It really can’t be said enough: Ben Karlin is a funny, funny man. And he has funny, funny friends.
From MSNBC (I’ve pasted the shortest of excerpts here, but there’s a lot more at the link):
So, you’ve been dumped; did you learn anything?
Author says the important part of losing love is what you glean from it
updated 10:48 a.m. ET, Wed., Feb. 6, 2008Ever been dumped? Sure you have. But the important thing is whether you learned anything. Ben Karlin did, and he writes about it in “Things I’ve Learned from Women Who’ve Dumped Me.” An excerpt.
Lesson #18: You Too Will Get Crushed
We didn’t meet cute. She was taking baths on the downlow with a friend of mine while her boyfriend pined away in Ignoramusland, aka Houston. It’s not polite to name names. Hers was Jill.. . .
Mistake #6
This really is the killer and I will say all the others can be dismissed as mistakes only in retrospect. They are situation specific, original, and unprecedented. This, however, is a really stupid thing I did and something I should have known not to do.I introduced her to all my friends and encouraged her to hang out with them on her own. Now, the operative word here is all.
Some is fine. Many is all right. Just about every one would be okay, too. But not all. Not the ones you know are dodgy. Not the ones whose dodginess you have personally witnessed for years. A dodginess legendary amongst his contemporaries. That’s just buying a ticket for an express train to Crushtown.
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For whatever reason, the video of Ben and friends talking about their mistakes (posted on the linked page) isn’t working for me, but I’m assuming it’s the same as the one HuffPo posted here (sorry, I couldn’t embed it). Do enjoy!
ON EDIT: I still can’t get the video at MSNBC to launch, but Jennie tells me that it includes more than what was posted at HuffPo. Just an FYI, in case you haven’t tried the vid at MSNBC yet.
The New York Times has a brief but humorous interview with Ben Karlin.
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