Tuesday, May 03, 2005
MG! There you are! What are you doing in there? Are we allowed to eat lunch in empty offices? I didn't know we were allowed to eat lunch in empty offices!
Oh, hi, Leah. Come in. I'm actually working out of this office now.
Oh, yeah. I did hear about that. Alana was telling us all about how you get this office temporarily. And you're eating lunch at your desk all by yourself? That's awful! You should eat with us! The girls always have lunch together. Why aren't you eating with us? Joni eats with us.
Oh. I didn't realize--
MG, you should know. You know. We all meet up and go have lunch together. It's total girl time. We all need a break from our boys once in a while, right? We need a break from them so we can talk about them! You totally missed all the latest about my boyfriend! I can fill you in real quick, though, while you finish eating. What are you eating, anyway? Where did you get that?
It's just a sandwich I brought from home. And actually I was just about to--
From home? What is that weird bread? Is that bread?
Yeah, it's just pita. Hummus on pita. I need to make a couple of calls, actually, but--
Oh, this won't take long. So, you remember how my boyfriend was totally going to separate from his wife? Do you mind if I sit down?
Um, sure.
And then he was like, "I can't right now, Leah, but I'm totally going to," and I was like, "Well, you better, because I'm not going to wait forever," and he was like, "Come on, Leah, it's not a good time right now, my kid is having trouble at kindergarden, so we just have to wait til that blows over," and I was like, "Fine," because the main thing is that I really want to be supportive of him, you know?
Sure.
But then I was like, "You know, Leah," I mean, I was thinking this to myself, not saying it to him, I was like, "You know, Leah, maybe he's not going to ever get out of that marriage, maybe I'm wasting my time with him," and then I told him that, I was like, "Am I wasting my time with you? Are you really planning to leave her?" And I thought he would be like, "Of course! You're the one I want to be with." But then instead, he was like, stressed out about it? He wasn't like "Yeah!" And he said his wife hasn't been feeling well lately, and blah, blah, blah. So then I started freaking out and I was like, maybe I should just try and forget about the whole thing, you know?
Yeah, that might be for the best.
But then, I realized right away, that's crazy! He is so the one for me, and I am so the one for him. The one. We have that kind of love that can't even be stopped by him being married or whatever. It's not like we ever wanted it to be this way. I didn't even know he was married! So it's not like I planned it like this. And he didn't plan it like this. It just happened. Because I feel like when something is meant to be, it's just meant to be. You can't control it. We can't control this. So, we decided, from now on, we're both going to be really, really, really honest. Because when a love is totally pure like this, that's the only way. It is seriously the only way. It's like the truth of the love overcomes all the, the BS that's around it.
Hm. So what does his wife think about it all?
Oh my god! She doesn't know! Of course she doesn't know. He's going to find a way to leave her where she never finds out. They stopped sleeping together a long, long time ago, like a year ago, and he's just tapering the whole relationship off slowly. That's why it's taking so long. He doesn't want to hurt her, especially when she's kind of sick. See? That's the kind of guy, that's the kind of man I should say, that he is. He doesn't want to hurt his wife, even though he doesn't love her. Isn't that amazing?
Yep. What about the kid?
He is so amazing with him, too. You should see them together. It is so sweet.
The kid's met you?
Yeah. But he's too young to know what's going on. He has no idea what's going on. I'm just daddy's friend. Daddy's special friend.
Didn't you say he's in kindergarden? Aren't you afraid he'll say something to the wife?
Of course not, MG? Why would he say anything? Little kids aren't mean like that. He wouldn't have any reason to say anything!
Oh. Alright. Well, good luck with that. I hope… I don't know. Good luck.
Thanks, MG! You know, you should really come out to lunch with us. No, you know what? Now that you have this office, we should all start having lunch in here! Look, you've got enough chairs and everything! I'll tell the girls. We'll all start having lunch in here with you! You know what, I bet if all of us girls put our heads together, we could totally fix you up with someone, too! Then you won't feel left out when we all talk about our boyfriends. My boyfriend knows lots of other cops!
