Character

The Flintstones were shown every lunch hour, Monday through Friday, for years, and years, and years... and years. Probably 25 years, as they were on when I was a kid, and they were still on when I was working at my last "real job". There is an episode where Fred and Barney get involved with a Bond-style femme fatale (Madame Yes) whose catch phrase is "but I'm much too important dahling", said shortly before she takes the last parachute, last boat, last whatever, and leaves them standing there screwed.

So tonight, when I got off the phone with my ex, this character came to mind. Promises may be made, reasonable logic may indicate that a different course of action should be taken, but in the end I do the running around, she does the whatever she does which is "too important". Dahling.

:-)

You would think I'd have some animosity over this, but I just don't feel it, at least not enough to register at the moment. It's been this way a long, long time.

Come to think of it, it's how I got into soccer. She volunteered to be team manager for my sons' team, and after a couple of seasons of me doing the grunt work I figured I might as well get the title as well as the work. At least I would have some control then!

Considering how much I, as a never-watched-or-played-sports lifelong intellectual, have enjoyed soccer in the various capacities that I have now, can't hold that particular one against her.

Tonight, the issue was me feeling dizzy and weak, and not wanting to drive for once. Yes, I admit it was my idea to see if the kids wanted some of my pizza and salad, but I was somewhat hoping for a different parent than myself to pick up said items from my place. Ah well...

She's just too important dahling.