Comments for All Things Joe Guay

Comment on Theater Lovers KNOW – Chita Did It First! by Michele Lombardi

Michele Lombardi — Wed, 07 Feb 2024 01:47:06 +0000

I really had no idea of her astonishing impact and legacy! Great piece.

Comment on Allow Me to Just Step Over HERE by Joe Guay

Joe Guay — Thu, 19 Oct 2023 20:14:23 +0000

In reply to Ruth H Cooke. Oh many thanks, Ruth.

Comment on Allow Me to Just Step Over HERE by Joe Guay

Joe Guay — Thu, 19 Oct 2023 20:14:02 +0000

In reply to Emily.

Wow how absolutely fascination – happy to hear it resonated and that though I have issues, I’m not alone. 🙂

Comment on Allow Me to Just Step Over HERE by Ruth H Cooke

Ruth H Cooke — Sun, 15 Oct 2023 18:49:56 +0000

Another interesting and thought-provoking read, Joseph, for many reasons. Thanks.

Comment on Allow Me to Just Step Over HERE by Emily

Emily — Sun, 15 Oct 2023 13:33:39 +0000

I feel your pain. I’ve found myself avoiding situations that involve others being cringy more times than I care to count.
Raised with the “think of others” and “put yourself in their shoes” mentality has unfortunately made me imagine myself in their position as they humiliate themselves, but instead of also giving me the capacity to console or normally process the creepy overload…I take the flight option.
The movie scenes you mentioned…I felt that deeply. I avoid drunk people, small talk, reality shows, etc.
My husband and children know my mannerisms well and know from looking at me that I will be either saying something less than polite, bolting, or both.
A recent example, involves all four of us meeting my younger daughter’s teacher at the start of school orientation. It was just her and us in the classroom at the time. It was an informal orientation and families could stop in any time between 5pm and 7pm. It started out ok with the basic introductions and information. Once the basics were covered, I expected to move on to the next classroom. The teacher then started blathering about her personal life and nonsense. I’m not sure how the rest of the conversation went because I gave my husband the look and promptly stood up and walked out of the classroom without a word. Rude. I know. But I couldn’t bear listening to her for another second.
My family thinks my rudeness and intolerance for stupidity is hysterical. Others… not so much.
If a person or situation is bringing out anxiety or repulsion, I’m out.

Comment on Allow Me to Just Step Over HERE by Jason Bass

Jason Bass — Sat, 14 Oct 2023 20:58:57 +0000

Wow, I never new that this was so prevalent in your life. I do know you cringe a-lot at things but never thought you were so effected (or affected)! It’s refreshing to see that you’re less harsh on your quirks with age .

Comment on When Mildred Was a Wild One by Eileen Guay

Eileen Guay — Wed, 11 Jan 2023 04:17:32 +0000

What a surprise to read that I left you a legacy for appreciating the elderly that were part of our Uniontown life!!! Your Grandpa was an example of a young self-employed man who was scarred for life from an x-ray treatment for acne in the 1910’s yet he went forward to live to be 93 years. Since I was an only child with somewhat older parents, aunts and uncles, I guess this interest with assisting the seniors was a natural outcome of my early life experience. Thank you for writing a blog from this perspective!

Comment on Jingle Hell – How Christmas Kills by Joe Guay

Joe Guay — Fri, 11 Nov 2022 17:53:39 +0000

In reply to Emily Erdman.

Yeah, it’s not even the commercialism – that’s been commented on for decades. It’s that it’s a tough emotional holiday for so many that it’s hard to get through just TWO WEEKS of it. It gets dangerous when this gets extended into four months – that’s just torturous agony of worrying about getting through months of depression. It’s a serious issue.

Comment on Angie & Me: Love Affair with a Middle-Aged Lady by Joe Guay

Joe Guay — Fri, 11 Nov 2022 17:51:15 +0000

Heh, I hear ya – I hate technology so often, but there are indeed perks. It was your comment about your family that made me realize that my fetish with her wasn’t so weird – while I’d admired her for years, I hadn’t gone back to watch any Murder She Wrote episodes – but that was my intro to her. 🙂

Comment on Jingle Hell – How Christmas Kills by Emily Erdman

Emily Erdman — Fri, 11 Nov 2022 13:23:20 +0000

In reply to Emily Erdman. Oh by the way, those hallmark movies are playing instead of our morning Monk and Murder She Wrote episodes…we don’t love it one bit.