Nov 17, 2009

Ten-Word Tuesday. The Fill-In-The-Blank Edition

The other night Bossy and her husband were watching a movie about a man who leaves his pregnant fiancée at the altar only to decide many years later he made a terrible mistake and so he tries to win her back but that’s not what this post is about although sister mercy wouldn’t it be so much better if it were?

In one of the opening scenes of the movie, the lead character walks past a wall:

Bossy was instantly drawn to the graffiti. “That’s great. I love you but…” Bossy said as she reached under her arse for the remote so she could rewind the scene again.

“That would make a fun Ten-Word Tuesday,” Bossy’s husband said, where fun equals Really? You sure you want to make the case for divorce court, Bossy’s husband?

Bossy can sum up her reaction to her husband’s Ten-Word Tuesday suggestion in this way: Bossy won’t touch this one with a ten-foot pole. You?

Regardless of Bossy’s trepidation, today’s Ten-Word Challenge it will be. In exactly ten words, can you fill in the blank which follows, “I love you but…”

And be sure to check back later today for the buttiest comments on the web.

If you missed last week’s challenge, click here to read Bossy’s council’s take on the various parents of their childhood friends. It’s one of Bossy’s favorite Ten-Word challenges because the responses paint such incredible pictures.

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137 comments

1. 1
   on November 17th, 2009 at 11:40 am
   Christina said:

   I love you but… if you don’t stop that, I’m gonna whack you.

   Nine words – all I needed.


2. 2
   on November 17th, 2009 at 11:41 am
   km said:

   I love you but sweet mother of jesus do we need to have televisions everywhere in this house? When you go away for a week none of them are even switched on


3. 3
   on November 17th, 2009 at 11:42 am
   BOSSY said:

   (I love you but…) This may be one of the quietest ten-words in history.


4. 4
   on November 17th, 2009 at 11:42 am
   km said:

   forgot it was ten words

   I love you but…..
   shutting the damn drawers would settle my nerves


5. 5
   on November 17th, 2009 at 11:44 am
   BOSSY said:

   (I love you but…) next time suggest a ten-word about rainbows and kittens please.


6. 6
   on November 17th, 2009 at 11:50 am
   Little Miss Sunshine State said:

   I love you but…..
   After spending time with you I’m always weary and weepy.


7. 7
   on November 17th, 2009 at 11:53 am
   km said:

   I love you but….
   wincing when I’m driving is not a positive thing


8. 8
   on November 17th, 2009 at 11:53 am
   GreatAunt said:

   I love you but…
   You’re both being immature, and you’re both at fault. Apologize.


9. 9
   on November 17th, 2009 at 11:56 am
   MariaV said:

   (I love you but…) sister mercy I don’t want to touch this one either.


10. 10
    on November 17th, 2009 at 11:59 am
    chocolatechic said:

    I love you but your an ass!


11. 11
    on November 17th, 2009 at 11:59 am
    Melissa said:

    I love you but…somtimes it would be better for Jesus to come back.


12. 12
    on November 17th, 2009 at 12:04 pm
    kristin @ going country said:

    ( I love you, but . . .) if you touch my Oreos, I will kill you dead.


13. 13
    on November 17th, 2009 at 12:07 pm
    Meri said:

    Flannel beats lingerie any day. Get used to it.


14. 14
    on November 17th, 2009 at 12:11 pm
    Kris said:

    I love you, but…for once can you pick up your fricking dirty clothes?


15. 15
    on November 17th, 2009 at 12:13 pm
    annie_a said:

    (to my mother-in-law)

    I love you but.. STOP COMING OVER EVERY SINGLE DAY


16. 16
    on November 17th, 2009 at 12:14 pm
    Shelley said:

    I love you, but…the smell of cigarette smoke makes me want to hurl.


17. 17
    on November 17th, 2009 at 12:23 pm
    Spinoff said:

    I love you but…I often forget to say so.


18. 18
    on November 17th, 2009 at 12:29 pm
    TanyaK said:

    I love you but…you should probably shut up now.


19. 19
    on November 17th, 2009 at 12:30 pm
    Lora said:

    I love you but…throw away your used floss!


20. 20
    on November 17th, 2009 at 12:30 pm
    Amy said:

    I love you, but…please stop farting after every meal with beans or chicken.


21. 21
    on November 17th, 2009 at 12:39 pm
    POD said:

    I love you but you’re spending far too much time around Betty Bosom lately.


