When I lived in Minnesota, my friend, K, dated a guy for a while who’d recently been divorced. The divorce, and the things he’d given up because of it, (time with his kids, a lifestyle, possessions, a chunk of his income) were much on his mind.
One night, after he’d tossed back a few, he got fixated the idea that he should rent a bus and, along with some of his friends who were in the same situation, go on a tour of houses they’d lost. They’d take a cooler of alcohol and raise a toast each time they passed a home they used to live in. They were shocked when K and I asked for a couple of seats on that bus.
“You can’t have lost houses,” they said. “You’re women.”
Apparently, Minnesota women are just a whole lot smarter than Ohio ones.
Why can't women have lost houses? Did your friend lose his through an accident or a break-up?
ReplyDeleteI liked the French clin-d'oeil.
He had lost his, just as we had lost ours, through divorce!
ReplyDeletei think that was a BRILLIANT idea.
ReplyDeleteWhat a great name - K - she must be fabulous.
ReplyDeleteWe need to get the info from those woman. I'd rather steal a house than loose one.
I'm with K on this one, K. The bus tour of broken homes, hm.
ReplyDeleteSounds like a good reality show to me.
The only winners in a divorce are the lawyers... And it's their job to make you feel like you did all right..
ReplyDeleteSo it's a drive by toasting and maybe mooning them party?
ReplyDeleteCute story..sad ..divorce is so messy sometimes:)
ReplyDeleteGreat idea!
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I lost a house once...actually I didn't lose it...I still knew where it was, just someone else was living in it.
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You have to toilet paper those houses.
ReplyDeleteI'll bring the Reisling. And yes, I'd like a seat.
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