SpookyTom-ABOUTME

AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF A NOBODY
WHY WRITE DOWN MY STORY? I AM NO ACTOR OR CELEBRITY AND THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE THAT KNOW ME BY NAME CAN PROBABLY BE COUNTED ON 5 OR 6 HANDS. THIS IS MAINLY FOR MY KIDS AND THEIR PROGENY AND SO ON AND SO ON..... I PERSONALLY THINK EVERYONE SHOULD DO ONE SO THAT FAMILY EVENTS AND THE FLAVOR AND CHARACTER OF A TIME CAN BE CAPTURED FOR FUTURE GENERATIONS. WHO KNOWS, MAYBE A GREAT, GREAT GRAND CHILD WILL BE CURIOUS ABOUT THE GREAT, GREAT GRAND FATHER THEY RESEMBLE SO MUCH. ANYWAY THIS IS DEDICATED TO MINE!
02-18-09 IF YOU HAVE EVER WATCHED LEAVE IT TO BEAVER THEN YOU ALREADY KNOW HOW I GREW UP. MY COMMUNITY, NEIGHBORHOOD AND FAMILY CAME RIGHT OUT OF THE TV SHOW OR MAYBE VICE VERSA. I HAVE ALWAYS BEEN A VERY SOLITARY BEING HAVING JUST AS MUCH FUN PLAYING BY MYSELF AS IN A GROUP. MY NEIGHBORHOOD WAS ON A SHORT STREET BRACKETED AT EACH END BY A STREET. ON THAT STREET THEIR WERE NINE HOUSES AND A VACANT LOT THAT SERVED AS A BASEBALL, SOFTBALL, FOOTBALL AND WORLD WAR II ZONE. WHEN I WAS VERY YOUNG THE MOTHERS WOULD ORGANIZE A NEIGHBORHOOD PICNIC EACH SUMMER AS I IMAGINE A LOT OF COMMUNITIES DID. AS WITH JUNE AND WARD CLEAVER, MY PARENTS WOULD INVOLVE THEMSELVES IN WHATEVER ENDEAVOR I INVOLVED MYSELF IN OR WAS INVOLVED IN BY THEM AND NOW I WILL TELL YOU ABOUT SOME OF THAT............................... "PIANO LESSONS" AT 5 MY PARENTS BOUGHT A BEAUTIFUL, BLOND COLORED UPRIGHT PIANO AND ENROLLED ME INTO PIANO LESSONS. MY FIRST TEACHER, MRS. STEWARD, WAS YOUNG, BEAUTIFUL AND A LITTLE TOO EASY NOT PUSHING POSTURE OR FORM SO WHEN I MOVED ON TO MY SECOND TEACHER I WOUND UP GETTING MY KNUCKLES WRAPPED ON A REGULAR BASIS. I LEARNED POSTURE AND FORM AND A FEW OTHER THINGS BUT IT WASN'T HALF AS FUN. MY LAST TEACHER WAS ELDERLY AND ABSOLUTELY WONDERFUL. SHE WAS MORE LIKE A FRIEND THAN A TEACHER AND WHEN I EXPRESSED A DESIRE TO PLAY THE MOONLIGHT SONATA SHE FOUND A COPY SUITABLE TO MY TALENTS AND I PLAYED IT AT RECITAL. SOMETIME IN JUNIOR HIGH I DROPPED OUT BUT NEVER FORGOT MS. MCCOMBS. "CUB SCOUTS" AT ABOUT 8 YEARS OF AGE MY MOM AND MY SURROGATE MOM ACROSS THE STREET FORMED OUR CUB SCOUT PACK. WE ALL MET ONCE A WEEK IN HER BASEMENT AND CREATED THINGS LIKE BIRD HOUSES AND NAPKIN HOLDERS. I STILL REMEMBER HOW PROUD MY MOM WAS AT THE AWARDS CEREMONY'S WHEN I WOULD RECEIVE A NEW PIN OR PATCH AND SHE WOULD ALWAYS RECEIVE A MINIATURE VERSION WHICH REMINDED ME OF JUST HOW MUCH TIME SHE WAS GIVING TO MYSELF AND THE OTHER GUYS. "BOY SCOUTS" AS WITH CUB SCOUTS MY PARENTS WERE IN IT RIGHT ALONG WITH ME WITH MY DAD TAKING THE LEAD THIS TIME. AFTER A SHORT TIME HE TOOK OVER THE REIGNS AS SCOUTMASTER. IT WAS A GREAT EXPERIENCE AND I IMAGINE THAT EVERY SCOUT STILL HAS A MOMENT OF REMEMBRANCE OF THOSE YEARS. I STILL