22. 22
    on November 17th, 2009 at 12:44 pm
    sad but true said:

    I can’t abide your intense dislike for my children, goodbye


23. 23
    on November 17th, 2009 at 12:51 pm
    km said:

    Lora, that’s hilarious:)
    I love you (dearly) but….
    if I hear Bear Gryll’s voice again I’ll lose head.


24. 24
    on November 17th, 2009 at 12:55 pm
    Marjorie from Connecticut said:

    (I love you, but…) you will never know how truly and deeply. Your loss.


25. 25
    on November 17th, 2009 at 12:55 pm
    heidig said:

    i love you but….we just can’t be in the same room together. ever.


26. 26
    on November 17th, 2009 at 1:03 pm
    angie said:

    (I love you but..) you keep forgetting things. “That’s good for you.” Touche’


27. 27
    on November 17th, 2009 at 1:04 pm
    Carrie said:

    I love you but….you just get on my nerves!!!!


28. 28
    on November 17th, 2009 at 1:05 pm
    Maggie M. said:

    I love you but…you don’t listen – then claim I didn’t say out loud


29. 29
    on November 17th, 2009 at 1:11 pm
    Kait said:

    I love you but…I’m still changing my phone number


30. 30
    on November 17th, 2009 at 1:12 pm
    GK in MI said:

    I love you but…wish you treated me better. Goodbye!


31. 31
    on November 17th, 2009 at 1:13 pm
    Laurie said:

    (I love you but …) you’re a crazy musician who can only play the guitar.


32. 32
    on November 17th, 2009 at 1:17 pm
    unhappy said:

    1) i love you but love is just not enough anymore
    2) i love you but we were too young and stupid
    3) i love you but you deserve better than this now
    4) i love you but i deserve better than this now
    5) i love you but our kids deserve so much more
    6) i love you but ending it now will be best


33. 33
    on November 17th, 2009 at 1:18 pm
    Laurie said:

    Is it just me, or is that “I love you but …” on the wall in the movie totally fake-looking like it was photoshopped into the scene?? I know, possibly am missing point. But it bugs me.


34. 34
    on November 17th, 2009 at 1:21 pm
    Jody said:

    I love you but…you are my bestest bud and an opinionated bastard too.


35. 35
    on November 17th, 2009 at 1:22 pm
    WebSavyMom said:

    –>I love you but…taking out the garbage isn’t foreplay.

    http://www.WebSavyMom.com


36. 36
    on November 17th, 2009 at 1:22 pm
    Christy said:

    (I love you but..)it’s your fault; it will always be your fault.


37. 37
    on November 17th, 2009 at 1:30 pm
    Daddy Scratches said:

    (I love you but…) “Battle Studies” is a big step down from “Continuum,” John.


38. 38
    on November 17th, 2009 at 1:34 pm
    TheOtherJennifer said:

    I love you but…that remote control glued to your fist…also not foreplay


39. 39
    on November 17th, 2009 at 1:36 pm
    The Domestic Goddess said:

    I love you but…
    blowing your nose in the shower is nasty and germy.


40. 40
    on November 17th, 2009 at 1:39 pm
    rockle said:

    i love you but … if you eat that last cookie …

    (nothing else required. the implied threat works.)


41. 41
    on November 17th, 2009 at 1:47 pm
    Liz said:

    (I wasn’t going to participate but I didn’t get enough sleep last night so I’m pissy.)

    I love you but… if your director calls at 1am AGAIN – enjoy the couch.


42. 42
    on November 17th, 2009 at 1:52 pm
    Lori said:

    I love you but…fart again and you will sleep outside.


43. 43
    on November 17th, 2009 at 1:56 pm
    Meri said:

    I love you but…no video camera in the bedroom. Ever.


44. 44
    on November 17th, 2009 at 2:01 pm
    Stacey Ball said:

    I love you but……..these crazy pregnancy hormones make me want to kill you.


45. 45
    on November 17th, 2009 at 2:05 pm
    Patricia said:

    I love you but…I don’t always like you
    (what I say to my son sometimes and he now repeats back to me!!)


46. 46
    on November 17th, 2009 at 2:08 pm
    Nikki said:

    I love you but… after 5 years of marriage, some romance would be nice.


47. 47
    on November 17th, 2009 at 2:13 pm
    Summertime said:

    I love you but…. I’m always right and you are not. Get over it.


48. 48
    on November 17th, 2009 at 2:20 pm
    kathleen said:

    sometimes I think killing you would be called justifiable homicide!


49. 49
    on November 17th, 2009 at 2:21 pm
    Meg said:

    I love you but…not the whiskers stuck to the sink after you shave


50. 50
    on November 17th, 2009 at 2:24 pm
    Cactus Petunia said:

    I love you, but…not when you let the tequila do the talkin’.


