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.
Christina says
November 17, 2009 at 11:40 amI love you but… if you don’t stop that, I’m gonna whack you.
Nine words – all I needed.
km says
November 17, 2009 at 11:41 amI 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
BOSSY says
November 17, 2009 at 11:42 am(I love you but…) This may be one of the quietest ten-words in history.
km says
November 17, 2009 at 11:42 amforgot it was ten words
I love you but…..
shutting the damn drawers would settle my nerves
BOSSY says
November 17, 2009 at 11:44 am(I love you but…) next time suggest a ten-word about rainbows and kittens please.
Little Miss Sunshine State says
November 17, 2009 at 11:50 amI love you but…..
After spending time with you I’m always weary and weepy.
km says
November 17, 2009 at 11:53 amI love you but….
wincing when I’m driving is not a positive thing
GreatAunt says
November 17, 2009 at 11:53 amI love you but…
You’re both being immature, and you’re both at fault. Apologize.
MariaV says
November 17, 2009 at 11:56 am(I love you but…) sister mercy I don’t want to touch this one either.
chocolatechic says
November 17, 2009 at 11:59 amI love you but your an ass!
Melissa says
November 17, 2009 at 11:59 amI love you but…somtimes it would be better for Jesus to come back.
kristin @ going country says
November 17, 2009 at 12:04 pm( I love you, but . . .) if you touch my Oreos, I will kill you dead.
Meri says
November 17, 2009 at 12:07 pmFlannel beats lingerie any day. Get used to it.
Kris says
November 17, 2009 at 12:11 pmI love you, but…for once can you pick up your fricking dirty clothes?
annie_a says
November 17, 2009 at 12:13 pm(to my mother-in-law)
I love you but.. STOP COMING OVER EVERY SINGLE DAY
Shelley says
November 17, 2009 at 12:14 pmI love you, but…the smell of cigarette smoke makes me want to hurl.
Spinoff says
November 17, 2009 at 12:23 pmI love you but…I often forget to say so.
TanyaK says
November 17, 2009 at 12:29 pmI love you but…you should probably shut up now.
Lora says
November 17, 2009 at 12:30 pmI love you but…throw away your used floss!
Amy says
November 17, 2009 at 12:30 pmI love you, but…please stop farting after every meal with beans or chicken.
POD says
November 17, 2009 at 12:39 pmI love you but you’re spending far too much time around Betty Bosom lately.
sad but true says
November 17, 2009 at 12:44 pmI can’t abide your intense dislike for my children, goodbye
km says
November 17, 2009 at 12:51 pmLora, that’s hilarious:)
I love you (dearly) but….
if I hear Bear Gryll’s voice again I’ll lose head.
Marjorie from Connecticut says
November 17, 2009 at 12:55 pm(I love you, but…) you will never know how truly and deeply. Your loss.
heidig says
November 17, 2009 at 12:55 pmi love you but….we just can’t be in the same room together. ever.
angie says
November 17, 2009 at 1:03 pm(I love you but..) you keep forgetting things. “That’s good for you.” Touche’
Carrie says
November 17, 2009 at 1:04 pmI love you but….you just get on my nerves!!!!
Maggie M. says
November 17, 2009 at 1:05 pmI love you but…you don’t listen – then claim I didn’t say out loud
Kait says
November 17, 2009 at 1:11 pmI love you but…I’m still changing my phone number
GK in MI says
November 17, 2009 at 1:12 pmI love you but…wish you treated me better. Goodbye!
Laurie says
November 17, 2009 at 1:13 pm(I love you but …) you’re a crazy musician who can only play the guitar.
unhappy says
November 17, 2009 at 1:17 pm1) 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
Laurie says
November 17, 2009 at 1:18 pmIs 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.
Jody says
November 17, 2009 at 1:21 pmI love you but…you are my bestest bud and an opinionated bastard too.
WebSavyMom says
November 17, 2009 at 1:22 pm–>I love you but…taking out the garbage isn’t foreplay.
http://www.WebSavyMom.com
Christy says
November 17, 2009 at 1:22 pm(I love you but..)it’s your fault; it will always be your fault.
Daddy Scratches says
November 17, 2009 at 1:30 pm(I love you but…) “Battle Studies” is a big step down from “Continuum,” John.
TheOtherJennifer says
November 17, 2009 at 1:34 pmI love you but…that remote control glued to your fist…also not foreplay
The Domestic Goddess says
November 17, 2009 at 1:36 pmI love you but…
blowing your nose in the shower is nasty and germy.
rockle says
November 17, 2009 at 1:39 pmi love you but … if you eat that last cookie …
(nothing else required. the implied threat works.)
Liz says
November 17, 2009 at 1:47 pm(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.
Lori says
November 17, 2009 at 1:52 pmI love you but…fart again and you will sleep outside.
Meri says
November 17, 2009 at 1:56 pmI love you but…no video camera in the bedroom. Ever.
Stacey Ball says
November 17, 2009 at 2:01 pmI love you but……..these crazy pregnancy hormones make me want to kill you.
