Thursday, March 29, 2012

The Epilogue




Now that I've had some time to reflect on this tale and go back in time, I thought I'd wrap things up with the "where are they now" part of the story. Upon closer reflection, I realized that out of the 7 other people in this story, I no longer have a relationship with 5 of them.

K and J, my dear college friends, are still my dear friends. K and I went to undergrad together and we always had each other's backs. That night just solidified it. He caught the garter at my first wedding, and we spent a lot of time hanging out in college. We've seen the years come and go and through those years, done some crazy, fun things. His wife J, has always been my friend, but more recently she has become part of my inner circle. K and J are my peeps and I hope I never have to go through life without their friendship.

L and A, my dear local friends, are a little more complicated. Both Russian Americans, we became acquainted when our children went to the same Montessori school when they were little. Land A were never at a loss for money, ever. They were the kind of people that didn't hear the word "no" a lot and if they did, they didn't like it. We somehow became pretty close; probably because I established my boundaries early on and I think they respected that. We experienced a lot together. L and A's marriage disintegrated at precisely the same time that mine did, and talk about crazy? L and I experienced some crazy shit at the hands of our Ex Asses during the first few years. Let's just say that BOTH our boys were never really on the up and up. For all the madness, I always had a soft spot for A (and not in a sexual way) Around me, he was kind of a gentle giant. I got to know his soft side; the father who adored his children, the intelligent side (he was a successful man and had a inventor deep within his soul) and he even showed me his extensive gun collection. It was the first time I had ever seen a real gun up close, much less an AK-47, and they scared the hell out of me.

A was found dead by his girlfriend in 2007 at his summer home on Cape Cod. Police said it was a suicide, but we have our doubts, and that's all I'm going to say about that. L decided in July 2010, just before my wedding, that she no longer wanted to be my friend. We were at the Foxwoods Casino in CT celebrating my bachelorette party with several of my friends and family members. I spent the last hours of our time there with L and another friend in their hotel room, ordering room service and giggling till 3am. The next day she decided to text me to tell me that she wouldn't be coming to my wedding "after the way I had treated her that night". I was floored.. Something tells me that the date of my wedding was too inconvenient for her scheduled trip to Moscow, so she must have decided to pick a fight with me, get out of the wedding, then work it out when she came back. Her plan had one fatal flaw; she picked the wrong girl to do that to. Forgiveness is not my strong suit. What I realize now is that she did me a big favor.

Which brings me to C and T, ah yes, my neighbors who we had become very close to who were at the crux of that fateful night. C and T were always pompous. I live in a very monied community, so pompous people are a dime a dozen, and one is only interested in the next if they think you have more money than them. I suspect that is what C and T saw in us. They wanted to impress us with their summer home, their country club, their charity events, their fancy parties and gain access to my inner circle. Thing was, I liked them. They were fun and hip and they had kids the same ages as my kids. We live right down the street from one another, and we spent some time together, good times, but I never rally saw their true colors until that night.

The day after the debacle of the Ex Asses birthday, C came to my house in tears. She apologized profusely and blamed the alcohol (I hate that) and begged me to forgive her telling me she "loved me and hoped that this wouldn't effect our friendship". I don't remember exactly what I said to her, but I forgave her even though I would never forget. I never saw C nor T again, socially. Occasionally, I will see her or him drive by. I always wave and they do too. I heard they are now on to these other, ludicrously rich people in the neighborhood. Good luck to those people cuz they are going to need it. I even heard that my down on his luck, criminal, bad karma Ex Ass has been seen hanging out with them recently, which does not surprise me at all.

Which brings me to my Ex Ass. Oh My, where do I begin?That's a story for a best selling memoir and while it was happening to me, I kept repeating it like a mantra. I will tell you that the story will be written someday soon. It is one heck of a story, too. I like to think of myself as intelligent and smart; someone who has heart and compassion, but all that was called into question in 2005 when he decided he could no longer keep up the charade. It's a lesson in what happens when you believe in love only to find out that what you thought was love was really just lies. And what happens when your carefully constructed house of cards comes tumbling down.

This Phoenix rose, rest assured, and I lived to tell the story.

8 comments:

Heff said...

RULE #1 - If all else fails, BLAME THE ALCOHOL.

the walking man said...

Rule one and two "Fuck 'em" if they are something other than they show themselves to be.

Furtheron said...

Oh I spent a lifetime blaming the alcohol - however haven't had that excuse in a few years now.

BTW - if someone took me to Foxwoods I'll call into question our friendship as well - what a dump! I sadly know it well having had to visit that neck of the woods a lot in the past I would often head there to eat as it was easy to find somewhere on your own. When I took the family there however their disbelief that such a place could exist was amazing - you get some very funny humans hanging out in those places - very odd indeed! :-)

Candy's daily Dandy said...

Bama- I guess I now know how to get your attention and keep it. TITS, you still there? ASS, should I TWAT keep going?

Heffy-Ya I know, and I swear, I've done it myself.
But really? a drunk speaks a sober mind, and the way she treated my people that night shows that there was nothing good going on inside of her.

Walking Man-Maya Angelou says, "The first time someone shows you who they are, believe them."

Furtheron-You should be quite proud of your accomplishment. Foxwoods is a casino! in the middle of a suburb. Degenerates from the area come there to gamble and drink the free booze and leave their kids in the car while doing so. It's the perfect place for a bunch of liquored up housewives to blow off a little steam to celebrate my pending nuptials.

Sybil-When (and if) i finish the manuscript, I should have you and RW read it for edit. Some of the stuff is very difficult to go back to, but while it was happening to me I was journaling every crazy, fucked up thing that was happening.I knew this was a best seller.

Jim said...

I wonder if anyone ever bought the poor little Asian girl another t-shirt . . . :-)

XO

Candy's daily Dandy said...

Jim-Bwaahahahahahahaaa!!

Cora said...

Ha! I've been telling myself the same thing all these years I've been dealing with my ex: It will make a KICKASS story one day.... IF anyone believes the insanity of it.

Can't wait to hear yours. Something tells me it's going to sound VERY familiar to me somehow.

Scope said...

College friends are the best. Lesson I learned a long time ago, too.