is 'stupidest' a word?

so there's this guy in my "office" who uses the word "late" as a signoff for his telephone conversations.

"late."

as if the whole two syllable word is just too hard to say. (the two syllable word that's really short for an excruciatingly long three-word sentence.)

i don't know why it bothers me so much.

he says it to his girlfriend.

during the course of the day yesterday i vowed to never date a guy that says "late" when he's done talking on the phone. especially to me.

then i got home yesterday and was listening to my new phone messages. i came across a week-old message from my current flesh blanket whom we'll call "southie."

"hey this is [southie], just calling to see what you're up to... late"

late? he actually said late. fuck.

now let me start rationalizing by saying:

1. we're not really dating per se. just fucking.
2. the sex is fucking awesome.
3. the reason we're fucking is not because of his intelligence.
4. did i say the sex was awesome?

so, i suppose i take the vow back. or perhaps i'll just amend the vow by saying i'll never seriously date anyone who ends phone conversations with the word late.

ok? ok.