Following Up

Well it seems Heartbreak Hotel ruffled quite a few feathers on my ex-fiance's side of the fence. His family decided that my entire post was literal and took it as so. They continue to tell me that I will amount to nothing and call me derogatory names. They say blogs are just outlets to hide behind because I have nothing real to say. Well I'm not hiding. I'm not ashamed of what I do. It just pains me to realize that my ex-fiance painted an untrue picture of me to his family. We called everything off before I wrote that blog. We were not together. Nor was I dating the semi-fictional character Alejandro.

I guess I'm just mostly shocked that they took their angst out on me via Facebook. It's so funny because 30-somethings are calling a 23-year-old woman out on a social networking site. Okay, I admit, they are entitled to their own opinion. But just because I don't want to get married does not mean I'm a slut.

And the nonsense about me amounting to nothing.. well I did get an opportunity at CNN but I blew it off for him. I thought he was going to do everything to make me happy. I thought he was worth it. Even when I expressed my excitement to his mother, she only said, "Hmmph that's not gonna work!"

So hopefully now I can rebuild my life and focus on my career. I'm going to reattempt to connect with the woman at CNN and apologize for my lack of focus in the situation. For me, I just can't believe I let a man trump my desires for an opportunity to advance my career.

Skirt!, I thank you for being such a wonderful outlet. Even though I'm a hard-headed and stubborn woman, I can always come back to you and refocus my drive. Thank you.