51. 51
    on November 17th, 2009 at 2:32 pm
    Jacquie said:

    I love you but…

    I also love my Droid, and it does not snore.


52. 52
    on November 17th, 2009 at 2:32 pm
    David said:

    I love you but…the tentacles are starting to become a problem.


53. 53
    on November 17th, 2009 at 2:34 pm
    ris said:

    I love you but…sometimes you drive me frikin crazy.


54. 54
    on November 17th, 2009 at 2:34 pm
    andrea said:

    (to my bff)

    (I love you but)…I am sick of hearing about your son 24/7.


55. 55
    on November 17th, 2009 at 2:35 pm
    BossysMom said:

    I love you but where are you, where are you?


56. 56
    on November 17th, 2009 at 2:36 pm
    andrea said:

    (to my mom)

    (I love you but) you’re a total nut case.


57. 57
    on November 17th, 2009 at 2:37 pm
    NaysWay said:

    I love you but… I’m not IN love with you.
    (A common line heard in movies and most break-ups.)


58. 58
    on November 17th, 2009 at 2:47 pm
    kimi said:

    I love you but – sometimes I thank my lucky stars I am adopted!


59. 59
    on November 17th, 2009 at 2:55 pm
    Helen said:

    I love you… but just leave me alone now, please


60. 60
    on November 17th, 2009 at 2:58 pm
    Joie said:

    I love you but…you had a (mild) heart attack so please start working out so that I can continue to love you in this world.


61. 61
    on November 17th, 2009 at 2:59 pm
    Joie said:

    Bossy: I love you…but I can’t play by the ten word rules today


62. 62
    on November 17th, 2009 at 3:09 pm
    Jenny said:

    I love you but…I’m still not letting you have bacon.


63. 63
    on November 17th, 2009 at 3:21 pm
    anneb said:

    (I love you, but. . .) please don’t wear your socks with the heel on top.


64. 64
    on November 17th, 2009 at 3:24 pm
    anneb said:

    (I love you but. . . )
    stop eating all the chunks out of my Ben&Jerry’s. Mean!


65. 65
    on November 17th, 2009 at 3:33 pm
    Dawn in Austin said:

    I love you but…you really do need a cat.


66. 66
    on November 17th, 2009 at 3:35 pm
    Amy said:

    I love you, but…
    your little mouths don’t have to constantly be making noise.


67. 67
    on November 17th, 2009 at 4:06 pm
    NutellaonToast said:

    I love you but you are the wrong sexual orientation.


68. 68
    on November 17th, 2009 at 4:08 pm
    Miss Spoken said:

    (I love you but…) … tormenting you is much more entertaining! Okay, please stop crying.


69. 69
    on November 17th, 2009 at 4:10 pm
    allison in houston said:

    I love you, but…
    it’s tiring worrying about hurting your feelings all the time.

    We watched “Run, Fat Boy, run” the other night, too. Very British, and despite the synopsis, funny.


70. 70
    on November 17th, 2009 at 4:38 pm
    Bridget said:

    I love you but your feet smell like hot garbage.


71. 71
    on November 17th, 2009 at 4:38 pm
    jp said:

    I Love you but………..Its a good thing you have such a cute Butt!


72. 72
    on November 17th, 2009 at 4:39 pm
    Gretchen said:

    (I love you but) if you don’t put down the zapper, I will scream!


73. 73
    on November 17th, 2009 at 4:39 pm
    Bridget said:

    Also, I watched this movie last weekend because I’m currently obsessed with all things “marathon.” I’m hoping watching a bunch of other people struggle through it and survive will inspire me to CRUSH IT. ROAR.


74. 74
    on November 17th, 2009 at 4:55 pm
    Carroll said:

    How about “I love you and…”

    I love you, and after more than forty years am pretty sure I always will!

    (Pollyanna here, but happily, it’s true


75. 75
    on November 17th, 2009 at 4:56 pm
    adria said:

    I love you but
    you gotta take care of that fungus first.


76. 76
    on November 17th, 2009 at 4:57 pm
    dgm said:

    I love you but …I’m running late for work. Hold that thought until tonight?


77. 77
    on November 17th, 2009 at 5:01 pm
    Trenches of Mommyhood said:

    I love you but…I’m buying you Breathe-Right Strips. Snore again and die.


78. 78
    on November 17th, 2009 at 5:16 pm
    Merrie said:

    I love you but…I don’t think I can take being let down again.