REMEMBER THE WINTER CAMP OUT AT CAMP NASH. IT SNOWED ALL NIGHT AND MY DAD WITH THE HELP OF HIS PIONEER CHAIN SAW KEPT A BONFIRE BLAZING FROM DUSK 'TIL DAWN. AS I DISCOVERED GIRLS I STARTED LOSING INTEREST IN SCOUTING AND DROPPED OUT. 03-19-09 "ROCK BAND" IN 1967 SOME FRIENDS I WENT TO SCHOOL WITH DECIDED TO FORM A ROCK BAND. I DON'T REMEMBER HOW THE NAME CAME ABOUT BUT "NICKEL PLATE ROAD" WAS WHAT WE CALLED OURSELVES. IT WASN'T LONG AND MY DAD BECAME MANAGER AND SMALL JOBS STARTED ROLLING IN. WE WERE LIMITED BY THE QUALITY OR LACK OF QUALITY OF OUR INSTRUMENTS. I PLAYED A SILVERTONE ORGAN WHICH WASN'T MUCH LOUDER THAN A PERSON COULD TALK. ONCE MY FATHER REALIZED THAT WE WERE BEING HELD BACK BY EQUIPMENT WE MADE A TRIP TO THE MUSIC STORE AND RETURNED HOME WITH A VOX SUPER CONTINENTAL ORGAN AND SUNN AMP. AT THE TIME IT WAS THE KEYBOARD OF CHOICE. ONCE WE GRADUATED FROM BUBBLE-GUMMY MUSIC TO A HARDER ROCK IT WAS TIME FOR ANOTHER CHANGE AND ANOTHER TRIP TO THE MUSIC STORE FOR A HAMMOND A101 AND LESLIE SPEAKER. NOW I COULD PLAY BOOKER T AND STEPPENWOLF WITH EASE AND WITH THE REST OF THE GUYS ADDING HUGE AMPS AND SPEAKER CASES WE WERE ON OUR WAY. THE COOLER WE BECAME THE LESS COOL MY CHURCH LOOKING ORGAN BECAME SO ONCE AGAIN IT WAS TIME FOR A CHANGE AND RETURNED FROM THE MUSIC STORE WITH A HAMMOND B3 AND 2 BIG LESLIE SPEAKERS. I KNEW I HAD THE TOP OF THE LINE BECAUSE FAMOUS GROUPS LIKE STEPPENWOLF STARTED BORROWING MY STUFF WHEN THEY CAME TO TOWN. THE NICKEL PLATE ROAD FOR ME LASTED UNTIL 1972 WHEN I DECIDED A PERSONAL LIFE WAS MORE IMPORTANT AND I DROPPED OUT. MY DAD HAD ALREADY MOVED ON TO OTHER THINGS AND WE BOTH AGREED THAT IT WAS AN INTERESTING EXPERIENCE. "IMPORTANT VEHICLE ACQUISITIONS" MOST KIDS GAUGE THEIR HISTORY BY THEIR FIRST BIKE, FIRST CAR, TURNING 16, 18 AND 21 AND I AM NO DIFFERENT. SCHWYNN ? I BARELY REMEMBER MY FIRST BIKE BUT I DO REMEMBER RAILING MYSELF ON THE BAR AND PISSING MY PANTS AND YOU CAN WATCH THAT RIDE HERE. SCHWYNN ? THE SECOND BIKE WAS A 21 INCH SCHWYNN WITH A HEADLAMP ON THE FRONT FENDER. THE LIGHT DIDN'T LAST VERY LONG GETTING RIPPED OFF WHEN I LAID THE BIKE DOWN. SCHWYNN 10 SPEED MY LAST BIKE WAS A GOLD SCHWYNN TEN SPEED RACE BIKE AND IT WAS BEAUTIFUL. I RODE THAT THING UP AND DOWN THE STREET UNTIL MY MOM MADE ME COME IN AND GO TO BED. THE NEXT MORNING I HOPPED ON AND RACED TO MY FRIEND AND NEIGHBOR, JIM'S, HOUSE. BUILDING UP SPEED I TOOK A SHORTCUT THROUGH HIS YARD STILL DAMP WITH DEW AND ONCE I HIT THE DRIVE AND SLAMMED THE BRAKES THERE WASN'T ANY AND I SLAMMED RIGHT INTO HIS HOUSE. I STILL GET TEASED ABOUT FLYING OVER THE HANDLEBARS AND BOUNCING MY HEAD OFF THE SIDING. HONDA SUPER 90 IN 1964 AFTER SPENDING MANY A NIGHT DREAMING ABOUT HONDA MY DAD AND I MADE A TRIP TO THE LOCAL HONDA SHOP AND RETURNED WITH A 1964 HONDA S90. IT WAS BLACK AND SILVER AND WAS LIKE A DREAM. I