*Side Note: Prince and I were never really friends until
Princess decided to show his true rainbow colors. At that point Prince e-mailed
me to offer support. A few months later, his wife sprung a divorce on him. So I
followed suite and offered a nice supportive message for him too. We’ve
e-mailed casually back and forth since. Most of our conversations have included
topics like cars, jobs, and kids. A little flirting here and there, but really
we’re both recently divorced, heartbroken, baggage carrying emotional wrecks
right now.
Here’s how Princess and my text conversation went down:
P: I didn’t know you and Prince were talking. (From the
beginning of our break-up Princess said really douche bag disguised as
supportive things “All I want is for you to be happy. I can’t wait for you to
find the man of your dreams.” TRANSLATION: “I know I pursued you, and made
eternal commitments to honor and cherish you as my wife, but I’m kind of over
that now. Sorry. I do want you to find someone though, so I don’t have to feel
so bad about it forever.” Thanks Princess Douche Bag…)
T: Yeah, we’ve exchanged e-mails for a couple of months now.
P: It’s just weird that you two arranged a get together and
not him and me. (At this point I know that Princess is starting to get
uncomfortable… J)
T: We were going to be in town, and I thought it would be
nice to see him.
P: Have you guys been flirting, or is this just a friend
thing? (Totally just a friend thing, but I am so enjoying that Princess is
weirded out.)
T: Um, neither of us would be talking if we were still
married. But I’m pretty sure we’re just supporting each other.
P: It’s fine if you are flirting. I’m not jealous or
anything. But he didn’t even ask me. (At this point, I am dying laughing. As if
anyone needs to ask Princess’s permission to date me… I thought about turning
it into a fight, but then again I needed to ride in a car with him for four
hours tomorrow. Instead I’ll just take absolute joy in knowing that he is
uncomfortable and play it off like I didn’t see the last part.)
T: We just decided to meet tonight. That’s why I’m letting
you know now.
P: Prince is a great man. Attractive, kind, and funny. But
he has a terrible history with money and he is recently divorced. I’ve known
him for almost 20 years now. (Priceless. His jealousy is almost palpable. He
wants to say nice things, but just can’t resist throwing in some jabs at his
High School best friend who he is assuming is trying to get with his ex-wife.)
T: I agree. He is a nice man. Thanks for being cool.
We met up with Prince that Sunday night and all three of us
spent several hours playing the Wii and a card game. I made extra sure to sit
next to Prince during the card game and to give him a lingering hug goodbye.
Princess’s expression during the hug was pure GOLD! To make matters even
better, I met up with one of my friends a few nights later (her gay ex-husband
and my gay ex-husband are roommates). She said, “So, I was over at the house
the night that you and Princess were having the conversation about you and his
best friend. He kept pacing around the house and kept reiterating to me, ‘I’m
not jealous or anything, but…’” Yeah Princess, not jealous at all…
Hahahahahaha...it will be weird for Princess when you do start really dating, especially when you get dating someone seriously. As Whiskey would say, you're his emotional territory. Still, too funny. Also, too bad you didn't at least rub the best friend's leg or SOMETHING...next time you can plot it out with best friend, even if neither of you are interested, just to mess a little with Princess. lol ~Fancy
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