Random old story from my life:
My college boyfriend re-broke up with me after I was already married to my husband – and NO, there was no affair involved. This happened over ten years ago but I have always wanted to write about it because it is so funny to me when looking back. My college boyfriend (I will refer to him as CB for storytelling purposes) and I kept in touch and remained friends long after we realized a life together was not in the cards for us. (In fact, CB and I are still friends. At least I think we are unless he reads this blog.)
Anyway, we would maybe chat once in a while and catch each other up with our lives. (I don’t think there was any emailing involved because it was before everyone had an email account). So, one day, CB invites me to go to lunch so we can “talk”. I know red flags are supposed to go up and alarms should ring if a man ever says he needs to “talk”. However, I really did not think much of it because, um, we had not seen each other naked in a long long long time.
So, we meet in a neutral place at some Mexican chain off I-95. The waiter has just dropped off our fried hydrogenated oil crisps and salsa and tries to get us to order some sugary icy alcoholic beverage (okay, must interrupt here with a question – who is ordering frozen drinks at a Chevy’s at 11:30am on a work day?) Okay, so I think CB might have had some big news or something to tell me. I think it had something to do with finding his soul mate and planning some big event involving tuxedoes, flowers, stepping on a glass and a Rabbi. I don’t know, I don’t have a great memory and that part is a little fuzzy.
I have a hard time with details. All I remember is this part. Once his bean burrito, extra cheese, extra jalapeno peppers is put down in front of him, he blurts out, “We can’t be friends anymore.” Basically, the story was that his “soul mate” had some issues with us being friends. It made her uncomfortable. So that was it. It was years later when the absurdity of this hit me.
CB update: I did meet his wife years later and she is very lovely. CB & his wife have two beautiful children and live in suburbia (not the same suburb I live in though it looks very much the same).
Sometimes I wonder if he has been back to that Chevy’s for another bean burrito. CB, why don’t you give me a call and let me know!
