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Knowing My Place
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Knowing My Place |
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icebox Member Elite
since 2003-05-03
Posts 4383in the shadows 
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I had a lover for a while, many years ago, who would only take me to her bed when she was drunk; being young, I thought this was great for a while. She'd start drinking, I would smile, she'd drink more knowing I'd caught on to her plans for the night; of course I was psyched when I was right and crushed when I was wrong, though I was rarely wrong about this, and at the age I was back then, most men are only life support for glands and a few other things just hanging around. She would make a sound way back in her throat, a soft purring growl, somewhere past the fourth or fifth drink, and in my hormone addled brain I would think, "Yeah! Tonight's working out fine." It took me a while to shine the light of reason on this relationship, but when I did, I felt sad thinking we could have skipped all the fake socializing and just cut to the chase. That was about the time I realized, that for her, while the sex apparently was great when she was drunk, I simply wore the wrong man's face. ©2004 by Icebox [This message has been edited by icebox (05-04-2004 03:31 PM).] |
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Sunshine
Administrator
Member Empyrean
since 1999-06-25
Posts 63354Listening to every heart |
that doesn't happen with just the young... and unfortunately it happens much too frequently. |
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Enchantress Member Empyrean
since 2001-08-14
Posts 35113Canada eh. |
"I simply wore the wrong man's face." Yes, sadly this happens too often. And, not only to the young. Excellent write. Hugs~ ~ Lost in you, I found myself. ~ |
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passing shadows Member Empyrean
since 1999-08-26
Posts 45577displaced |
women are so screwed up lol me being one, I know |
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MGROVES
since 2004-02-01
Posts 3802california |
you impress me, you are such a wise man. i liked this, i can relate. thanks |
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Ratleader
since 2003-01-23
Posts 7026Visiting Earth on a Guest Pass |
I can understand that....hope the faces are straight for you now. Mine stays straight most of the time, but sometimes I just can't manage it, being who I am....but I usually last long enough to be seen as the right fellow. ...or maybe it's a trick of the lighting around here. Either way, I'll take it! ~~(¸¸¸¸ºº> ~~(¸¸¸¸ºº> ~~(¸¸ ¸¸ºº> ~~~(¸¸ER¸¸ºº> |
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Pilgrimage Member Elite
since 2001-12-04
Posts 3945Texas, USA |
I cannot imagine a relationship like that-it would hurt on so many levels. Of course, young men are sometimes impervious. It's a necessity for the survival of the species, I think. Nan (Pilgrim variety) |
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suthern
since 1999-07-29
Posts 20723Louisiana |
There isn't anything that hurts a heart or destroys a soul more than knowing you're just the one THERE not the one treasured... it's more than enough to make the wrong face melt under the weight of tears. |
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Margherita Member Seraphic
since 2003-02-08
Posts 22236Eternity |
A tough lesson to be learned and shared. Thank you, Poet icebox. Love, Margherita |
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Martie
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Member Empyrean
since 1999-09-21
Posts 28049California |
icebox I had a husband like that....had to be drunk first...eventually I found myself hoping he would pass out before, and many times he did. So sad!  |
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Susan Caldwell Member Rara Avis
since 2002-12-27
Posts 8348Florida |
Ditto what Martie said... *shiver*  and Icy? She was an idiot."cast me gently into the morning, for the night has been unkind" |
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iliana Member Patricius
since 2003-12-05
Posts 13434USA |
This was well spoken and can be related to from both sides. |
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