So, I left you with the very beginnings of two very different budding relationships. I will continue with Mandy* and Anderson*. They met and sparks flew to say the least. It wasn't long after that first visit that Anderson flew to New England for the holidays. In between though, this couple had trust issues to the hilt. It was always a crying phone call in the middle of the night to me. "Jay, what should I do?" always the same question. At the time I was several months from knowing James and with a cynical attitude toward the whole long distance relationship thing, I would say dump him. There is no trust after a couple of months, how will it last? Well she ignored me as I assumed she would.
Is it just me or is a girl in love, deaf, blind, stupid, and mute? I think we are most of the time unless we realize early on what we need or want from the other person. Mandy and Anderson maintained a strained relationship where rules were constantly being set. Neither could go out on the weekends and they always found new reasons why a phone call should be made before any decision including going out to dinner with friends to going to bed and waking up. It was obsessive and to say the least the furthest thing from the kind of relationship I wanted.
It was May, my birthday and Anderson was in town visiting. Despite all the fights and issues, just a few short months after meeting, the guy pops the question and Mandy says yes. I was happy for her because she was happy but the trust issues were still very much there. Enter Daniel. Daniel and Mandy had stopped talking immediately after the proposal when my cousin tried to tell Mandy that Anderson had cheated on her several times including actual dates and names of girls. Mandy(blind) went ahead planning for a wedding to be in August so that when she graduated in December from New England School she could just move to the base and they could start their lives. It was in this Summer that I "met" my voice. Jason knew Anderson and didn't think very highly of him. I tried talking to Mandy about whether or not this wedding was going to work and if it was worth a lifetime of doubting fidelity and constantly having to keep tabs. She seemed so sure that I went along and in August a wedding did go down.....
The night before had left entire bridal party wondering if either betrothed would be waiting at the altar the next day....
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