FINALLY HAD WHEELS THAT I DIDN'T HAVE TO PEDAL. I WAS ONLY 12 AND NOT EVEN OLD ENOUGH TO EVEN GET A LEARNERS PERMIT SO I HAD TO STICK AROUND THE NEIGHBORHOOD WITH OCCASIONAL COVERT RIDES BEYOND. ONCE 14 I GOT THE PERMIT AND USED THE BIKE TO THROW NEWSPAPERS. BACK THEN YOU WOULD HAVE A COUPLE OF COPS PATROLLING IN EACH AREA AND YOU GOT TO KNOW THEM. HE KNEW I WAS WORKING HARD WHICH IS PROBABLY WHY HE DIDN'T HASSLE ME ABOUT THE PERMIT. ON SUNDAY I ALWAYS SAVED HIM A PAPER AND WE WOULD GRIN AT EACH OTHER WITH THAT "I KNOW YOU DON'T HAVE A LICENSE" AND "I APPRECIATE NOT BEING ASKED FOR THE LICENSE I DON'T HAVE" GRINS. AS AN ADULT I CAN PROBABLY UNDERSTAND WHY HE DIDN'T PUT ME ON THE SPOT. 5-12-09 ............AND THEN THERE ARE DAYS LIKE TODAY THAT I WISH I COULD JUST GO TO SLEEP AND NOT WAKE UP. I MISS MY MOM AND DAD AND LIVING AT THE OLD HOUSE. I JUST DROVE BY THE OLD HOUSE AND ALMOST FEEL LIKE I COULD PULL IN THE DRIVE AND MOM WOULD BE STANDING AT THE DOOR. SHIT!! I HATE NOW. GIRLS, GIRLS, GIRLS, GIRLS AND MORE GIRLS WYNN NOW COMES MY DISCOVERY OF FEMALES. WELL ACTUALLY MY DISCOVERY OCCURRED AT AGE SIXTEEN AND SHE WAS THE CUTEST LITTLE BLOND THAT LOOKED LIKE SHE CAME RIGHT OFF THE BEACHES IN CALIFORNIA. YOU MIGHT SAY IT WAS BOTH OUR FIRST LOVES AND WE DID ALL THE POPULAR THINGS KIDS DID AT THAT TIME. IT STARTED OUT WITH VISITS TO HER HOME SO DAD COULD STARE AT ME AND EVENTUALLY WE WERE ALLOWED TO MAKE SHORT HOPS. EVENTUALLY THE DRIVE-IN THEATRE WAS ON THE AGENDA WHERE WE SORT OF TOYED WITH ADULT THINGS. LOOKING BACK I WISH I HAD BEEN MORE GROWN UP AND WE MIGHT HAVE MADE IT THROUGH SCHOOL AND CREATED A LIFE FOR OUR SELVES. NEITHER OF US DID TOO WELL AFTER THAT ANYWAY. ABOUT THREE YEARS AGO I DID A PEOPLE SEARCH FOR WYNN AND FOUND HER MARRIED ABOUT 60 MILES SOUTH OF HERE AND SENT HER A LETTER WITH MY EMAIL. A COUPLE OF DAYS AFTER RECEIVING IT SHE EMAILED AND THE FIRST LINE WAS "WHAT DO YOU WANT?" ONCE I EXPLAINED THAT I JUST FELT THE NEED TO TOUCH BASE WITH MY FIRST LOVE AND REKINDLE THE FRIENDSHIP SHE AND MOST IMPORTANTLY HER HUSBAND WAS OK WITH IT. WE YAHOO CHAT ONCE IN A WHILE AND I REALLY ENJOY THE INTERACTION. I WILL NEVER LET HER DROP OFF THE MAP AGAIN. DIANE & BARBARA NOW DIANE WAS THE QUINTESSENTIAL HIPPY IN EVERY WAY. I SORT OF LOOKED UP TO HER LIKE A GURU AND THEN WE STARTED DATING. THIS WAS ANYTHING BUT PUPPY LOVE AND IN SHORT NOTICE MY DAUGHTER GWENN WAS IN THE OVEN. OUR MOTHERS TOOK CHARGE AND A FEW MONTHS LATER WE WERE MARRIED. WE DID OK FOR A WHILE BUT BEING IMMATURE LIKE I AM IT WAS DOOMED TO FAILURE. THIS IS WHEN I MET BARBARA IN CARROLLTON, MO MENTIONED IN THE NICKEL PLATE ROAD SECTION. WE REALLY HIT IT OFF AND SHE WAS BEAUTIFUL WITH LONG SHINY BROWN HAIR AND PRETTY LONG LEGS. SHE MADE STRAIGHT A'S IN SCHOOL AND HAD THE RESPONSIBILITY OF MANAGING THE YOUTH CENTER AND I WAS TOTALLY