What a woman doesn't want to hear is a story about another woman, even if it is a funny story.
You had called me unexpectedly. I was in a bad place, feeling very low, having just left a local hotel. You invited me out for a drink with you and a friend of yours I didn't know. I declined claiming I had something to do. You asked what that something was. I said I had to return a vacuum cleaner. You asked where. Walmart, I answered. You asked what kind of vacuum cleaner. A Dirt Devil, I said.
"No one uses Dirt Devils anymore. Just come out."
How could I not?
Retelling the story made me smile.
The woman I told the story to turned her back to me. She wasn't smiling. She said I was in love with you. She said I'd probably always be.
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