…I wish. These past few months have been as dry as a desert for me. I know, I know. I sound totally desperate, but, (and I’m going to channel Ally Mcbeal here), all I ever wanted was to be rich and successful and to have three kids and a husband waiting at home to tickle my feet and look at me…. I don’t even like my hair!
If only I looked older, then I’d know for sure if these guys who want to date me aren’t actually pedophiles.
Seriously, I think people actually believe I’ve found this eternal fountain of youth thing. On days with enough sleep, I look akin to a cherubic fifteen year old. I wish I could gloat over this fact, but it happens to be the cause of endless embarrassment for me. I was over at my ex’s place today, trying to prevent my legs from catapulting into his nuts from frustration, and his older brother pulls up a chair beside me, studies my profile for a good long while, and then says, “Last time I saw you, you were in a booster seat, right?” And then as he’s about to walk out the door, he spots my BCBGeneration ‘Anthony’ Wedge Sneakers at the entrance and shouts from across the hallway, “Dude! These are so tiny! I could hang these off my rear-view mirror like little ornaments!” They say guys tease you because they like you, but I seriously think this guy is out to get me.
Anyway, with that event still fresh in my mind, my foray (an hour ago) into the zoo we call Wal-Mart for Sherlock Season 3 and a bottle of apple cider really got under my skin. I was seriously about to flip some tables over.
Mimi is at the cash register. She puts down a bottle of Martinelli’s Sparkling Cider and proceeds to empty the rest of her cart.
Young Cashier Who Looks Like an Actress Playing a Bored College Student: Um, I’m going to have to see some ID.
Mimi (exasperated): Really? You’ve got to be kidding me!
Mimi turns over the bottle so that the label is showing, and smugly notes the muscle spasms of embarrassment spread over the cashier’s face.
Lightning might strike me for saying this, but I wish I looked older, I wish I looked older, I wish I looked ooooooolder!
But I won’t keep you waiting any longer because I know you’re not just here to read my drivel.
Men, men, and more men, in the form of Professor Jun Kaieda, in all six, gloriously complete chapters of Otoko no Issho Volume 1. (And I don’t care what you say about him, I find his weird neck endearing.) Download | Read Online
And of course, Chiruhi Story 4: Download | Read Online
Quite an endearing short story about a young girl who bumps into a lost deity, and decides to take him home with her.
and Principal Ch.14: Download | Read Online
Shima, Shima Papa, Wao, and Wao Mama go out on a trip to the zoo. Knowing that Gen and Haruka will also be there, Shima goes with a heavy heart. What will she find there: Happiness, or pain?
LIGHTNING WILL DEFINITELY STRIKE YOU DOWN!! I’d definitely rather be mistaken as a 15 year old or even 10 year old for my entire life because youthfulness is greatness. If people card you, that’s seen as a compliment. A compliment!! What they’re really saying is, “You look super hot and young. But not so young that I’m a creepy pedophile.” Everyone hates old people and looking old, which is why women and men alike spend insane amounts of money on creams, surgeries, etc. Even if they look like some sort of creepy flesh monster, at least they don’t look old!! No one wants to look old, ever, and if you’re teased by it it’s really just due to jealousy (even if it’s a guy!!)
Plus, do you know how much shit you can get away with as a kid?! You can ask people to buy you ice cream and they’ll totally do it. And if you accidentally set off a nuclear reactor, you can just donk your head, close one eye and stick out your tongue. But if you ever need to be an adult, you just gotta whip out your ID. (Or maybe three valid forms of ID.)
I understand it can get in the way of dating and can cause worries that all interested guys are pedophiles, but all you have to do is look for the pedo stache and you’re set! As for how to meet men, I have no idea, but according to Seinfeld, they’re everywhere, and want women to talk to them, so all you have to do is go up to a man and say “;)”. Bars seem like a bad idea for a lot of reasons… maybe online dating?? Or hang out around a hospital and catch a doctor.
Hahahaha sorry but those comments by his brother were hilarious. From an outsider’s point of view, they totally sound like picking on the one you like.
YEAH I DIDN’T READ ANYTHING FROM THIS RELEASE BUT I WILL OK IN TIME OK!!! (；´Д`) I’LL JUST SAY THANKS IN ADVANCE, THEN!
I need some of your elixir.
I have a sister 8 years older than me, but the people always think I’m the oldest of the two. T______T~
I GET YOU MIMI I UNDERSTAND T^T My story is mostly similar to others. And I’m 27! I get it if they’re checking that I am of legal age when I’m buying drinks. But when its something else from a stranger, it’s creepy and rude. But in some cases, I don’t really mind when you distinguish the person as a normal guy wanting to get to know you more and not a creep. Otherwise it’s mostly just THOSE type of guys at face-value. In work, it’s just annoying. Blah.
AAANDD back to mangas~~ I never thought Kaieda could get me flustered. Gads he was so playful with her at that dinner gathering.That last two chapters literally had me covering my face in embarrassment >.< especially when he slicked his hair back and took off his glasses HEELLOOOOOO. The man looks good for a 51 year old. Glasses on/off, doesn't matter *o* I like how honest he is, no mind games even she pushes him and he goes along with it for awhile or just goes straight for the kill. It's just hard to tell since he always looks so unaffected. This is the same author of Ane No Kekkon right?? Then I need to prepare my heart! Going back to read again ^w^
First off, thank you for the releases! Otoko no Isshou is turning out to be very interesting!