IMPRESSED. AFTER THE GIG THERE WASN'T ANY CONTACT UNTIL ANOTHER CONCERT WAS SCHEDULED ABOUT THE TIME MY MARRIAGE TO DIANE WAS FALTERING. WHILE PLAYING BARB SAT ON MY ORGAN BENCH AND DURING BREAKS HUNG WITH ME SO BY THE END OF THE NIGHT I HAD MADE A DATE TO MEET HER. LIKE AN ASS I MADE SOME EXCUSE TO MY WIFE AND HEADED FOR CARROLLTON. ONCE THERE I HAD TO TRACK HER DOWN AS SHE THOUGHT I WOULDN'T SHOW. SHE SHOWED ME AROUND THE TOWN AND THAT NIGHT WE BECAME A COUPLE. HAVING ALREADY DONE A DASTARDLY THING TO DIANE I MOVED INTO A SMALL ONE ROOM APARTMENT AND BEGAN FIGHTING THE DIVORCE WARS. AFTER THE DIVORCE WAS FINAL BARB MOVED IN WITH ME AND OUR RELATIONSHIP TOOK OFF. WE EVENTUALLY MOVED TO MY PARENTS HOUSE AND THEN TO A SMALL HOUSE IN TURNER. AFTER TWO YEARS OF MY LONER PERSONALITY SHE HAD ENOUGH AND MOVED BACK HOME WITH HER PARENTS. WE REALLY DIDN'T TALK MUCH OVER THE NEXT YEAR AND IN THE SUMMER OF 74 I ATTEMPTED TO REKINDLE THINGS AND GOT THE COLD SHOULDER SO I MOVED ON. THAT WAS REALLY A LONELY TRIP BACK TO KANSAS CITY AFTER HAVING MY HOPES SKY HIGH AND THEN DASHED. IT'S KIND OF ODD THAT EACH OF MY NEXT WIVES CAME ALONG AT THE SAME TIME BARBARA TRIED TO REKINDLE WHAT WE HAD BUT SHE WAS ALWAYS JUST A LITTLE TO LATE AND THE EXCITEMENT OF THE NEW WAS WHAT WAS DRIVING ME. I WILL ALWAYS WONDER HOW WE WOULD HAVE WORKED OUT THE SECOND TIME KNOWING THAT THE GUY SHE FINALLY MARRIED WAS AND IS A SUCCESSFUL RELATIONSHIP. I HAVE SEEN DIANE A FEW TIMES OVER THE YEARS BUT BARB HAS TAKEN A DIFFERENT ROAD AND HAD A FAMILY AND FOND MEMORIES IS ALL I HAVE FROM HER. DEBBIE DEBBIE WAS A WHOLE STORY IN HERSELF. WHEN I MET HER I WAS 22 AND SHE WAS...... WELL.........LET'S JUST SAY A TEENAGER AND LEAVE IT AT THAT, JAIL BAIT WOULD BE ANOTHER DESCRIPTION THAT I HATE TO USE. SHE LIVED WITH HER DAD ONE BLOCK OVER FROM MY PARENTS HOUSE AND I RAN INTO HER ONCE IN A WHILE RIDING MY MOTORCYCLE. SHE WOULD COME UP AND ACTING LIKE THE KID SHE WAS WOULD FLIRT AND DO INAPPROPRIATE THINGS BEFORE I COULD DRIVE AWAY. THIS WENT ON IN A FLIRTATIOUS WAY BECAUSE 16 WAS DEFINITELY NOT ON MY AGENDA. I THOUGHT OF HER AS A CUTE KID AND THAT WAS PRETTY MUCH IT FOR A LONG TIME UNTIL SHE BEGAN TO GET UNDER MY SKIN. I SHOULD HAVE RECOGNIZED THE FUTILITY AND DANGER OF TAKING THIS THING FARTHER BUT I WAS HAVING A LOT OF FUN SO WHEN HER MOM INVITED ME OVER TO HER HOUSE ACROSS TOWN I FOUND AN ALLY AND STARTED REMEMBERING THAT MY MOM AND DAD HAD MARRIED AT 15 AND 21 SO MAYBE IT COULD HAPPEN FOR US ALSO. NATURALLY PREGNANCY WASN'T FAR OFF AND A TRIP TO ANOTHER CITY AND A COURTHOUSE UNION AND WE WERE HITCHED. WE WOUND UP HAVING TWO BOYS AND BEING AS YOUNG AS SHE STILL WAS THE FLIRTING STARTED UP WITH NEW GUYS AND I EVENTUALLY HAD TO PUT HER OUT AND BEGAN THE NEW JOB OF BEING A SINGLE CUSTODIAL FATHER. AFTER LEAVING HOME HER LIFE TOOK A HEADER WITH DRUGS AND