Married cyber friend gives the wrong advice to longtime bachelor newlywed.
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My cyber friend, Jack, is a voyeur and so am, I guess. I never knew I was, until Jack told me that I was. He lives on the other side of the world, England or Australia, I figure, by some of the phrases he uses and the times of day that we correspond. It's always late when he writes, but it must be mid day for him now. We correspond on Yahoo.
I don't know what I'd do without Jack. He's more of a worldly man than I am. After being a 40-year-old bachelor for too long, too focused on making money than in having a relationship with a woman, I finally got married this summer, on the 4th of July. Now, that's a summer lovin' date easy to remember for anniversary sake.
My lovely bride, Katherine, is only 28-years-old. Everyone whispers behind my back that she married me for my money, but I'm pretty sure she didn't. I'm pretty sure she loves me. Yet, to me, it doesn't matter what other people think, blonde and sexy, she's so beautiful.
To be truthful, I don't care if she married me for my money because if I wasn't rich, looking much like George Costanza on Seinfeld, an average looking guy, I'd never get a woman who looks like her. I love her and I couldn't be happier. Only, I want to stay that way, happily married, and Jack is helping me with some tips to maintain the passion, sexual and otherwise, in my marriage.
As far as passion goes, I have plenty of that for Katherine. I can't imagine not ever wanting to have sex with her. Yet, Jack insists that, after being married for only a few, short years that I'll take her for granted and we'll stop having sex. It's hard for me to believe that I'll ever take Katherine for granted, so much that I wouldn't want to have sex with her, but I trust what Jack says. Definitely, he has more experience, when it comes to women and marriage advice, than I do. On those topics, I don't mind deferring to him and allowing him to give me his insights and helpful advice.
I had been going out with a woman for several years, Elizabeth, who was closer to my age. She was nice enough, but plain and overweight. Definitely, I took a leap up, when I found Katherine. She's hot, where Elizabeth was, well, not.
Elizabeth thought we'd get married, but she wasn't much fun and the sex we had was boring. Had it not been for Katherine, I may have married Elizabeth. Who knows? Only Elizabeth's mother, Audrey, calculating and conniving, was a real shrew and, but for the loss of her daughter, I'm glad to be rid of her. Audrey was so pissed, an understatement, that I didn't marry her plain, fat daughter. If Audrey was part of the package deal of marrying Elizabeth, then I didn't want whatever they were selling. Her mother was a real bitch.
I couldn't imagine marrying into Elizabeth's family and having Audrey for a mother-in-law. I couldn't help but figure, like mother like daughter. I imagined Elizabeth eventually looking and acting just like her horrible mother. It was a terrible breakup, when I told Elizabeth that I was in love with someone else, but I'm glad the lawsuits and restraining orders are finally behind me and that I can finally move forward with my life and my new wife.
Oh, here he is. I'm online with Jack now. I just love Yahoo. I feel as if he's in the room with me.
"All men are voyeurs and all women are exhibitionists, Charlie" wrote Jack.
See? I told you. He knows so much about this stuff.
"Gees, Jack, I didn't know that. All women? Even my wife, Kathy is an exhibitionist?"
"Yes, your Kathy and my Maryanne are both exhibitionists. They love showing men their bodies."
"How do you know that, Jack, when you haven't even met Kathy?"
"Listen Charlie, why do you think women walk around wearing short skirts and low cut tops and even less in the summertime?"
He's got a point there. I always wondered about that myself. Trying to show Jack that I wasn't a total idiot, when it comes to women, I tried coming up with the right answer.
"Because that's the current fashion?"
"Well, yeah."
"Because it flatters their figures and they look good in them?"
"Of course, that goes without saying."
"To make them look sexy?"
"You're getting warmer," he wrote adding a little smiley face.
"Because they bought the outfits on sale?"
"Sure, of course, but the real reason why they wear short skirts and low cut tops, Charlie, is to tease us men by showing off what they have beneath their clothes. Women pretend they don't want to show us their bodies but they love showing off their bodies. They love showing us their shapely legs and their cleavage."
Wow. Suddenly, I felt like such a sucker. All this time, I've been played. Who knew? If it wasn't for Jack tutoring me in the beguiling ways of women, I'd still be in the dark and they'd still be taking advantage of me. It's a good thing I'm no longer playing the field. It's a good thing that I'm safely and happily married.
"Really? No shit. I had no idea, Jack," I wrote eagerly watching the computer screen, while waiting for his reply.