“Crazy” is like a vampire. When it knocks on your door you have to invite it in and it won’t leave until it sucks the life out of you.
That said, this week “crazy” came knocking and I let it in – metaphorically- and left me drained, shaking my head in amazement and so many other feelings I haven’t even begun to process. When Crazy knocked, I missed a big opportunity to “stretch” into becoming a better person because I let it drag me down a bit. I am inclined to say that once you hear this story, you won’t blame me so here’s it is. It’s a long one, but trust me… it’s very entertaining and I’m sure you will find holds some lessons for all of us.
First. a little backstory.
I met someone on the Internet about 3 years ago and went out on a date with her. I really wasn’t interested in her for various reasons the most annoying being that she had this exhausting way of making a lot of words come out of her mouth without actually saying anything. The more words came out of her mouth, the more I got a physical reaction that was akin to being literally drained. Being in her presence was literally tiring.
After we parted ways, a few friendly emails were exchanged, but I had no interest in going out with her again. Time went on and about 3 years passed and one day, out of the blue, I get an email from her asking me to go to the Aquarium with this lesbian Meetup group. I guess the years had fogged my memory so I agreed to go.
The day of the Aquarium trip, I met the Meetup group and was thankful for their presence when my “date” showed up and the tons nonsensical words starting coming out of her mouth. I was immediately reminded why I hadn’t wanted to see her again after our first meeting. All the words! Words! Words that were coming out of her mouth didn’t make any sense and I felt that feeling of exhaustion come over me.
So… the trip to the Aquarium was about 4 months ago and because my memory was jarred, that was that – until I received an email from her 2 days ago.
Here it is (verbatim):