79. 79
    on November 17th, 2009 at 5:16 pm
    Bush Babe said:

    I love you but….
    the whole MO-vember thing? HONEY, enough!


80. 80
    on November 17th, 2009 at 5:34 pm
    Sparx said:

    …I never have time to catch up on your blog…


81. 81
    on November 17th, 2009 at 5:40 pm
    Lizzy said:

    She was just a little fun but I love you.


82. 82
    on November 17th, 2009 at 5:49 pm
    Blog Princess G said:

    I love you but…

    that wasn’t enough to make up for all our issues.


83. 83
    on November 17th, 2009 at 6:11 pm
    Amelia said:

    (I love you but…) I’m pregnant. You know this. Stop smoking around me.


84. 84
    on November 17th, 2009 at 6:14 pm
    Have the T-shirt said:

    I love myself too much to be with you anymore


85. 85
    on November 17th, 2009 at 6:17 pm
    anne marie in philly said:

    I love you but you are getting on my last nerve!


86. 86
    on November 17th, 2009 at 6:19 pm
    em said:

    I love you but: also believe in you. It’ll work out. Hang in there.

    Also:
    Ack! Kittens sliding down rainbows is too lolcats for me.


87. 87
    on November 17th, 2009 at 7:10 pm
    Heather said:

    I love you, but I worry you won’t love me.


88. 88
    on November 17th, 2009 at 7:18 pm
    heidi said:

    I love you more than I hate you, dear husband.


89. 89
    on November 17th, 2009 at 7:24 pm
    AshinMT said:

    I love you but… you need to let me go.


90. 90
    on November 17th, 2009 at 7:25 pm
    Linda said:

    “I love you but”
    Please take out the trash when you leave for work.


91. 91
    on November 17th, 2009 at 7:46 pm
    Dray said:

    This isn’t a fill in the blank, but I read this post this morning, and I just sat down to watch a movie. Two minutes in, I realize that I’m watching THAT movie when I see the graffiti. Crazy.


92. 92
    on November 17th, 2009 at 7:57 pm
    Christina said:

    I love you but you need to love yourself first.


93. 93
    on November 17th, 2009 at 8:05 pm
    Lori in MN said:

    I love you but sometimes we can disagree without my being called “control freak”


94. 94
    on November 17th, 2009 at 8:06 pm
    Kait said:

    I love you but…my other self doesn’t…prozac anyone?


95. 95
    on November 17th, 2009 at 8:21 pm
    Juliet said:

    I love you but what if that’s not enough?


96. 96
    on November 17th, 2009 at 8:32 pm
    Sissy in Texas said:

    [I love you, but] phrase is in the same category as, “no offense, but…”


97. 97
    on November 17th, 2009 at 8:41 pm
    anon-OG said:

    I agree about the possible photoshoppy-ness of the image.

    I love you but…someone else will always be “the one that got away.”


98. 98
    on November 17th, 2009 at 8:54 pm
    Annie said:

    I love you but… oops, typos. I love youR butT.


99. 99
    on November 17th, 2009 at 9:23 pm
    Laura said:

    I love you but I’ll admit differently (and better) than in the beginning.


100. 100
     on November 17th, 2009 at 10:03 pm
     Harbormom said:

     I love you, but…it’s been 39 years; we gonna make it to 40?


101. 101
     on November 17th, 2009 at 10:15 pm
     janny226 said:

     I love you but … leave the room before you do that, ‘kay?


102. 102
     on November 17th, 2009 at 10:20 pm
     Cupcake Murphy said:

     I love you but…that doesn’t mean I have to watch Dark Knight again.


103. 103
     on November 17th, 2009 at 10:26 pm
     Cupcake Murphy said:

     I love you but…it’s totally fine to stop putting songs on our iPod.


104. 104
     on November 17th, 2009 at 10:58 pm
     sugarpie said:

     I love you but… no more karaoke. You’re NOT Bono, or Spingsteen, or NeilYoung.


105. 105
     on November 17th, 2009 at 11:08 pm
     Chesapeake Bay Woman said:

     Loved you, but your three girlfriends? Hell to the no.


106. 106
     on November 17th, 2009 at 11:11 pm
     Chesapeake Bay Woman said:

     Loved you and your mental illness. Girlfriends? Not so much.


107. 107
     on November 17th, 2009 at 11:13 pm
     Chesapeake Bay Woman said:

     I love you, but I’m with Bossy on this one.


108. 108
     on November 17th, 2009 at 11:14 pm
     Chesapeake Bay Woman said:

     Dear Kevin Bacon, I love you. What’s not to love?


