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JamesMichael
Member Empyrean

since 1999-11-16

Posts 33336
Kapolei, Hawaii, USA

0 posted 2016-10-07 10:48 PM

Get Back to Long Beach

One of the reasons why I liked Margaret
was the longer I knew her, the more I realized
we were two lost souls with much in common;
I met her after I had moved from Moreno Valley
back to Long Beach awhile after my wife
told me to move out because she wanted a divorce,
this wasn't totally a surprise to me, as it seemed
like my entire married life she had complained
to me about one thing or another she didn't like
about me, and then it happened, I didn't want it
to happen but she did, and the Judge gave her what
she wanted.  The Judge said, if one person didn't
want to be married anymore it was over.  I'll
always wish I had done better.  So eventually I
moved back to Long Beach and it just so happened,
when I was hurting immensely I met Margaret, and
after I met her I was surprised to learn that she
seemed to be suffering more than me, this amazed
me because I didn't think anyone in the whole wide
world was suffering more than me.  I suppose at
that time, in the middle of my suffering, I needed
to look inside of myself and take note that I wasn't
the only one that had suffered a divorce, it seems
Margaret had suffered the same, she had been married
to a successful orthopedic surgeon that had met
a younger woman at work and he divorced Margaret
for a new life with the younger woman.  Margaret
was not taking this so well, I'm not sure how it
was working out for him, but for her it was
devastating, and soon me and Margaret became close
friends in trajedy.

JamesLee
10/7/16

[This message has been edited by JamesMichael (10-08-2016 10:07 PM).]

Ari Squire
Member
Posts 488
In The Phallus Lane

1 posted 2016-10-08 12:55 PM

Well then James, I too lived in Long Beach in 1971&2. I was a partner in an AAmco Transmissions shop located at 1629 Long Beach Blvd, next door to a barber college. I can't even recognize the boulevard any more on the "street view", but the Queen Mary was berthed already, though the Cousteau Museum was the only available attraction as I recall. I used to fly over it and the nearby Hancock oil tanks had smiles painted on their tops, a bit before the 'smilies' became popular.

Loving Linny Jean is poetry.

JerryPat2
Member Laureate

since 2011-02-06

Posts 16975
South Louisiana

2 posted 2016-10-08 01:29 PM

"Love!" Spreads more misery than anything else in the world. That's my take on love. Still, we try and try again . . .

~ If they give you ruled paper, write sideways. ~

JamesMichael
Member Empyrean

since 1999-11-16

Posts 33336
Kapolei, Hawaii, USA

3 posted 2016-10-08 10:14 PM

Thank you Ari and Jerry for the response...Jerry, like I said I wish I had done better, and Love would have done better...its all in our choices...james

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