From: rip@sequent.com (Paul T Taylor)
Subject: Untitled story
Organization: Sequent Computer Systems Inc.
Date: Mon, 7 Sep 92 02:46:53 GMT


Ok, here is the first part of another 'me and Roxy' story.  As I have
explained before, this is all pure fiction.  Well the story is anyway,
the people are real.  For those of you who don't know, Roxy was my
first 'true love' way back when I was an awkward teenager, so I
use her name and what I can remember of her, (which is just about
everything, even after 15 years....  *sigh*), to help the story
along.  This one inparticular is kind of what my marriage was like,
great at first and then cold and loveless at the end....


So without further ado, here it is....

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"I can't go on like this!" Roxy screamed.

Needless to say, it was not a good day.  Rox and I had been having our
share of problems lately, like all the time.  Hell, we had had
problems before, worse ones, but this time it was different.  Now it
seemed like everything went wrong, and was blown out of proportion.
Just last night I went off when she didn't put the toilet seat up, and
this morning it was my whiskers in the sink...  and then it was...
well, you get the picture.

I can't really remember when this all started.  Although looking back,
it really doesn't matter.  Rox and I had been together for 3 years
now.  It was kind of funny how we met, a blind date.  Can you believe
that?  We went out one night, and haven't been apart since.  I never
believed in 'Love at first site' till that night.  When I went to pick
her up it was...  well, magic I guess you'd say.  Being the romantic
kind of guy I am, I took her to a movie, well actually we went
'Dutch'.  That was one of the conditions of the date, we pay our own
way.  Her idea, something about not wanting to feel 'obligated'
whatever the hell *that* means.

Anyway, like I was saying, I took her to see T2.  Real romantic huh?
*chuckle* Actually it kind of was, we both like action, adventure type
of things, and if Arnie ain't the 'King of Action', well, you and me
will end up dancing is all I got to say!  So at one point during the
movie, we both reach for the popcorn at the same time.  I know this
sounds corny, (no pun intended), like something out of a romance
novel, but it happened.  We both pulled out hands back like there was
a snake in the popcorn!  We looked at each other and started laughing!
Unfortunately this was during the dramatic scene were the Terminator
was setting himself up for the big meltdown.  You should have heard
the shushing going on!

From that night on we were together every spare minute we had, few as
they may have been.  If I didn't see her, I would call, (or she would
call depending on who called first....).  I must have sent her a
whole shop full of flowers that first month!  She got me back though,
she sent one of those 'Singing' telegrams one day.  I put 'Singing'
in quotes 'cause whatever the guy did, it sure wasn't singing!  I
don't know if she did that on purpose, (getting the guy with the tin
ear), or not, but when I get home she is standing outside my
apartment with a big stupid grin on her face!

"'Ya get my telegram?' she asked.

"Got it?!  I tell ya, my ears will never be the same!"

"Well, I figured if I was gonna send something, it might as well be
something you'll remember!"

I swept her up in my arms, (so she couldn't get away), and start
singing the same song screeched at me earlier today, trying as hard
as I could to sing off key.  She started beating me on the shoulders
screaming, "Stop!  Enough!"  But I kept right on going!  When I got
done she gave me a big sloppy kiss and said,

"Well, Pavarotti you're not, but at least your mine!"

We went to this little deli around the corner for dinner that night.
Between the 5-bean salad, and the pastrami, I asked the big
question,

"Hey Rox, will you move in with me?"  Well, what did you expect?!  I
mean, I only met her a month ago!

Without even looking up from her plate she says,

"Ok."

That's it, just 'ok'.  No talking about it or nothing, just 'ok'.  I
took her hand and kissed it, mustard and all.


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