ALCOHOL AND I WILL ALWAYS FEEL SOME GUILT FOR THAT. I WAS ONE OF THE FEW GUYS IN KANSAS CITY RAISING HIS KIDS AND GOT HIT ON BY A NUMBER OF DIVORCEES LOOKING FOR A READY MADE FAMILY. I SEE DEBBIE ON OCCASION AND AM AMAZED AT HOW MUCH OLDER THAN ME SHE LOOKS. PROOF I GUESS OF WHAT DRUGS AND ALCOHOL WILL DO TO A PERSON. WE HAVE ABSOLUTELY NOTHING IN COMMON SO IT IS HARD TO CARRY ON A CONVERSATION WITH HER. THERE IS ALSO SOME PENT UP ANGER AT HER FOR WALKING AWAY FROM OUR BOYS AND LEAVING ME TO RAISE THEM ALONE. JULEE JULEE WAS A BLIND DATE SET UP BY A COUPLE I WAS FRIENDS WITH AND NEEDING SOME PARTY TIME WE WENT TO SEE THE OPENING OF CLOSE ENCOUNTERS OF THE THIRD KIND AT THE GLENWOOD THEATRE. WE HAD A GOOD TIME EVEN THOUGH MY CAMERA AND AUDIO TAPES WERE STOLEN OUT OF MY CAR. AS I RECALL DATING DIDN'T LAST LONG BEFORE WE WERE LIVING TOGETHER AND SHE TOOK ON THE JOB OF RAISING TWO WILD LITTLE BOYS AND WE CREATED A BEAUTIFUL DAUGHTER, MICHELE. IN HINDSIGHT THE UNION OF A LONER LIKE ME AND A VERY AFFECTIONATE WOMAN LIKE HER WAS A DISASTER IN THE MAKING. WHEN THINGS ARE GOING GOOD I SORT OF DRIFT INTO MY HOBBY MODE AND FORGET THE LITTLE THINGS A WOMAN LIKES FROM HER MAN AND AFTER SEVERAL STORMS OVER THAT SHE MOVED OUT. I SEE JULEE MOST OF ALL BECAUSE OF MICHELE AND WHEN SHE IS SINGLE WE FIND TIME TO BIKE RIDE OR MOTORCYCLE RIDE OR JUST GO TO EAT. RIGHT NOW SHE IS ENGAGED TO BE MARRIED SO I DON'T HEAR FROM HER AT ALL. SHE IS MY FAR AWAY FRIEND SINCE I NEVER HEAR FROM HER AND ONE OF MY FAVORITE PEOPLE. ......IN CLOSING THIS FOURTH AND FINAL DIVORCE SORT OF SET THE STAGE FOR THE REST OF MY LIFE. PAYING CHILD SUPPORT FOR BOTH MY DAUGHTERS WHILE GETTING NO SUPPORT FOR MY BOYS. MOST OF MY TIME WAS SPENT WORKING, PAYING SITTERS, PICKING UP MY GIRLS AND FIGHTING THE OCCASIONAL BATTLE IN COURT. I REMEMBER THINGS BEING BAD ENOUGH THAT AT HOME AFTER PAYING BILLS MY 2 BOYS AND SOMETIMES YOUNGEST DAUGHTER HAD TO LIVE ON HAMBURGER HELPER AND BY MONDAY I HAD ENOUGH CHANGE IN MY POCKET TO GET A CAN OF POP AND CANDY BAR TO RUN ON AT WORK. EVENTUALLY THE KIDS WERE OLD ENOUGH TO LEAVE AT HOME AND WITH THE SAVED SITTER MONEY IMPROVE OUR LOT SOMEWHAT AND WE COULD ACTUALLY GO TO FAST FOOD EATERIES AND HAVE ICE CREAM AT HOME. IT WAS ROUGH BUT WE GOT THROUGH IT. I WOULD LIKE TO JUST SAY THAT I BLAME MYSELF FOR THE BROKEN HOMES AND BROKEN HEARTS AND IT IS SOMETHING I WILL CARRY TO THE GRAVE. 06-01-09 SOMEONE NEAR AND DEAR TOLD ME TO STOP BEATING MYSELF UP OVER PAST WRONGS BUT THAT IS HOW I DEAL WITH IT. EVENTUALLY THINGS WILL FALL INTO PLACE AND I WILL STOP DOING THAT BUT MY FATHER TAUGHT ME TO TAKE RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE THINGS I DO. IT TOOK 10 YEARS TO GET RIGHT WITH MYSELF OVER MY THIRD WIFE BECAUSE OF HER AGE AND ONCE I HAD HAMMERED MYSELF FOR THAT 10 YEARS I WAS ABLE TO PUT IT DOWN AND WALK AWAY.