Patricia says
November 17, 2009 at 2:05 pmI love you but…I don’t always like you
(what I say to my son sometimes and he now repeats back to me!!)
Nikki says
November 17, 2009 at 2:08 pmI love you but… after 5 years of marriage, some romance would be nice.
Summertime says
November 17, 2009 at 2:13 pmI love you but…. I’m always right and you are not. Get over it.
kathleen says
November 17, 2009 at 2:20 pmsometimes I think killing you would be called justifiable homicide!
Meg says
November 17, 2009 at 2:21 pmI love you but…not the whiskers stuck to the sink after you shave
Cactus Petunia says
November 17, 2009 at 2:24 pmI love you, but…not when you let the tequila do the talkin’.
Jacquie says
November 17, 2009 at 2:32 pmI love you but…
I also love my Droid, and it does not snore.
David says
November 17, 2009 at 2:32 pmI love you but…the tentacles are starting to become a problem.
ris says
November 17, 2009 at 2:34 pmI love you but…sometimes you drive me frikin crazy.
andrea says
November 17, 2009 at 2:34 pm(to my bff)
(I love you but)…I am sick of hearing about your son 24/7.
BossysMom says
November 17, 2009 at 2:35 pmI love you but where are you, where are you?
andrea says
November 17, 2009 at 2:36 pm(to my mom)
(I love you but) you’re a total nut case.
NaysWay says
November 17, 2009 at 2:37 pmI love you but… I’m not IN love with you.
(A common line heard in movies and most break-ups.)
kimi says
November 17, 2009 at 2:47 pmI love you but – sometimes I thank my lucky stars I am adopted!
Helen says
November 17, 2009 at 2:55 pmI love you… but just leave me alone now, please
Joie says
November 17, 2009 at 2:58 pmI 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.
Joie says
November 17, 2009 at 2:59 pmBossy: I love you…but I can’t play by the ten word rules today
Jenny says
November 17, 2009 at 3:09 pmI love you but…I’m still not letting you have bacon.
anneb says
November 17, 2009 at 3:21 pm(I love you, but. . .) please don’t wear your socks with the heel on top.
anneb says
November 17, 2009 at 3:24 pm(I love you but. . . )
stop eating all the chunks out of my Ben&Jerry’s. Mean!
Dawn in Austin says
November 17, 2009 at 3:33 pmI love you but…you really do need a cat.
Amy says
November 17, 2009 at 3:35 pmI love you, but…
your little mouths don’t have to constantly be making noise.
NutellaonToast says
November 17, 2009 at 4:06 pmI love you but you are the wrong sexual orientation.
Miss Spoken says
November 17, 2009 at 4:08 pm(I love you but…) … tormenting you is much more entertaining! Okay, please stop crying.
allison in houston says
November 17, 2009 at 4:10 pmI 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.
Bridget says
November 17, 2009 at 4:38 pmI love you but your feet smell like hot garbage.
jp says
November 17, 2009 at 4:38 pmI Love you but………..Its a good thing you have such a cute Butt!
Gretchen says
November 17, 2009 at 4:39 pm(I love you but) if you don’t put down the zapper, I will scream!
Bridget says
November 17, 2009 at 4:39 pmAlso, 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.
Carroll says
November 17, 2009 at 4:55 pmHow 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
adria says
November 17, 2009 at 4:56 pmI love you but
you gotta take care of that fungus first.
dgm says
November 17, 2009 at 4:57 pmI love you but …I’m running late for work. Hold that thought until tonight?
Trenches of Mommyhood says
November 17, 2009 at 5:01 pmI love you but…I’m buying you Breathe-Right Strips. Snore again and die.
Merrie says
November 17, 2009 at 5:16 pmI love you but…I don’t think I can take being let down again.
Bush Babe says
November 17, 2009 at 5:16 pmI love you but….
the whole MO-vember thing? HONEY, enough!
Sparx says
November 17, 2009 at 5:34 pm…I never have time to catch up on your blog…
Lizzy says
November 17, 2009 at 5:40 pmShe was just a little fun but I love you.
Blog Princess G says
November 17, 2009 at 5:49 pmI love you but…
that wasn’t enough to make up for all our issues.
Amelia says
November 17, 2009 at 6:11 pm(I love you but…) I’m pregnant. You know this. Stop smoking around me.
Have the T-shirt says
November 17, 2009 at 6:14 pmI love myself too much to be with you anymore
anne marie in philly says
November 17, 2009 at 6:17 pmI love you but you are getting on my last nerve!
em says
November 17, 2009 at 6:19 pmI 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.
Heather says
November 17, 2009 at 7:10 pmI love you, but I worry you won’t love me.
heidi says
November 17, 2009 at 7:18 pmI love you more than I hate you, dear husband.
AshinMT says
November 17, 2009 at 7:24 pmI love you but… you need to let me go.
Linda says
November 17, 2009 at 7:25 pm“I love you but”
Please take out the trash when you leave for work.
Dray says
November 17, 2009 at 7:46 pmThis 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.
Christina says
November 17, 2009 at 7:57 pmI love you but you need to love yourself first.
