I had the opportunity to go to a high school reunion recently. It had been almost 30yrs since I had seen the bulk of these people. Obviously many of us have changed, well, physically at least. When I graduated I was a whopping 130lbs. Needless to say I wasnt a chick magnet back then. In fact I dont really remember having a real steady girlfriend during those years. I did though have a crush on a girl for a couple of those years. She danced with me once at one of the school functions and I was hooked. Unfortunately she wasnt, so for the remaining time I pined away hoping she would have a change of heart, that did not happen. So here I am 30yrs later hoping I would bump into her again. She wasnt quite what I remembered but I still wanted her to meet my "hot" wife. I guess I figured if I could show my wife off it would redeem me in some sense. Funny how some of our dysfunctions never leave us. So, the big moment arrives and I see here in line waiting to get a beer. I look and around and wifee is nowhere to be seen, Im going to have to go it alone. "Hi, remember me?" She replies, "yes". Oh, I now revert back to my teenage self, "I guess I will talk to you later" and proceed to walk away. I am now frantically looking for wifee to back me up and then I start to laugh. Holy shit, youre still a loser. Regardless of what you have, some things just
never change unless you change them. I will be booking an appointment with my therapist this week. :)
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You have a very beautiful wife - it's funny how we cling to validation like that after so many years, no?
Oh no.... I have no desire to go to my high school reunion but I do think it would be easy to feel suddenly young and unsure again at one.
Great picture of you two. I have my 20th high school reunion coming up next year and I'm not sure I want to go. And like ExtraO said, it's very possible for feelings like that to come rushing back.
It's been a while, so I hope this finds you doing well in general too. Tell your wife to start blogging again too!
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