GIRLFRIENDS.....AFTER MY MARRIAGE / DIVORCE ERA
I AM NOT GOING TO USE THEIR NAMES HERE SO I CAN GIVE AN HONEST ACCOUNTING OF EVENTS WITHOUT MAKING ANYONE MAD. IF I DID NAME THEM I WOULD HAVE TO SUGAR COAT THE EVENTS FOR MY OWN SURVIVAL IF YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN AND I DON'T WANT TO DO THAT.
#01 1981
MY FIRST GIRLFRIEND AFTER 1980 AS I RECALL WAS MY BOYS SITTER. SHE WAS A YEAR OR SO OLDER THAN ME AND WE HAD BOTH ATTENDED THE SAME HIGH SCHOOL SO THERE WAS SOME FAMILIARITY THERE. SHE WAS HAVING TROUBLE IN HER MARRIAGE AT THE SAME TIME I WAS LOOKING FOR COMPANIONSHIP WHICH SET THE STAGE FOR AN UNFORTUNATE COUPLING. IT LASTED JUST A FEW WEEKS BUT WHAT A TIME IT WAS. ONCE HER HUB FIGURED OUT WHAT WAS UP HE CONFRONTED ME AND AFTER PLAYING ON MY SENSE OF RIGHT AND WRONG IT ENDED. HOPEFULLY HE LEARNED TO APPRECIATE HER MORE AND THINGS IMPROVED AT HOME.
#02 1982
I SORT OF KNEW #2 FROM AFAR BEFORE EVER SPEAKING. IN AROUND 1982 SHE LIVED WITH HER HUSBAND NEXT TO THE STRIP MALL WHERE I GROCERY SHOPPED AND WHEN WE LOCKED EYES SMILES WOULD ENSUE. THIS WENT ON FOR A WHILE UNTIL WE ACTUALLY MET AT THE LOCAL DRUGSTORE CHECKOUT. SHE AND HER MOM WERE THERE AND I WAS WITH MY TWO SONS AND AFTER SHE HAD A SHORT TALK WITH THEM WE INTRODUCED OURSELVES. HER MOM SAW IT AND RUSHED HER FROM THE STORE AND THAT ENDED OUR FIRST ENCOUNTER. SEVERAL WEEKS LATER I SAW HER CAR PARKED ONE BLOCK OVER AND AFTER WATCHING FOR A FEW DAYS REALIZED SHE WAS LIVING BACK WITH HER PARENTS. ONE COOL MORNING, VERY EARLY, I STUCK A NOTE ON HER WINDSHIELD BASICALLY TELLING HER HOW HOT I THOUGHT SHE WAS AND THEN WAITED TO SEE WHAT MIGHT HAPPEN. A COUPLE OF DAYS LATER MY BOYS CAME RUNNING IN AND TOLD ME SHE WAS OUT FRONT AND WANTED TO TALK AND I NERVOUSLY HEADED OUT THE DOOR. WE HAD A NICE FIRST TALK WHICH LED TO MANY VISITS ACROSS HER PARENTS BACK FENCE WHICH LED TO THE MALL AND SKATING RINK AND OTHER FUN STUFF. WE BECAME PRETTY CLOSE BUT SHE HAD NOT COMPLETELY GOTTEN OVER HER HUSBAND AND WE EVENTUALLY PARTED. I STILL TALK TO HER ON OCCASION AND WE HAVE BEEN WORKING ON SETTING UP A LUNCH MEETING FOR THE LAST SEVERAL YEARS BUT WITH A VERY JEALOUS SECOND HUSBAND IT WOULD HAVE TO BE VERY WELL HIDDEN. BY THE WAY, SHE HAS THE PRETTIEST BLUE EYES THAT I HAVE EVER SEEN.
