Comments on: Stupid hubris http://josephdevon.com/2008/03/11/stupid-hubris The best stories on the web Wed, 11 Aug 2010 08:26:57 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Tim King http://josephdevon.com/2008/03/11/stupid-hubris/comment-page-1#comment-609 Tim King Wed, 12 Mar 2008 04:47:18 +0000 http://josephdevon.com/2008/03/11/stupid-hubris/#comment-609 Hey, Joseph. True story: I had read your story over the weekend (even though I didn't link to it until Tuesday). But one night after I read the story, I was up working very late. I slept in the next morning of course--I couldn't help it--and I remember my wife was sleeping next to me. When I finally woke up, I realized that she had long since gotten up, but that her pillow was stuffed up next to me in bed. I thought that the pillow was her. And I immediately thought of the man in your story, how he stuffed his wife's pillows next to him in bed, so he wouldn't feel lonely. And in that moment, I felt lonely myself, because all I had in bed with me were pillows. (It was the strangest sensation.) Really, IMO that story's a keeper. Thanks so much for sharing it with us. -TimK Hey, Joseph. True story: I had read your story over the weekend (even though I didn’t link to it until Tuesday). But one night after I read the story, I was up working very late. I slept in the next morning of course–I couldn’t help it–and I remember my wife was sleeping next to me. When I finally woke up, I realized that she had long since gotten up, but that her pillow was stuffed up next to me in bed. I thought that the pillow was her.

And I immediately thought of the man in your story, how he stuffed his wife’s pillows next to him in bed, so he wouldn’t feel lonely. And in that moment, I felt lonely myself, because all I had in bed with me were pillows. (It was the strangest sensation.)

Really, IMO that story’s a keeper. Thanks so much for sharing it with us.

-TimK

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