holy freakin’ smoley! pretty much, i lowve the internetS!

Mon Jun 16, 07:22:00 PM
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just a girl said…
Laugh Track – indeed, George found this place and commented! Craziness, isn’t it?

I too love the internetS.

(Of note: Scott sent me an email indicating that I owed him for being the source of this second apology, lol!! Love that the world still revolves around the Stand Up guy. His email made me pee because I was laughing so hard…)

xox
m

Mon Jul 07, 09:11:00 PM