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“Mimi,” he whispers, “what do you say we make this crazy thing between us official . . . and get ourselves married? You want to?”
Girl, look at when and where this proposal is taking place - say no.
if you’re open to being encouraged all the time
What a weird sentiment to attribute to a psychic... was therapy too crazy of an idea in 1982?
Who doesn’t need that said to them once a week?
Oh lord...
She says it’s cute the way I rely on New Age theories instead of going to therapy like normal people do when they’re trying to get over their childhood.
Cute isn't the word I'd use.
They’re not going to be living with us.
Don't they currently live with him?
Don’t get married to someone who requires that you act quote, unquote, ‘normal’ in order to please him, okay? You don’t have to be anybody’s idea of normal.
perhaps doesn’t remember how, when you’re in the first flush of love, you are 90 percent of the time having sex, and the other 10 percent you’re thinking about having sex, and it’s hard to work in a conversation about your belief in psychic phenomena
But perfectly fine timing to propose marriage? Yeah, okay...
Lots of other things haven’t come up either.
And if he doesn't know these things about you, you probably don't know these things about him...
I can’t blow my chance to marry this wonderful, kind, lovely, hot, attentive, handsome man who, for reasons I’ll never understand, happened to fall in love with me.
Girl, you are a target walking straight toward an arrow with your bullseye proudly on display.
it leads to getting married and moving out of your teeny-tiny apartment and moving into larger quarters with the person you adore.
Y'all haven't discussed y'all's family history, let alone living arrangements. That man could be prepping to squeeze in with you.
I’ll make more of an effort to appear intelligent and classy
-___-
I’ve felt a little bit like the Awkward Younger Girlfriend, as if I’m a child trying to make conversation with the adults who clearly aren’t interested in me.
And in such a rush to become Awkward Younger Wife
He always says they’re just about to move out.
And how long has he been saying this?
“Mimi Perkins, will you—wait, is Mimi your given name or just a nickname?”
What a time to be asking this question
And now that Judith is leaving for Chicago, it’s the perfect, convenient time,
Mentioning the ex-wife in the proposal? Nice.
His eyes are blank. “I didn’t mention her.”
Oh, this bitch...
it was as if no one ever spelled out for her the level of care and attention offspring require.
...sounds familiar...
I should have called first. I may have misjudged whether or not I’m her favorite client.
omg this lady is pissing me off! you pay this woman for a service she provides - ain't no favorites.
You might think that, of all people, she would know what’s happened, being psychic and all—but as she’s explained to me, psychics can’t know absolutely everything going on in the whole world.
And yet you continue to... nevermind.
All the words come pouring out of me.
No need for psychic abilities if you divulge everything first
dabbing at my eyes and expecting to get some sympathy.
sympathy for what?
Hospital stuff, doctors to meet with.
convenient...
and I have every right to be here.
Do you, though?
along with a note from Ren.
Are we only going to hear from him via phone call and post it notes from now on?
well, it gets stuck in the stairwell just at the place where the stairs turn the corner, and no matter how much I kick and swear at it, it won’t move. So I go back inside and lock the door.
omg fuck this lady
tell the universe that I’m being brave and that it had better reward me for this huge amount of courage,
so much ignorance and entitlement in one person
“What are you doing here?”
This man is not divorced
That's the look of Parentification, my dear
Is he coming over to dump her?
omg these two piss me off
Sourdough? lol
Pathetic...
🙄🙄🙄
ding! ding! ding!
Ma'am, you're doing this for yourself
News flash: Mimi, you are not part of his family in any way.
!!!
I march myself over to Ren’s ex-wife’s house.
Girl, turn around! I beg you!!
::eye roll::
THANK YOU!
And all probably still in the same exact place he left it...
Bitch, that's a bold move...
This man never left his wife
Not by this man, no.
🎼flying high, defying gravity🎶
I'm gonna picture the 2009 dance anyway
