Love, Rosie (169 page)

I
would
stay
with
Tommy
even
if
he
was
a
shit.
I
wouldn’t

care,
I
just
want
him.

Ignore
her.
Her
balance
is
all
wrong.
The
best
way
to
get
over

one
man
is
to
get
under
another.
We
all
know
that.

I’m
not
sure
that’s
the
correct
attitude
to
have.
I
certainly

have
no
intentions
of
sharing
a
bed
with
anyone
other
than

my
husband.

Buttercup:

UnsureOne:

Wildflower:

UnsureOne:

LonelyLady:

Divorced_1:

I
don’t
understand
UnsureOne,
you’re
still
married?

We’re
not
technically
divorced.
He
sleeps
in
our
bedroom
and

I
sleep
in
the
spare
room.

UnsureOne,
you
let
him
kick
you
into
the
spare
room
when

he
was
the
one
messing
around??

Oh,
is
that
wrong?
I’m
not
too
sure.
This
is
all
new
to
me
.
.
.

I
wouldn’t
care
if
Tommy
and
I
couldn’t
even
stay
in
the
same

bed.
I
just
want
him
home
with
me.

Oh
sweet
lord
have
I
taught
you
ladies
nothing
at
all
.
.
.
Any-

way
Buttercup,
where
are
you
living
now
if
shit
for
brains

kept
the
house?

Buttercup:

Oh
this
may
seem
a
bit
bizarre
but
I’m
currently
living
with

my
daughter’s
father.

love,
rosie

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The
way
it
should
be
I
think.

Oooh
what
a
wonderful
love
story!

Oh
no,
no,
no,
don’t
get
me
wrong,
there’s
absolutely
no
love

involved
in
this
story.
In
fact,
I
hate
him.

Thou
doth
protest
too
much.

Yes
I
do
and
if
you
met
him
you
would
too.

Well
I
wouldn’t
be
sure
of
that,
ever
since
this
woman
hit
60

she’s
been
eating
men
for
breakfast.

Well
not
this
one
I
assure
you,
unless
you
mistake
his
head
for

a
hard-boiled
egg.

Buttercup,
why
did
you
choose
that
name?

Oh
it’s
just
a
nickname
my
best
friend
calls
me.
When
we

were
six
we
were
in
a
school
play
and
I
was
Princess
Butter-

cup
and
he
was
Prince
Moonbeam.
He’s
been
calling
me
that

name
ever
since.

UnsureOne:

LonelyLady:

Buttercup:

Wildflower:

Buttercup:

Divorced_1:

Buttercup:

UnsureOne:

Buttercup:

Divorced_1:

Buttercup:

Divorced_1:

Buttercup:

Divorced_1:

Buttercup:

Divorced_1:

Buttercup:

UnsureOne:

You’re
still
in
contact
after
twenty-six
years??

Yep,
we’re
still
best
friends.

You’re
best
friends
with
a
man?!
Did
you
ever
sleep
with
him?

Only
when
we
had
sleepovers
in
the
non-sexual
kind
of
way.

Is
he
gay?

No
he’s
not.
He’s
divorced,
himself.

And
you
weren’t
married
to
him?

No.

Well
I
think
that’s
beautiful.
I
mean
I
lost
contact
with
my