Oh. Thanks. That's okay. Um, thanks, though.
Oh, hi, Leah. Come in. I'm actually working out of this office now.
Oh, yeah. I did hear about that. Alana was telling us all about how you get this office temporarily. And you're eating lunch at your desk all by yourself? That's awful! You should eat with us! The girls always have lunch together. Why aren't you eating with us? Joni eats with us.
Oh. I didn't realize--
MG, you should know. You know. We all meet up and go have lunch together. It's total girl time. We all need a break from our boys once in a while, right? We need a break from them so we can talk about them! You totally missed all the latest about my boyfriend! I can fill you in real quick, though, while you finish eating. What are you eating, anyway? Where did you get that?
It's just a sandwich I brought from home. And actually I was just about to--
From home? What is that weird bread? Is that bread?
Yeah, it's just pita. Hummus on pita. I need to make a couple of calls, actually, but--
Oh, this won't take long. So, you remember how my boyfriend was totally going to separate from his wife? Do you mind if I sit down?
Um, sure.
And then he was like, "I can't right now, Leah, but I'm totally going to," and I was like, "Well, you better, because I'm not going to wait forever," and he was like, "Come on, Leah, it's not a good time right now, my kid is having trouble at kindergarden, so we just have to wait til that blows over," and I was like, "Fine," because the main thing is that I really want to be supportive of him, you know?
Sure.
But then I was like, "You know, Leah," I mean, I was thinking this to myself, not saying it to him, I was like, "You know, Leah, maybe he's not going to ever get out of that marriage, maybe I'm wasting my time with him," and then I told him that, I was like, "Am I wasting my time with you? Are you really planning to leave her?" And I thought he would be like, "Of course! You're the one I want to be with." But then instead, he was like, stressed out about it? He wasn't like "Yeah!" And he said his wife hasn't been feeling well lately, and blah, blah, blah. So then I started freaking out and I was like, maybe I should just try and forget about the whole thing, you know?
Yeah, that might be for the best.
But then, I realized right away, that's crazy! He is so the one for me, and I am so the one for him. The one. We have that kind of love that can't even be stopped by him being married or whatever. It's not like we ever wanted it to be this way. I didn't even know he was married! So it's not like I planned it like this. And he didn't plan it like this. It just happened. Because I feel like when something is meant to be, it's just meant to be. You can't control it. We can't control this. So, we decided, from now on, we're both going to be really, really, really honest. Because when a love is totally pure like this, that's the only way. It is seriously the only way. It's like the truth of the love overcomes all the, the BS that's around it.
Hm. So what does his wife think about it all?
Oh my god! She doesn't know! Of course she doesn't know. He's going to find a way to leave her where she never finds out. They stopped sleeping together a long, long time ago, like a year ago, and he's just tapering the whole relationship off slowly. That's why it's taking so long. He doesn't want to hurt her, especially when she's kind of sick. See? That's the kind of guy, that's the kind of man I should say, that he is. He doesn't want to hurt his wife, even though he doesn't love her. Isn't that amazing?
Yep. What about the kid?
He is so amazing with him, too. You should see them together. It is so sweet.
The kid's met you?
Yeah. But he's too young to know what's going on. He has no idea what's going on. I'm just daddy's friend. Daddy's special friend.
Didn't you say he's in kindergarden? Aren't you afraid he'll say something to the wife?
Of course not, MG? Why would he say anything? Little kids aren't mean like that. He wouldn't have any reason to say anything!
Oh. Alright. Well, good luck with that. I hope… I don't know. Good luck.
Thanks, MG! You know, you should really come out to lunch with us. No, you know what? Now that you have this office, we should all start having lunch in here! Look, you've got enough chairs and everything! I'll tell the girls. We'll all start having lunch in here with you! You know what, I bet if all of us girls put our heads together, we could totally fix you up with someone, too! Then you won't feel left out when we all talk about our boyfriends. My boyfriend knows lots of other cops!
Oh. Thanks. That's okay. Um, thanks, though.
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