So this is my first ”official” blog, though i have been annoying friends and family with my musings for years. As such, i thought it only appropriate that i blog about Donkey (aka the wife). Last night’s conversation, inspired by a gripping Laguna Beach, provided the perfect jumping off point.
So donkey and i are watching Laguna, and there is a scene where Tessa is out on a date with Derek (don’t play like you don’t know what i’m talking about), and it is their first date, and they are doing the first-datey getting to know you things. Now – the subplot brewing under the conversation is that Tessa doesn’t get along with Derek’s friends – the Plastics. When Derek asks Tessa why the groups don’t mesh, she explains how they treated her poorly by ditching her when she got sick and needed them the most (horrible bitches!). So Derek says, “that sucks, i am never hanging out with them again” which i thought was the perfect (lie) first date ”grand gesture” you want to make so that the girl knows you are feeling her, and so that (as was the case with Derek and Tessa), she lets you leave the restaurant with her, and feel her some more…know what i mean? like FEEL her.
So i ask donkey – if i asked you to give up your friends, would you do it? then i actually name 4 of who i thought were her closest friends, and say – what if i asked you to give up one of them for me, would you? with no hesitation – she fired off the name of the newly discarded friend. clearly, i had only named 3 of her really good friend and 1 deluded monkey who thought he/she was in the inner circle. too easy.
so i re-fire the question with only the 3 remaining friends. she hummed and hawed and whined about the question being silly and unfair, then BAM – she dropped friend #2. in less than 90 seconds, she had left 2 of the trusted along the side of the road with no remorse! the funniest part of the 2nd question was that, even though donkey took about 30 seconds before she gave it up, it was obvious that she was just being polite (she was ready to shed that dead weight in the blink of an eye!) i think she was feeling a quick pang of guilt for having dropped half her entourage without even blinking!
for the sake of my marriage, i won’t name who the 2 were, but lets just say there are 2 people out there in the world, walking around, friends of the donkey, who have no idea how close they were to getting dropped! lucky i am a nice guy…