#03 1985
IT WOULD BE KIND OF HARD TO CALL THIS ONE A GIRLFREIND.......HIT AND RUN MIGHT BE MORE APPROPRIATE. SHE AND HER SISTER MOVED ON THE STREET ABOUT FOUR HOUSES DOWN AND THEY WERE BOTH UNDER 22 WITH #3 BEING 17. OUR FIRST ENCOUNTER WAS IN MY LIVING ROOM WHEN SHE WALKED IN OUT OF THE BLUE AND PROCEEDED TO REMOVE CLOTHES AND CHASE ME AROUND THE ROOM. MY BOYS WERE STARING THROUGH THE WINDOW LAUGHING SO I COULDN'T DO ANYTHING BUT TRY TO GET HOLD OF THE SITUATION. SOME DAYS AND ENCOUNTERS LATER SHE SLIPPED IN EARLY IN THE MORNING AND FINALLY GOT WHAT SHE WANTED. THEY ONLY LIVED ON MY STREET FOR A COUPLE OF MONTHS AND AFTER LEAVING I FOUND OUT THAT SHE HAD TARGETED EVERY MALE ON THE STREET. SHE MENTIONED THAT HER STEP FATHER HAD SLEPT WITH HER REGULARLY WHICH PROMPTED HER TO LIVE WITH HER SISTER AND PROBABLY LED TO HER BIZARRE SEXUAL BEHAVIOR.
#04 1987
NUMBER 4 LIVED ONE BLOCK TO THE NORTH AND AFTER SHE TOLD MY BOYS TO CONVEY HER INTEREST WE MET. I WAS WORKING 80 HOURS A WEEK SO MOST OF OUR MEETING OCCURRED IN HER BED AFTER WORK. SHE WAS A NICE WOMAN ABOUT MY AGE AND WE HAD SOME LAUGHS BUT EVENTUALLY MY PARANOIA ABOUT HAVING A SIGNIFICANT OTHER ENDED IT. I RECENTLY HEARD THAT SHE WAS VERY SICK AND EXPECTED TO DIE AND I AM SORRY FOR THAT. I HOPE SHE FOUND HAPPINESS AFTER US BECAUSE SHE DESERVED IT.
#05 1992
NOW THIS ONE CAN SAFELY BE CALLED MY LONGEST RELATIONSHIP OF ALL TIME. I DECIDED TO ADD THIS BIT BECAUSE SHE RECENTLY BALED ON ME AFTER NEARLY TWENTY YEARS OF SHORT PERIODS OF INTIMACY BRACKETED BY LONG PERIODS OF ABSENCE FOLLOWED BY A SHORT PERIOD OF FRIENDSHIP. IN JANUARY OF 2009 AND AFTER NUMEROUS HINTS FROM SAID PERSON TO GET TOGETHER I DECIDED TO BITE. THIS TIME, AFTER YEARS OF A HARD KNOCKS EDUCATION ABOUT FEMALEDOM I ARRANGED A MEETING AND LAID DOWN TOM'S LAW.........AKA..........IT MUST BE PLATONIC.........MUST HAVE HORMONES UNDER CONTROL....... AND WE SHOULD GET TOGETHER ONCE A WEEK TO CHAT AND EAT. SHE AGREED WHOLE HEARTEDLY AND OFF WE WENT. AFTER ALMOST A YEAR I FELT THINGS WERE GOING OK BUT IN MARCH 2010 EXCUSES STARTED COMING IN WHY SHE COULDN'T MAKE IT THIS TIM AND THEN THE SAME A COUPLE WEEKS LATER AND FINALLY A NO SHOW. I THINK I HANDLED THE WHOLE DEAL RIGHT, BEING HONEST UP FRONT ABOUT WHAT I WOULD LIKE THE FRIENDSHIP TO LOOK LIKE BUT APPARENTLY THERE WAS EITHER A FLAW IN HER EYES OR MAYBE A THIRD PARTLY ENTERED THE SCENE TO MESS THINGS UP. UPDATES WILL BE POSTED ONCE I FIND OUT WHAT HAPPENED.