Lori in MN says
November 17, 2009 at 8:05 pmI love you but sometimes we can disagree without my being called “control freak”
Kait says
November 17, 2009 at 8:06 pmI love you but…my other self doesn’t…prozac anyone?
Juliet says
November 17, 2009 at 8:21 pmI love you but what if that’s not enough?
Sissy in Texas says
November 17, 2009 at 8:32 pm[I love you, but] phrase is in the same category as, “no offense, but…”
anon-OG says
November 17, 2009 at 8:41 pmI agree about the possible photoshoppy-ness of the image.
I love you but…someone else will always be “the one that got away.”
Annie says
November 17, 2009 at 8:54 pmI love you but… oops, typos. I love youR butT.
Laura says
November 17, 2009 at 9:23 pmI love you but I’ll admit differently (and better) than in the beginning.
Harbormom says
November 17, 2009 at 10:03 pmI love you, but…it’s been 39 years; we gonna make it to 40?
janny226 says
November 17, 2009 at 10:15 pmI love you but … leave the room before you do that, ‘kay?
Cupcake Murphy says
November 17, 2009 at 10:20 pmI love you but…that doesn’t mean I have to watch Dark Knight again.
Cupcake Murphy says
November 17, 2009 at 10:26 pmI love you but…it’s totally fine to stop putting songs on our iPod.
sugarpie says
November 17, 2009 at 10:58 pmI love you but… no more karaoke. You’re NOT Bono, or Spingsteen, or NeilYoung.
Chesapeake Bay Woman says
November 17, 2009 at 11:08 pmLoved you, but your three girlfriends? Hell to the no.
Chesapeake Bay Woman says
November 17, 2009 at 11:11 pmLoved you and your mental illness. Girlfriends? Not so much.
Chesapeake Bay Woman says
November 17, 2009 at 11:13 pmI love you, but I’m with Bossy on this one.
Chesapeake Bay Woman says
November 17, 2009 at 11:14 pmDear Kevin Bacon, I love you. What’s not to love?
May says
November 17, 2009 at 11:59 pmTo my 3 year old…
I love you but…
please sleep in your own bed, all night, for once.
Alissa says
November 18, 2009 at 12:12 amI love you but…
…you don’t seem to know or care who I am.
Catherine McP says
November 18, 2009 at 12:22 am(I love you but..) You and #77’s man aughta start bunking together, or else..
sugarpie says
November 18, 2009 at 12:43 amI love you but… your mom? Not so much. Though your dad’s pretty cool.
Beth says
November 18, 2009 at 1:16 amI love you but…I’m over you.
josh says
November 18, 2009 at 1:22 amI love you but…ok, I’m lying. I don’t love you. You’re sister’s hot.
naomi says
November 18, 2009 at 1:35 ami 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.
Jenn @ Juggling LIfe says
November 18, 2009 at 1:38 amI love you, but . . .
would you please clean your freaking whiskers out the sink?!
Sven says
November 18, 2009 at 3:35 am…I need more paint. Stop spending our money on gin.
Susan says
November 18, 2009 at 4:58 am(Ilove you but) you really aren’t as great as you think you are.
tina de luxe says
November 18, 2009 at 8:16 amOne 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 …
Karen says
November 18, 2009 at 8:25 amI love you but… why are you so grumpy right before my PMS?
krg says
November 18, 2009 at 8:26 am…when you return from college, you will find two cats.
GrandeMocha says
November 18, 2009 at 10:06 amI love you but not your sisters. Or their kids.
Kelly says
November 18, 2009 at 10:15 amI love you, but… You’re not the person I married
Ballroompics says
November 18, 2009 at 11:06 amI 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!!!)
Dianne says
November 18, 2009 at 11:26 amI love you but; You died and them dam cigarettes killed you,
screw cancer.
habanerogal says
November 18, 2009 at 1:36 pmI love you but, seriously has this health scare not opened your eyes to change?
Beth says
November 18, 2009 at 2:56 pmI love you, but: not the dirty dishes you always leave in our bed.
laurellee says
November 18, 2009 at 6:05 pmI love you but…
fucking other women is not ok so go fuck off.
APeetsMom says
November 18, 2009 at 6:16 pmI love you but…please please please put things back where you found them!
Blairie Lou Hoo says
November 18, 2009 at 7:23 pmI love you, but…I can’t love you anymore. Thank you for the closure.
Dawn in Austin says
November 19, 2009 at 10:18 amI love you but..not everything tastes better on a Ritz.
martha in mobile says
November 20, 2009 at 11:09 amI love you, but…I wish you loved yourself, too.
Reeb says
November 20, 2009 at 7:58 pmI love you, Bossy, but…
I was out of town for ten word Tuesday.
Reeb says
November 20, 2009 at 8:00 pm(I love you but…)
I agree with Carroll/77 that “and” is the better conjunction.
zak says
November 22, 2009 at 12:06 amI love you, but you Tabasco doesn’t go on everything.
zak says
November 22, 2009 at 12:08 amOR…
I love you, but Tabasco does not go on everything.
(sorry)
brian stouder says
November 22, 2009 at 1:08 pmI love you but –
when you’re on top I feel like a trapped coalminer