Scenes from a marriage

[ms.peachy]

Phone call 1, approx 6 pm:

me: Hi handsome.

mr.p: Hey babe. I am going to meet up with Adam and Brent and Nick for a drink or two, so I'll be home a little later.

me: You mean, you and your mates are off to get drunk and you'll be staggering in here sometime around midnight, so I shouldn't hold dinner for you?

mr.p: No no, I have stuff I need to get done tomorrow morning so I don't want to drink much tonight, just one or two and then I'll be home. But if you want to eat, don't wait for me.

me: Uh huh. One or two.

mr.p: Really, Nick needs to drive home so he won't be drinking much, and Brent has stuff to do tomorrow too so it's going to just be a short one tonight.

me: Uh huh. OK well, give me a call when you're on your way.



Phone call 2, approx 7:45 pm


me: Hello handsome.

(loud pub noises)

me: Hello?

(loud pub noises; recognise husband's friends' voices)

me: Heeellllllllooooooo?

mr.p: HEY!

me: Hey yourself!

mr.p: HEY!

me: yes, can I help you?

mr.p: WE'RE GETTING DRUNK!

me: Oh, I thought you weren't going to be doing that

mr.p: IT WAS AN ACCIDENT!

me: How terrible! I can't believe this is happening to you!

mr.p: IT WAS NICK!

me: I thought Nick had to drive home?

mr.p: THAT SON OF A BITCH HE TOOK THE TRAIN TODAY!

[rirv]

:cool: Man power.

[SobaViolence]

accidents do happen.

forgive him. friends are merciless....

[Dorothy Wood]

kick his ass!

heh. it's funny how women are so much smarter than men about stuff. I mean, I'm sure mr. p had good intentions by saying he wasn't going to stay out late, but you already knew what was likely to happen.

anyway, that's a kinda cute story unless he starts doing it every night.

you should submit that as a storyline for Coupling.

[Praying Mantis]

when in doubt, blame everyone but yourself.

[funk63]

Cheat on him

[ms.peachy]

heh. it's funny how women are so much smarter than men about stuff. I mean, I'm sure mr. p had good intentions by saying he wasn't going to stay out late, but you already knew what was likely to happen.

anyway, that's a kinda cute story unless he starts doing it every night.



Nah, it's not very often. Maybe once every other month or so. (Which might not sound like much, but over ten years...) I believe he really does mean it when he says he won't stay long, but then he gets there, and they're having a good time and then someone buys nother round and then blah blah blah. I don't mind it, I just find it funny that he even bothers to delude himself in the first phone call.

And in his defense, he was home by 10:30 and not especially drunk, just a bit 'merry'.

[abcdefz]

Phone call 1, approx 6 pm:

me: Hi handsome.

mr.p: Hey babe. I am going to meet up with Adam and Brent and Nick for a drink or two, so I'll be home a little later.

me: You mean, you and your mates are off to get drunk and you'll be staggering in here sometime around midnight, so I shouldn't hold dinner for you?

mr.p: No no, I have stuff I need to get done tomorrow morning so I don't want to drink much tonight, just one or two and then I'll be home. But if you want to eat, don't wait for me.

me: Uh huh. One or two.

mr.p: Really, Nick needs to drive home so he won't be drinking much, and Brent has stuff to do tomorrow too so it's going to just be a short one tonight.

me: Uh huh. OK well, give me a call when you're on your way.



Phone call 2, approx 7:45 pm


me: Hello handsome.

(loud pub noises)

me: Hello?

(loud pub noises; recognise husband's friends' voices)

me: Heeellllllllooooooo?

mr.p: HEY!

me: Hey yourself!

mr.p: HEY!

me: yes, can I help you?

mr.p: WE'RE GETTING DRUNK!

me: Oh, I thought you weren't going to be doing that

mr.p: IT WAS AN ACCIDENT!

me: How terrible! I can't believe this is happening to you!

mr.p: IT WAS NICK!

me: I thought Nick had to drive home?

mr.p: THAT SON OF A BITCH HE TOOK THE TRAIN TODAY!




I liked the six hour or so version that was on TV even better.