So you want to marry a bargirl? Do yourself a favor and read this first. I do this as a favor to the love-struck guys, not for my sisters. They would be mad if they read this. Consider this part of the penance for my sins.
I am a bargirl. I haven't worked in a bar for a few years now, but I'm still a bargirl. First, let's be honest and call it what it really is. I'm a prostitute. The fancy word doesn't change what I did.
I say that because after a certain point, you will never stop being a bargirl. Maybe, MAYBE, if you get her out of the bar within the first year, you might have a chance she isn't permanently damaged, but everyday she works there it rapidly grows more and more unlikely.
After a year or so, forget it. It's who she is. Like an alcoholic, I will never unlearn the habits I picked up working that job. I will always be a bargirl. I will always think and act like a bargirl.
Tonight, I write this story because tomorrow I will ruin the best relationship I ever had. By tomorrow night, I will be alone, entirely due to my own actions. My husband, David, doesn't deserve any of this.
Do I love David? No. I'm probably not capable of really loving anyone anymore. That's difficult but necessary to admit. Have I told him that I love him? Yes. Many times, and he believes me because we are good liars. Saying I love you is a tool we subconsciously use to get what we want.
Everyone thinks their bargirl is different, but we are all the same. We are good actresses. It us our job to be. I sell my body, but more importantly I sell a fantasy. I'm damn good at it. Your bargirl did the same thing. If you believe she is different, it's because she is also a good liar.
Tomorrow I will tell David I'm pregnant. 4 months along, I will start showing soon, so I have to tell him. The baby is not his. He thinks I have been a good wife. I haven't been because I've never really left the bar. I will always be a bargirl.