You know, at this rate when you hit 50ish the pent up aging is going to hit you all at once like a ton of bricks and you’ll want to come back to now!
Until then, it sounds like you’ll only be hit on by guys who are either too young, too old, or pedophiles because the ones in your strike range probably don’t want to be labeled pedophiles by hitting on you.
You could dress older or hit on guys, haha.
Yay!! Thanks a ton for Otoko no Issho! (I feel the same about his neck :P). This Chiruhi chapter was also quite sweet. It’s even worse when you’re the one serving alcohol, they start asking you for your ID lol!
Otoko no Issho got a really embarrassingly girlish “Kyaaaaah!” out of me, so I am really glad I was reading this post alone in my house. If not, the boyfriend would’ve never let me live it down. I already get enough teasing for reading what he calls “Victorian porn”. (And it isn’t even porn. It’s Regency romance by Georgette Heyer.)
Your bf’s crazy. I was just on Amazon a few hours ago looking for “Historical Romance.” Well, I actually wasn’t looking for Romance, but literary fiction that is set in the past and deals with romance, and then I ended up on a page teeming with literally a dozen voluptuous women in various shades of undress clinging to these shirtless dudes with ripped bodies…
Now THAT’s what you’d call porn. Georgette Heyer looks pretty tame lined up next to all that.
I’ve been reading a lot of Elizabeth Bowen and Thomas Hardy, but I needed something more gentle on the brain cells. (I don’t have a lot to spare as it is, lol). Plus, I wanted a little romance without all that misery wrapped over it. I don’t know why I keep gravitating toward authors whose romances are cesspools of tragedy. Georgette Heyer looks like exactly what I’ve been looking for. denkyu (◍•ᴗ•◍)❤
Georgette Heyer is brilliant!!! Hands down, I recommend “Venetia”. That’s the book that started my Regency Romance addiction (it’s not even a habit anymore)… I’m trying to find another author to rival her but so far there is no equal (which is simultaneously reassuring and disheartening). I wish I could throw out some historical romantic gems but I’m still sifting through the literary detritus and have only come up with a few gems. I recently finished Elinor Glyn’s “Man and Maid” and thought it was charming. I was quite amused reading “Daddy Long Legs”, but I much prefer its sequel “Dear Enemy”. I hesitate to recommend one more title since it’s kind of black comedy-esque and might leave a bad taste in your mouth but see if you fancy Evelyn Waugh’s “The Loved One”.
Whoops, just reread your reply where you said you didn’t want any misery, which is definitely present in The Loved One. What could I recommend in its stead? E.M. Forster’s “Howard’s End” (less misery and more charm)? Favorites from my childhood: The Witch of Blackbird Pond (Elizabeth George Speare), Jackaroo (Cynthia Voigt), and The Perilous Gard (Elizabeth Marie Pope).
I brought my sister’s wrath upon me by glueing myself to Otoko no Issho and reading it reaaaally slowly to absorb everything when I should be doing homework >.<
p.s. lend me some of your youth elixir, I've looked really young until recently but wrinkles are suddenly sprouting out on my forehead (and I'm only 20!). Unlike others, I really enjoy looking like a 15 year old… I can pretend I'm still in my youth q.q
Thank you for the release!
As for the post, I’ve exactly the same problem, although I look 12-13 years old despite being muuuuch older. It’s embarrassing for me to walk into my Univ, to go to work or catch attention of only 50+ man, it’s disgusting. People tell you everywhere “Oh, I thought you’re in middle school. No no, feel happy that you look so young, you’ll appreciate when you’ll be old.” When I’ll be old I’ll probably care about nothing, aside from pain killers. But looking so young is no way good or cute, just forever annoying. I hope to find a man who won’t be a pedo and not mind the young look, not treating me like a kid as the rest of the world do.
Makes me sad to say this, but I’ve heard all those lines before as well. I guess the only benefits we can look forward to is that teenagers will think we’re their age and try to hit on us, pedos will suspect we’re nymphs and come after us, and our immortality-like features will be the cause of derision for many a women who envy our youthful exuberance. and they will come after us as well… Though probably to try to claw out our faces… (eek!)
Ugh, I have half a mind to “Hiyah!” every one of those old farts who ogle you, but then again, I’m twenty-nine, and (God help me) the age disparity no longer bothers me as much. 50 year old man with 20 year old girl? Big deal. ¯_(ツ)_/¯ …Actually, no, that would definitely give me cause to vomit…
I have been 15 for 8 years, so I feel your pain. I’ve once gotten approached by university security because they thought I was a student at the nearby high school…it was so embarrassing, though I’m glad I had my student ID on me at the time.
Thank you for all the awesome work! These Chiruhi chapters have been my life. 😀
All I got from this story is the painful wish to finally see a photo of you, you glorious internet fairy, you…How old are you, at least tell us that, so we can decide the youth factor’s worth. :9
Oh thanks for the releases, finally some Ikuemi Ryo as well, nyahaha