Cooooooooooooool! Scary new dinosaurs. I think I have a new love. I'm a big fan of massive, killer creatures from the sea. In them I see an amazing beauty and grace that we clumsy land-lubbing types can never hope for. Except in space maybe. Space looks fun, if a tad awkward.Came home to an all new set of family dramas this afternoon. My older brother has just been dumped by his fiance. Now this leaves me in an odd position. As I've been secretly, and not-so-secretly, predicting this pretty much since they got together. I don't get on with this brother. If you can imagine polar opposites; shake them up, put them in separate blenders at maximum mix and then pour them into separate glasses one on The Sun and one on poor baby planet (star? Hunk of rock?) Pluto, then that would be a start towards describing the relationship we have.
So I find myself with mixed emotions upon hearing this news. Of course I want to jump around nerdily doing my I-told-you-so-You-suck-Doesn't-comeuppance-bite-hard dance, but this is really tempered by the feeling of just being very sad for him. He's a pathetic loser in my mind, don't get me wrong. But this was the only thing he really had in his life. Now he doesn't even have that. I must be getting soft in my older, semi-religious age.
My greatest concern is for my parents who will no doubt be sucked into this deeply. My brother couldn't care less that they are getting older and don't need that kind of stress. So upon hearing this news and having some time to reflect on it, I feel no warm comfort in the downfall of my enemy. Only the hope that he can move forward and pull his life back together.
I really am going soft, aren't I?
3 comments:
Marshmallow man - You would think that if one gets dumped by a fiance, the next logical step would be going back to a gf/bf relationship.
If you get dumped again then you're really dumped. Why do people get engaged? You're either good enough to get married to or you're not. There should be no middle ground. Therefore, it means that your brother might be given a second chance if he plays his cards right.
On a legal note - she gets to keep the ring.
Hehe, well there's an element of karma to all this that just can't be ignored. And I think for sure the woman should keep the ring if it all goes pear-shaped. Why, as a guy, would you want to keep it? It's haunted and tainted forevermore.
Yeah I don't really understand long engagements either. I figure if I got engaged I'd be married 6 months later, coz I wouldn't be asking in the first place unless I was pretty bloody sure!
Engagements-
I think it's a state of mind, sort of like browning the meat rather than eating the whole thing rare.
Also not kicking someone while they're down just means you're not an arsehole. Even if they were being a complete cun*
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