I never knew why my best friend's wife didn't like me. Actually, I guess that's an understatement -- she actually seemed to despise me although she was too cultured to be obvious about it around other people. The main reasons that I was sure that she didn't like me were because she rarely smiled around me and because she always said weird stuff to me, often when my best friend wasn't in earshot.
By the way my name is Richmond Nester, "Rich" to my friends.
Jerry Sentry was my best friend since 3rd grade. We did almost everything together all through High School. We never directly competed and always cheered each other on. Two examples:
-Jerry was great in math and I helped him study for the school math contest in 8th grade, which he won. I was good in spelling and he quizzed me in that and I won the school spelling bee in both 7th and 8th grades.
-In High School Jerry was a great point guard; I was a power forward. Whenever I rebounded I immediately threw the ball to Jerry usually for a fast break. At least half of my points were assisted by between good and great passes from Jerry.
We went to different colleges but stayed close by doing things together on breaks, and by visiting each other at least once a school year. Jerry got an engineering degree and then an MBA. I became a lawyer.
Jerry met Bernice Wendy Phillips his junior year in college, but if you called her anything except Wendy you would get a cold stare or maybe a kick in the nuts. Wendy is from a rich, privileged, family from Boston. I could see why Jerry was initially attracted to her because she's nice looking with substantial mammary glands (in appearance I'd rate her a nine on a ten point scale but I thing that Jerry rated her a 9.9), dresses classy, seems intelligent, and is kind to dogs and cats. However, I was sure that after he got to know her or was with her for a while and any animal attraction had dissipated he'd dump her because she's haughty, entitled, aloof, and sarcastic, and lacked empathy. [I know, I should tell you what I really think, ha, ha].
I'm pretty sure that Wendy didn't like me from first contact. My opinion of the reason for that was that I didn't worship at her shrine; you'd have to ask her what the real reason is if you don't accept my opinion because I've never confronted her about it. Jerry seemed oblivious to her distaste for me and has never mentioned any discussions between him and Wendy about it.
To give you some idea of the weird shit that Wendy said to me:
-My tolerance for imbeciles is low today; I used to have immunity but there is obviously a new strain out there.
-Yet despite the look on my face you're still talking.
-I regret some of the things I said to you yesterday. After sleeping on it I came up with some better insults.
-Sarcasm is an art; if it were a science I'd have a PhD.
-What self-created drama are you whining about now?
-You're entitled to have an opinion; I'm just letting you know that it's wrong.
-Forgive and forget? I'm neither Jesus nor do I have Alzheimer's.
-Remember that you're only young once but can be immature forever.
-Some relationships are like a walk in the park--Jurassic Park.
-You seriously need a speed bump between your brain and mouth.
-Stood up by your date again? Maybe try mouthwash.
Sweet, huh?
Despite my expectation of Jerry breaking it off with Wendy that didn't happen and shortly after Jerry got his MBA, while I was in my last year of law school while working as a paralegal, they got married.
The wedding was a multi-day affair. In a lead-up to it the wedding party went to an amusement park, golfing (or riding on the cart if you didn't golf), bowling, clubbing, and other activities. I got to know Wendy's parents fairly well since they interacted with us and bankrolled almost everything.
Wendy's father Warren is an average looking guy, but a hell of a businessman considering how successful the company that he is CEO of is. He's also a level-headed and friendly man who doesn't take himself too seriously and can carry on a conversation about almost anything.
Wendy's mother Abigail is about ten years younger than Warren and at about 45 years old at the time of the wedding hotter than a Roman Candle. She had to be a legitimate 9.9 in any sighted heterosexual male's opinion. She is slightly uppity and mouthy but not to the extent that her daughter is.
The nuptials must have cost Warren and Abigail a fortune because the flowers in the church were so prolific that it looked like a nursery, there were about two hundred guests, the champagne for toasts was Dom Perignon, and the reception was held at the Brookline Country Club where the most popular entrΓ©e (you could choose form four) was filet mignon.
I was Jerry's best man and settled him down when he had pre-wedding jitters. Jerry is a really good looking and smart guy so even though he came from an upper middle class background -- rather than the privileged background that Wendy came from -- her parents seemed to really like him.
At the reception I gave a very heartfelt -- when it came to Jerry -- toast with very complimentary words for Wendy and her parents that sure sounded sincere (Wendy's parents each individually thanked me for my kind words) although my words weren't, at least as far as they related to Wendy, genuine.
I had a very nice dance with Wendy's mom at the reception; she was a good conversationalist in addition to being hot. I was embarrassed at my reaction to her however since I would definitely have fucked her if a miracle chance occurred. One thing that she said confused me when we parted and just before she gave me a kiss on the cheek: "While being oblivious can sometimes be a virtue it can also cause missed opportunities." What the fuck?
I also danced with the bride herself; that was not particularly enjoyable although we didn't say anything nasty to each other and I kept all of my comments complimentary about her dress, the flowers, the food, and the venue. I had never seen her consume much alcohol before, but she was a little tipsy that night. Her parting comment to me was strange and punctuated by air quotes: "All the roads you regret for not going to the end represent the alternative lives you have missed!"
That may have topped her weirdness scale!
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By the time that he was twenty nine, and Wendy twenty eight, Jerry was a very successful businessman. While he told me that he sometimes consulted his father-in-law, his success was entirely his own. To his credit he didn't accept largess form his in-laws; however since Wendy had a massive trust fund and wanted to retain her pre-nuptials lifestyle they lived in a mini-mansion with a pool, sauna, in-home theater, and basketball court. I know because I visited several times.
Often on my visits I had my girlfriend de jure with me. I confess to being commitment averse so Jerry was not likely to ever be my best man. Surprisingly Wendy seemed more pleasant to my girlfriends than she was to me. Some of them mentioned discussions they had with Wendy that touched on me, although it didn't seem that she poisoned them against me.
A seminal moment in my life came when Jerry asked me to go with him to what was likely to be a multi-day meeting. I asked him why (even though some legal aspects to be discussed were up my alley) he didn't have a local attorney go with him because I lived about 700 miles away. "I trust you to have only my best interests at heart and I really need that confidence in these meetings; they're really a big deal to me and Wendy."
"Do you want me to get a hotel?"
"Fuck no; stay with us like you did when you had dates. Wendy insists on it since she was initially the one who told me that I need to get you involved in this because it is so important," Jerry forcefully replied.
The comments about Wendy shocked the shit out of me but I tried not to show it. Of course I had to agree not only because Jerry was still my best friend ever but he was paying my normal hourly rate -- he wouldn't accept a pro bono representation or even a friendly discount.
Jerry picked me up at the airport on a bright sunshiny day before the start of the meeting the next day. Fortunately I still had my sunglasses on when we entered his mini-mansion. As we were walking back toward the pool where the maid told us Wendy was I saw her stand-up up topless -- she apparently was sunning herself. I'm sure that Jerry didn't see it and by the time he opened the door to the pool area she had put her top back on.
My traitorous cock flinched; she has a really top notch set of headlights!
Jerry gave Wendy a kiss as she entered the house with her bikini still on, no cover-up. Despite my previous three visits to their house I had never seen her in her bikini before because the times of year weren't right for sunning or swimming. My disloyal cock flinched again -- I was trying hard not to stare while my mind was re-calculating her hotness from a 9 to at least a 9.7.
To my great relief shortly after greeting us Wendy went to change into real clothes that suitably covered up her body.