Greetings from the hangar....Helo Mom, Princess, Therese, and Boy are back from the way-south of Florida, and yes, it was glorious. HM (that's short for moi) needed a break from small towns, small schools, and small minds.
Now that I am all tech-ed out with matching pink Blackberries for the Princess and me (which was our only connection to the outside world), doing the Facebook thing, taking and sending pics all over the place, I've been overloaded. It was a good and much-needed break.
But what of our young couple? The Athlete took off for Dollywood while we darted around from island to island, often forgetting or forsaking the phones in favor of beaches and books and Barenjager-laced iced tea...(mmmmm....okay so that was just me).
Again I digress. What was I saying? Oh yeah. So they didn't have their usual texting and evening chats as they are used to doing. My 26 y/o niece was along with us and sent the Tall One a text with a photo attached - all of us in the ocean, hard to see faces.
His response: Is this Nicole?*
Hers: Who the he[ck] is Nicole?
Him: Oh, wait, I just saw the picture...this is [Cousin] isn't it?
Hers: Yeah, and you're in trouble.
Oy.
Vey.
Drama ensued - apparently "Nicole" [name changed to protect the not-so-innocent] is a youth-court girl who has long harbored a bit of a tendre for our tall friend, and she has an out-of-area cell number. So when the Athlete saw the strange number, he presumed it was her. He immediately called to clarify with a hot-tubbing Princess, but angry Niece answered Princess' phone and proceeded to fuss at Athlete. He hung up.
Princess had no problem with the Nicole mistaken-identity issue (she knows the girl and the story behind it), but the hanging up on a relative part was bad. After a solid hour of reprimanding, railing about the immaturity of hanging up on anyone, let alone a favorite family member, and demanding that he apologize (Athlete countered that it unnecessary, because he felt unfairly attacked by someone he's only met briefly interfering in his relationship) the real issue emerged:
Princess: If you weren't so cute, and so chatty and texty and flirty with all the girls, and if you'd looked at the picture first, we wouldn't be arguing at all!
Athlete: What?!? Okay, I admit I talk to lots of girls and have lots of female friends, but I don't "like" any of them - you are the only girl for me, and I can prove it.
Princess: [derisive snort]
[HM aside: he is quite convivial with the ladies...]
Athlete: Here's something you don't know about me, something I've never told you. And only a few of my closest friends know it. If you see me talking away with some girl, you can be sure I don't like her like "that." When I really, really "like" a girl, I can't talk to her. It terrifies me. Remember that first dance of the school year when I came up and danced with you?
Princess: Yes...at the very end after you danced with half the other girls there, one after the other....
Athlete: Well, I'd been thinking about it all night, from the moment you came through the door. I danced with a bunch of my friends to ask them what they thought and what i should do. It took me about 20 minutes to gather up the courage to come and ask you. I had to walk around outside. I was so scared, I seriously thought I was going to throw up.
Princess: Wait....so you're telling me that you like talking to all kinds of girls, but you like me so much you shut up and I make you want to VOMIT?
Athlete [stammering]: Y-y-y-ess...well, not anymore...but...c'mon, you know what...hey, that's not --
Princess [giggling]: that's so cute...and so retarded....and just.....heeheeheeeeee!!! [Yet more giggling]
Athlete [chuckling]: You're evil, you know that? I just poured my heart out to you --
Princess: It's better than your guts! HAHAHAAAA!!!!
And another hour of back-to-normal chat ensued, followed by a contrite text from the Athlete to the angry cousin. She accepted, but with threats of bodily harm if he ever hurts her little cousin Princess.
I love the fact that the Princess made me sit with her and hold her hand through the whole argument. Way more fun to be a fly on the wall than one in the ointment.
HeloMom must do more laundry and go to sleep. It's been an exhausting and exhilarating week.
4 comments:
:), ah young coupleness :)
OK, one gentle smack for the Princess:
Your relative picks up your phone and starts chewing out your boyfriend, he is fully within his rights to hang up on her. Especially if there's no getting a word in edgewise and/or she refuses to relinquish the phone.
There.
(Spoken as someone who, at around the Princess' age, called a dear friend's mistreating ex and chewed him out...and quite rightly got hung up on for my troubles. It just ain't right.)
Oh, I missed the Helo Mom dispatches. Welcome back! (Now to go and tell you the same thing on Facebook!)
Oh my heck. That was funny. I was waking up grumpy and depressed until I read this. Hope you have a great day for making me smile, you :)
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