October 2nd, 2009

The mystery of the other girlfriend

Raymond Chen
Raymond Chen

Many of my married friends have “other girlfriends”, or at least that’s how their wives tease them.

  • Friend 1’s “other girlfriend” is a male colleague with whom he often goes to dinner when working late.
  • Friend 2’s “other girlfriend” is his boat.
  • Friend 3’s “other girlfriend” is a “regularly changing set of small electronic devices.”

I don’t know for certain, but if you ask my wife, she’ll probably say that my “other girlfriend” is this Web site.

Category
Old New Thing
Topics
Non-Computer

Author

Raymond Chen

Raymond has been involved in the evolution of Windows for more than 30 years. In 2003, he began a Web site known as The Old New Thing which has grown in popularity far beyond his wildest imagination, a development which still gives him the heebie-jeebies. The Web site spawned a book, coincidentally also titled The Old New Thing (Addison Wesley 2007). He occasionally appears on the Windows Dev Docs Twitter account to tell stories which convey no useful information.

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