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johnlibertus · 11-08-2003, 03:28 PM

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Suspicions of Romeo

Message phone log for MONDAY through SUNDAY

message ONE:
Tues

Romeo was here, looking for you,
when you were out with that guy,
so I told him you were visiting your aunt

message TWO:
Tues

this is Aunt Tilda;
Romeo came by, looking for you
when I was sunbathing beneath the trees in the back,
and you know how I am about tan lines

but he's not embarrassed, he's so natural
and he sure is cute

I asked him how he got my name,
and he said he asked around
for the name of your favorite aunt,
and everybody said it was me;
and then he said, after meeting me, he could see why

he's such a sweet boy

I told him, "She mustn't be much for aunts, then,
'cause I'm the only one she's got,
and she hasn't visited me for years."

We're drinking rum and coke, out on the blanket,
and we're having the most fascinating conversation,
he's such a cute boy, and he's so much fun

I'll get back with you
I need to freshen up
and he's waiting in the back with the suntan lotion

message THREE:
Wed

this is your cousin Mandy;
I know we don't get along too well,
but I thought you might like to know
this real neat guy, Romeo, dropped by

he said he heard you mention my name
and he came by to see if I knew where you were;
well I was flustered, 'cause, of course, we don't talk,
but I couldn't tell him that, so I told him
you were in this clinic, getting treated for some kind of
social disease, and that they said you wouldn't be contagious
after a year or two

we're sitting on my couch, right now,
drinking wine coolers and getting stoned -
he is so cute

I told him I hoped he didn't mind if I got comfortable,
it's been so hot,
and I took off my blouse,
and, of course, I don't wear a bra

he's so appreciative

I just want you to know I'm not mad at you any more for that old boyfriend

I'll get back with you
I need to freshen up
he's so easygoing,
and we're having so much fun,
I'm going to take my shorts off, too

message Four:
Thurs

this is your roommate;
look, Romeo was sounding lonesome,
so I borrowed your car
and it stalled over at his place
and I couldn't get it started, and
while we were inside, wondering what to do,
I started playing with his chest hair
and said he must be that way all over;
so he took off his shirt, to show me he wasn't
and, wow, have you seen his chest?
you never told me he worked as a nude model for art classes

well, if you had a pair like I've got,
you'd need to show them off, once in a while,
so I took my top off, too
and, you know how most guys grovel on the floor
when they see mine,
but he smiled, and told me they were beautiful;
I really like this guy, he's so real

and, oh, yeah, out the window
I saw them towing your car away,
so I'm having to stay over

these cell phones sure are handy;
look, I gotta go, my wine is getting warm,
and he'll be back here on the couch any minute;
I won't lose those jeans of yours I borrowed

message FIVE:
Fri

This is your little sister;
Romeo's here, looking for you
so I told him you were spending the weekend
partying at this cabin in the mountains;
he said he hoped you'd be all right
and I told him I'm sure the guys were taking good care of you

look, I have no idea where you really are,
but I'm sure you won't be home tonight,
so I'll take care of Romeo

he's so cute

I'm borrowing your camping outfit
and we're spending the night out on the lake;
I've got your tent, those sleeping bags that zip together,
your stash, and he's bringing the wine;
he was all worn out, poor dear, from something
but I've got him feeling better;
he perked right up after I fed him lunch

I've borrowed those party slacks of yours,
and I fill out that that filmy lace top,
the one that shows your nipples,
better than you do now

he looked me over real good
when we were packing the trunk of your car,
and, you know, I just realized, I'm sexy;
I just love those open-toed heels of yours, the white ones,
I've alway thought you had good taste in clothes,
and I'm taking that skimpy little Bikini of yours,
I fill it out now, better than you do
we'll be swimming, and relaxing later, after dark, so I'll need it;
campfires are so romantic

I gave him that thong you were going to give him
and he's changing into it now,
so I gotta go -
I don't wanna miss this

thanks for getting your car out of hock this morning, before you left

**Penelope** · 11-08-2003, 04:52 PM

With friends (and relatives) like this ... yada yada yada ...
Although she didn't seem to be missing him for all the wrong/right reasons.

*cute men are a total pain*
btw - I have a brother like her little sister.
Fun to read - chuckles with pangs of rueful sympathy too.

johnlibertus · 11-08-2003, 05:21 PM

I think our "Juliet" gets what she deserves in this. She gets her roommate to lie for her, she's using, as an alibi, an aunt who she won't give the time of day, she's stolen one of her cousin's "old boyfriends", and she's got her little sister coming up behind her like a semi on a Volkswagen's rear bumper. I like their mixing business with the pleasure of returning the shaft.

