SUSAN'S FATHER WAS A VERY DOMINATING MAN. (HAVE YOU EVER HEARD THE EXPRESSION? "LIKE FATHER LIKE SON".WELL! - ENOUGH SAID FOR NOW).THIS BRINGS US TO THE HONEYMOON (OH YES! THE HONEYMOON. AND IT'S ABOUT TIME. BUT!). WE RENTED A MOTEL ROOM FOR THE NIGHT ABOUT 20 MILES FROM HER PARENTS HOUSE. WE BOTH WENT THROUGH OUR OWN PARTICULAR GOING TO BED NIGHT THING. AND JUST LIKE IN THE MOVIES, SUSAN CHANGED IN THE BATHROOM.

BUT WHEN SHE CAME OUT - OH BOY!!!! (AND IT GOT BETTER FROM THERE. BUT!). I WAS IN BED WHEN SHE CAME OUT SO I INVITED HER TO GET IN (YOU KNOW A LITTLE PAT ON THE BED BESIDE ME). SHE SLIPPED INTO BED AND, IN SHORT ORDER OFF CAME THE NIGHT GOWN (AND, THE SLIP, THEE! BRA, THEEE! PANTIES, THEEEE! SOCKS, AND THEEEEE! - FINALLY NOTHING BUT SUSAN. AND I WAS THINKING . HEY THAT'S NOT FAIR, I WAS READY - NO SKIVVIES FOR ME MAN!). THE ONLY PROBLEM WAS. I COULDN'T GET IT UP (AS YOU KNOW ALREADY. I WAS NO VIRGIN. AND I HAD NOOOO! PROBLEM. GETTING IT UP AT ALL). CALL IT THE MARRIAGE NIGHT JITTERS, OR WHATEVER YOU WANT BUT I TOLD SUSAN. "I THINK "DADDY"SLIPPED SOMETHING INTO MY DRINK"(REMEMBER THAT CUP OF FRUIT PUNCH DADDY HAD POURED FOR ME. I STILL DO!). LET ME TELL YOU HOW DISAPPOINTING THIS MUST HAVE BEEN FOR SUSAN. I REMEMBER THAT ON ONE OF MY TRIPS FROM THE ARMY TO SEE SUSAN (OK! MOM & DAD TOO!) SUSAN'S GIRL FRIEND (THE BRIDE'S MAID) HAD GOTTEN MARRIED. AND HER GIRL FRIEND HAD TOLD SUSAN ABOUT THE WEDDING NIGHT SHE HAD WITH HER HUSBAND.

SHE HAD BRAGGED ABOUT THEIR "DOING IT" FOUR TIMES THAT NIGHT. NOW THAT'S A TOUGH ACT TO FOLLOW (THIS MAY VERY WELL BE TRUE. BUT, I WOULD HAVE TO SEE THE RERUNS TO PROVE IT TO ME). THE NEXT DAY WE DROVE DOWN TO MOM & DAD'S NEW HOUSE THAT THEY HAD JUST BOUGHT ABOUT 200 MILES AWAY. WE WERE TOWING SUSAN'S MUSTANG AND MOVING RIGHT A LONG WHEN THIS HIGHWAY PATROL OFFICER PULLED ME OVER. WELL! TO MAKE A LONG STORY SHORT. I GOT SPEEDING TICKET FOR DOING 70mph. IN 65mph. SPEED ZONE (THIS WAS BEFORE THE 55mph MESS). "HONEST" I SAID TO SUSAN "IT'S MY VERY FIRST ONE"(YEAH RIGHT!WHAT'S LIFE WITHOUT A LITTLE WHITE LIE). I GUESS THERE WAS SOME LIFE IN THE OLD CRATE AFTER ALL (IT WAS DOWNHILL AS I REMEMBER IT. THAT SOUNDS A LOT LIKE OUR MARRIAGES). WHEN WE GOT TO MOM & DAD'S HOUSE WE STAYED THERE FOR A FEW DAYS (WE SHOULD HAVE HAD STAYED IN A MOTEL. SHE SAID:"NO MAKING WHOOPEE! IN MOM & DAD'S HOUSE".YEAH I KNOW! HEN PECKED ALREADY). THEN MY VIRGIN WIFE AND ME, AND HIS & HERS CARS (AT LEAST THEY GOT TOGETHER) GOT BACK ON THE ROAD TO THE ARMY. (ON THE ROAD AGAIN!!)

