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Wednesday, February 13, 2019

Ultimatum

She sat in
the beanbag chair

guilty but not
contrite,
a child caught
in a lie.

“You gotta decide
whether you want
to stay married to me.”

She just stared into space
not taking any
responsibility,
just wanting it all
to be over.

Then I issued
the ultimatum:

“I’m giving you
two weeks to decide:
it’s either him or me.”

The Lesson In Retrospect:

if your beloved
takes more than

three seconds

to decide
if they want to
be with you,

RUN!

10 comments:

  1. I agree... run, run, run.

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  2. Amen to that! But reason will put a pause on emotion at times, just in case. We're told only children are so out of control, but amen, RUN. Be a child and love it.

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  3. Ab-so-freaking-LUTE-ly. Their loss. Loved this so much! Lived it more than once.

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  4. When the other person is a beloved I think 'run' is not a good option :D

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  5. All smiles at that last line... difficult situation!!

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  6. Yes indeed it should come straight from the heart

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  7. Sadly, there comes a time in many people's lives when the beloved becomes the un-beloved.

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