#06 1994
THEY SAY IT IS A BAD IDEA TO GET INVOLVED WITH CO-WORKERS SO NATURALLY I DID IT! SHE HAD AND STILL HAS THE PRETTIEST LONG BLOND HAIR AND I CAN ATTEST THAT IT IS REAL BLOND IF YOU GET MY MEANING. I FINALLY HAD IN MY REACH A REAL MALIBU BLOND MINUS THE BEACH SAND AND WAS LIKING IT. IT STARTED WHEN SHE WAS REASSIGNED TO MY GROUP ON THE ASSEMBLY LINE AND AFTER THE UPROAR DIED DOWN ABOUT THE PRETTY NEW MEMBER A FRIND OF MINE MENTIONED THAT SHE WAS IN NEED OF A RIDE TO AND FROM WORK. BEING THE NICE GUY I AM I OFFERED THE SOLUTION SINCE WE LIVED AND STILL LIVE A MILE OR SO APART. RIDING TOGETHER LED TO DOING OTHR THINGS TOGETHER WHICH LED TO GETTING TAKEN ADVANTAGE OF WHICH WAS MY OWN FAULT WHICH LED TO OBSESSION WHICH LED TO HURT FEELINGS WHICH TRUE TO PROFILE LED TO MY BLOWING HER OFF. IT WAS FUN WHILE IT LASTED BUT MAN WHAT A STRANGE FEMALE. I AM ODD BUT SHE TAKES THE CAKE..........EXAMPLE............STRIPPING NAKED AND WALKING UP AND DOWN MY STREET AT TWO IN THE MORNING................NEED I SAY MORE? THE LAST TIME I SAW HER WAS A FEW YEARS AGO AT MY OLDEST SON'S WEDDING AND RECEPTION AND AFTER A COUPLE OF HOURS OF CHIT CHAT I WAS CORNERED BY THE WINE DISPENSER AND HIT ON LIKE A DRUNKEN SAILOR MIGHT DO IT. I IGNORED THE ENTICEMENT MAINLY BECAUSE HER HUSBAND IS AN ACQUANTENCE FROM WORK AND AFTER ALL I DO HAVE SOME SCRUPPLES.
#07
FINALLY WE ARRIVE AT THE LAST IN A MEDIUM SIZED LINE OF WOMEN WITH THIS ONE BEING A TOTAL STRANGER FROM WORK AND BEING YOUNG ENOUGH TO BE A DAUGHTER. IT WAS ELECTION NIGHT 2004 AND I WAS AT A LOCAL BAR CELEBRATING THE WIN OF MY LESSER OF THE TWO EVILS CANDIDATE AND SEVERAL BEERS INTO THE EVENING WHEN A CUTE YOUNG LADY CAME TRUNDLING IN HAVING OBVIOUSLY BEEN IMBIBING ALSO. SHE SAT AT THE TABLE NEXT TO OURS AND A NICE ROWDY CONVERSATION ENSUED AND AFTER AN HOUR OR SO SHE LEANED OVER AND ASKED IF I NEEDED A RIDE HOME. NOT WANTING TO MISS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR A RIDE.............HOME I SAID YES AND AFTER ANOTHERHOUR OR SO OF DRINKING WE HEADED OUT. ONCE ON THE HIGHWAY HEADED FOR MY HOUSE I FELT A WARM HAND ON MY LEG AND A COUPLE OF MENTAL EEHAA'S THE REALIZATION CREEPED IN THAT I WAS TOO DRUNK FOR ANYTHING LIKE SHE HAD IN MIND. SHE HUNG OUT AT MY HOUSE FOR A WHILE AND ONCE SHE REALIZED THAT CHIT CHAT WAS ALL SHE WAS LIKELY TO RECEIVE...........SHE LEFT.

BY NOW AND AFTER SO MANY YEARS OF FAILED RELATIONSHIPS AND OPPORTUNITIES I REALIZED THAT A PARTNER WASN'T IN THE CARDS FOR ME. I AM NOW SIX YEARS INTO RETIREMENT, LIVING IN ONE ROOM OF MY TWO STORY HOUSE, BATTLING SQUIRRELS AND A FAMILY OF ILLEGAL'S NEXT DOOR. IT'S NOT THAT BAD THOUGH BECAUSE I HAVE MY MANY COLLECTIONS ACCUMALATED OVER THE YEARS AND A GREAT OLD MOTORCYCLE COLLECTION TO RIDE ON WHEN IT SUITS ME AND CHILDREN THAT THINK I AM AM A PRETTY COOL 58 YEAR OLD DAD.
THE END ....................UNLESS OF COURSE I WIND UP IN ANOTHER WONTON FEMALES GUN-SIGHTS THAT IS!