**Penelope** · 11-08-2003, 05:44 PM

You are right but somehow the benefactor seems to be caught up in the melee. Another victim? Doubtful! lol My opinions of affairs of the heart and romance is to let decisions rest with the people involved and the choices they've made. Do you really think it's possible to 'steal' a boyfriend (or girlfriend)? I think not. My views have always been to judge the actions of the person I'm involved with and to hell with getting even. When it comes to love, I don't compete, simply walk away. Sometimes even run!

johnlibertus · 11-08-2003, 06:34 PM

I agree - but what goes around, comes around. I agree, also, that in matters of romance and sex, it takes two to get it right, and two to get it wrong - I'm only concerned about faithfulness to me - if there isn't that mutual faithfulness, it was only a case of mistaken identity -

funny you should use the word, "run" - reminds me of a reference to a would-be lover, in a poem of mine:

"but in these things
I follow my gut
and my gut says 'run'"

**Penelope** · 11-08-2003, 07:22 PM

I can't stand this another minute .. so I gotta ask .. why is the font you use so huge?

If they're the right person then they'll behave accordingly, if they're the wrong one ... well .. no amount of effort is going to alter them. This has taken me a hell of a long time to figure out but I never competed. Who is worth competing for? Love shouldn't be a contest .. IMO.

johnlibertus · 11-08-2003, 09:36 PM

No question of it - I get double signals, though - women who come on to me, then want to reserve the right to a boyfriend on the side.

I have no trouble saying no.

My type face is bigger because I set it at the first auto-step larger that the Forums' BB Code Editor sets, which apparently is 18-point type. I do a lot of high-resolution graphics work in Photoshop, and run my monitor in 1280x1024 resolution, which makes everything smaller and finer-grained. You're probably running your monitor in 1024x768 resolution, which makes everything larger, but coarser-grained. I work at professional publication level, and can barely read the font size you're using, it's so small.

Incidentally, you can control this by pressing CTRL + (NumKeyPad +) to increase the font size, CTRL - (NumKeyPad -) to decrease the size. I'll kick back my posts a little by manually resetting the font size, each time I post, it obviously screws with those running lower resolutions.

This any better?

**Penelope** · 11-08-2003, 10:44 PM

er .. I don't know .. I own an iMac. I have just discovered those tag thingies which increase font size and change the colour .. so .. I am exploring .. sort of ..

**Penelope** · 11-08-2003, 10:46 PM

See? I know how. woo woo!

Capulet · 11-09-2003, 11:33 AM

I'm believe firmly that anyone willing to cheat with you, is willing to cheat on you. Some people may not be right for each other, and sometimes it takes the "right" person coming along to shed light on that fact. Of course that doesn't stop someone else from coming along and repeating the process, that's one of the risks of love.

If I became emotionally involved (ummm again,) with someone in a relationship, I would most certainly wait until they were unattached before I became physically involved with them.

johnlibertus · 11-10-2003, 12:21 PM

I even avoid emotional involvement with someone who is currently attached, particularly if I recognize a sexual attraction: it's too important a part of relating romantically. I've found myself, more than once, spontaneously holding hands with someone who was in an established relationship with someone else, because we felt so close and liked each other so much. A common charge in divorce cases is alienation of affection, and I will not contribute to that. It's cheating a man who should have had cause to trust me.

As to this multiple-dramatic-monologue poem. I've played Romeo in this many times: it takes a Juliet who wants me for a status symbol (I have worked as a model), but doesn't want to put up with what she sees would be my insistence on mutual faithfulness. She pursues and woos me when she doesn't have me, then make herself unavailable when she knows I'm waiting or looking for her. In such cases, I get to meet all her relatives, roommates, and erstwhile friends, who all seem delighted to make up for her neglect.

I recall one Juliet whose arrogance led to two of her sisters and her mother adopting me romantically.

Note that I didn't say I had sex with any of them. I'm a cold-minded man.

**Penelope** · 11-11-2003, 04:13 PM

A cold minded man who writes well? I think there is something amiss somewhere.

IMO - Cheating is a betrayal of your lover and yourself. One adopts children and to do so to an adult is presumptious. unless of course, some mature waif is standing at the door and they might just be looking for a meal. - another opinion and conjecture too.

johnlibertus · 11-11-2003, 05:31 PM

I agree, I meant adopt in a figurative way, to describe the manner in which it was done; you know, walking right in and taking charge of the other person's life. Or trying to.

The Juliet, in the aforementioned instance, would come out at bedtime and fluff up my pillow when I was sleeping in another friend's truck - while she was living with my best friend. When I got work, and got a cabin of my own, she got into a fight with my mother over which of the two of them could deliver a box of my books to my cabin while I was at work. I mean, taking over, like she was my wife. While living with my best friend. I sensed that she was infatuated, but this bewildered me. Both her sisters acted the same way with me.

I met their mother later, while I was in San Francisco, and we became good friends. She was the only one of them that had good sense, and even she lost it one time, and caught herself in the middle of coming on to me. I think she just lost track of what was reasonable.

As for cheating, this happened when my wife and I were separated in our early marriage, and had no expectation of getting together again. We were separated for two years.

And no, I'm not cold-hearted. Read The Song of the Unicorn, on lit.org.

But cold-minded? You bet.

**Penelope** · 11-12-2003, 09:20 PM

Specifics seem to be your specialty. Going to read poem and continuing on in ambiguity.