3/18/2016

Time Lies

Story Sent in by Bobby:

I'd have these long, involved conversations with Patricia over the phone. They'd last deep into the night. I liked her a lot and looked forward to meeting her.

Late one morning after a night-long phone call with her, I woke to a text from her that read, "Are you a good guy?"

I wrote back, "I think so. What do you think?"

She replied, "I need some time to think about it. Is that all right?"

Confused, I replied, "Sure. Can I ask what brought this on?"

"No."

I didn't hear from her that day or that week. I wrote to her after about a week and a half to check in and she replied, "Still thinking."

I decided to leave it at that. She didn't write to me that week, that month, or that year.

In fact, I had quite forgotten about her when she ultimately did write me back, a few weeks ago. It was a simple, "I think you are a good guy! Want to hang out?"

It had been eight years since I had last heard from her. In that time I had moved twice, married, had a child, and now have another one on the way. Suffice it to say, it took her a bit too long to figure it out.

5 comments:

  1. Is this a good post? I need to think about it...

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  2. Bobby's setting up a nice little side piece... nice...

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    1. But she'll be 64 by the time she decides she is actually ready to meet up for some action!

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    2. She'll really need some Depends by the time he's done with her!

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