Text Exchange
"I hope you had a better Valentine's Day than my 1st after getting married. I had a new baby, no available parents, and it was the first year the man who made the baby decided his wife wasn't worth a card or gift. At first I wanted to wish you the same. But my son will suffer, so I prefer his dad has a will to live. I know you need one woman at home. Then you are able to attract others better because you don't seem desperate. So I hope you feel good with Katy. It may mean my son has peace. I'm grateful if he doesn't have to hear his mommy be referred to as a bitch. I hope you had a very loving Valentine's Day."
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"Thank you for the good wish."
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A sliver of Mindy is better than no Mindy at all. I wish some peace for you on that old memory. Nothing changes the reality, but I hope there is less sting and less importance on the insensitive action of that person. May idiocy reign on in their life, not yours.
when I read the texts aloud to a friend, the friend cracked up laughing. so I thought that could be a short blog, but I'm not getting the feeling the humor comes across in general. it still feels good to put it out there. i'm just sorry I didn't know how to protect my life better. like a painting, I'm still in progress.
And yet we endure, sometimes...
Rhonda, ever since my divorce lawyer said not to let anyone toy with my life, I haven't been with anyone.
Mary, it wasn't insensitivity. It was deliberate hatefulness and an omen of the years to come.