109. 109
     on November 17th, 2009 at 11:59 pm
     May said:

     To my 3 year old…

     I love you but…
     please sleep in your own bed, all night, for once.


110. 110
     on November 18th, 2009 at 12:12 am
     Alissa said:

     I love you but…

     …you don’t seem to know or care who I am.


111. 111
     on November 18th, 2009 at 12:22 am
     Catherine McP said:

     (I love you but..) You and #77’s man aughta start bunking together, or else..


112. 112
     on November 18th, 2009 at 12:43 am
     sugarpie said:

     I love you but… your mom? Not so much. Though your dad’s pretty cool.


113. 113
     on November 18th, 2009 at 1:16 am
     Beth said:

     I love you but…I’m over you.


114. 114
     on November 18th, 2009 at 1:22 am
     josh said:

     I love you but…ok, I’m lying. I don’t love you. You’re sister’s hot.


115. 115
     on November 18th, 2009 at 1:35 am
     naomi said:

     i love you but….your breath could knock a buzzard off of a garbage scow.

     originally it was sh*t wagon, but i didn’t want to make you lose your family rating.


116. 116
     on November 18th, 2009 at 1:38 am
     Jenn @ Juggling LIfe said:

     I love you, but . . .
     would you please clean your freaking whiskers out the sink?!


117. 117
     on November 18th, 2009 at 3:35 am
     Sven said:

     …I need more paint. Stop spending our money on gin.


118. 118
     on November 18th, 2009 at 4:58 am
     Susan said:

     (Ilove you but) you really aren’t as great as you think you are.


119. 119
     on November 18th, 2009 at 8:16 am
     tina de luxe said:

     One of my favourite lines in a song is
     “God, I love you but you trouble me” from Tristan and Iseult by Tarkio:
     http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OGsHhWKHWpY
     It’s around 1:25 …


120. 120
     on November 18th, 2009 at 8:25 am
     Karen said:

     I love you but… why are you so grumpy right before my PMS?


121. 121
     on November 18th, 2009 at 8:26 am
     krg said:

     …when you return from college, you will find two cats.


122. 122
     on November 18th, 2009 at 10:06 am
     GrandeMocha said:

     I love you but not your sisters. Or their kids.


123. 123
     on November 18th, 2009 at 10:15 am
     Kelly said:

     I love you, but… You’re not the person I married


124. 124
     on November 18th, 2009 at 11:06 am
     Ballroompics said:

     I love you, but…please remember, turn the stove off!

     (My girl likes to cook. She has a tendency to take stuff off/out of the stove but then forgets to turn it off!! This is sometimes followed by her leaving the house and me arriving at the house many hours later!!!)


125. 125
     on November 18th, 2009 at 11:26 am
     Dianne said:

     I love you but; You died and them dam cigarettes killed you,
     screw cancer.


126. 126
     on November 18th, 2009 at 1:36 pm
     habanerogal said:

     I love you but, seriously has this health scare not opened your eyes to change?


127. 127
     on November 18th, 2009 at 2:56 pm
     Beth said:

     I love you, but: not the dirty dishes you always leave in our bed.


128. 128
     on November 18th, 2009 at 6:05 pm
     laurellee said:

     I love you but…
     fucking other women is not ok so go fuck off.


129. 129
     on November 18th, 2009 at 6:16 pm
     APeetsMom said:

     I love you but…please please please put things back where you found them!


130. 130
     on November 18th, 2009 at 7:23 pm
     Blairie Lou Hoo said:

     I love you, but…I can’t love you anymore. Thank you for the closure.


131. 131
     on November 19th, 2009 at 10:18 am
     Dawn in Austin said:

     I love you but..not everything tastes better on a Ritz.


132. 132
     on November 20th, 2009 at 11:09 am
     martha in mobile said:

     I love you, but…I wish you loved yourself, too.


133. 133
     on November 20th, 2009 at 7:58 pm
     Reeb said:

     I love you, Bossy, but…
     I was out of town for ten word Tuesday.


134. 134
     on November 20th, 2009 at 8:00 pm
     Reeb said:

     (I love you but…)
     I agree with Carroll/77 that “and” is the better conjunction.


135. 135
     on November 22nd, 2009 at 12:06 am
     zak said:

     I love you, but you Tabasco doesn’t go on everything.


136. 136
     on November 22nd, 2009 at 12:08 am
     zak said:

     OR…

     I love you, but Tabasco does not go on everything.

     (sorry)


137. 137
     on November 22nd, 2009 at 1:08 pm
     brian stouder said:

     I love you but -

     when you’re on top I feel like a trapped coalminer