We kind of lost touch with Bruce after that.
We saw him in endorsements, but it wasn't until he surfaced again in "Keeping Up With The Kardashians" that we really came to know him. And there we got to see the other sides of Bruce. The caring side. The shy side. The unsure side. The emotional side. The Old Fashion Conservative side. A man who Loved his family and his country. He was a nice guy.
If I could talk to Caitlyn (not that she'd give a dam what I think) I'd tell her this:
I have nothing against your transition. It's your life and you have every right to live it any way you choose.
But I miss Bruce. And I can't help that.
And I don't much care for the way you treated him either. Just threw him away like some old piece of clothing you couldn't wait to shed.
There are a lot of people out there, myself included, who feel like he deserved better.
And I didn't much care for the way you dismissed the feelings of those who were going to miss him. Like their feelings didn't matter at all. It was almost as if Bruce was already gone and Caitlyn had taken over before you even transitioned. There was no room for discussion. It didn't matter if you were gonna miss Bruce, or didn't want him to go. it was a done deal.
And when Kris said "He's Gone", I felt her pain. And it wasn't until she said it out loud that I realized what it meant.
It really was as though Bruce had died. And I cried with her.
So now Ms. Caitlyn, you've got what you wanted. You've completely transitioned. You win. He's gone.
But while you may have won the battle, you might find that you've lost the war. Because there's a whole lot of people out there who really respected, cared about, and miss Bruce Jenner. Even if you never did.
