I am grateful for people's interest in me, but talking about my former profession is kind of like having a gorgeous ex-husband that everyone else wants to date.
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During the course of the last year and a half, I think I've done a pretty good job moving on from my radio career: I'm writing, getting stories published, going to school, and up until a few months ago, spent at least 20 hours a week caring for my elderly mother-in-law. But here's the problem: I go to parties or out for drinks and I tell everyone I'm a writer (which I legitimately am), and someone will mention that I used to be "Kiss & Tell Michele" on The Wolf. All of a sudden, that's the only thing anybody wants to talk about, and it overtakes any other kind of meaningful conversation I might have had with them. Yeah, I met Kenny Chesney and he was short and bald. Yep, Johnny Cash is great, but the majority of today's country listeners don't want to hear his music unless they're really drunk. Uh huh,Taylor Swift is freakishly tall, gorgeous, and just as sweet in person. In the hope that maybe one day I'll be able to go out socially and talk about subjects other than radio, here's a few things about me that are at least as interesting as my former profession:
Don't get me wrong - I am grateful for people's interest, and feel very lucky that I had the opportunity to do that job...but it's kind of like having a gorgeous ex-husband that everyone else wants to date. Posted: Thursday, Feb 11 2010 at 3:28 PM 
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