WE GOT TO OUR FIRST HOME TOGETHER LATER THAT NIGHT. IT WAS A FURNISHED APARTMENT THAT I HAD FOUND NEAR THE POST. WE SETTLED IN FOR THE NIGHT AND WENT TO BED (WE WERE BOTH TOO TIRED. SO WE WENT TO SLEEP). NOW I'M NOT OUT PLAYING ARMY ANY MORE BY MYSELF. (NOW. I KNOW YOU ARE SAYING TO YOURSELVES RIGHT ABOUT NOW. "WAIT A MINUTE!". SO, I'LL GET TO IT. NOW). THE NEXT DAY(EXCUSE ME! MAKE THAT. THE NEXT NIGHT). IT FINALLY HAPPENED! MY VIRGIN WIFE WAS NO MORE. WHAT CAN I SAY. IT WAS GREAT,FANTASTIC, WONDERFUL,AND IT WAS THE BEST BECAUSE IT WAS WITH SOMEONE THAT I LOVED VERY MUCH! IT WAS A BIG BANG FOR ME, AND I'M HAPPY TO SAY A MUCH BIGGER BANG FOR SUSAN!!! (THAT DAY. THE STRONGEST SWIMMER MADE IT IN. YOU SEE. THE PILL MADE HER SICK. BUT, I'M GETTING AHEAD OF MYSELF). NOW THINGS WERE GOING OK. THAT IS UNTIL IT CAME TO TAKE CARE OF OUR BILLS. MONEY WAS NOT A PROBLEM (THERE'S NEVER ENOUGH, IS THERE?). SUSAN HAD TAKEN ON A JOB (IT WAS HER IDEAL AND I HAD NO PROBLEM WITH THAT. SHE HAD NOTHING TO DO. - SO WHAT'S THE PROBLEM?). THE PROBLEM WAS "HOW"TO PAY THE BILLS. SUSAN WANTED TO PAY THE BILL'S EACH MONTH. AND PUT ANY EXTRA MONEY LEFT OVER. AWAY IN THE BANK TO SAVE UP FOR A DOWN PAYMENT ON A HOUSE (WHEN YOU ARE IN THE ARMY. YOU DON'T WANT TO BUY A HOUSE. YOU MAY HAVE TO MOVE AT ANY MOMENT).

HERE'S THE THING. WE ALREADY KNOW THAT SUSAN HAS NEVER BEEN OUT IN LIFE ON HER OWN. "SHE HAS HAD EVERYTHING HANDED TO HER ON A SILVER PLATTER" (I WONDER WHERE I HAVE HEARD THAT ONE BEFORE). AND THEN THERE'S MYSELF. NOT ONLY HAVE I BEEN OUT OF MY OWN (OK! I WAS IN THE ARMY. AND THOUGH IT'S ALMOST THE SAME THING. I HAD TO WORK MY BUTT OFF FOR EVERYTHING THAT I GOT. INCLUDING ALMOST LOSING MY LIFE FOR MY COUNTRY MORE THAN ONCE. BUT THAT'S ANOTHER STORY AT ALL TOGETHER). I HAD LEARNED A THING OR TWO IN HIGH SCHOOL . I WAS IN THE "FUTURE BUSINESS MEN CLUB"ON CAMPUS FOR EXTRA CREDIT. WHILE I WAS IN THE ARMY. I HEARD A LOT OF THINGS FROM ALL THE GUYS I MET IN THE ARMY UP UNTIL THAT TIME. I ALSO LEARNED A LOT ABOUT THE DIFFERENT TYPES OF MEN. (AS TO THE QUESTION THAT MIGHT BE IN SOME OF YOUR MINDS RIGHT NOW. "NO WAY!"). ALL THE MEN I WAS WITH IN THE ARMY, LIKED TO BRAG ABOUT THEIR TRIUMPHS AND SCORES WITH WOMEN. I ALSO HAD LEARNED A LOT OF THINGS FROM TV & THE MOVIES ABOUT FINANCING. I WAS TRYING TO BE THE MAN OF THE FAMILY. BUT IT SEEMS, THAT IS NOT WHAT SUSAN HAD IN MIND. I HAD COME UP WITH A PLAN TO PAY OFF ALL OUR BILLS EXCEPT FOR SUSAN'S CAR PAYMENTS (THE MUSTANG) IN FOUR MONTHS. THEN WE COULD HAVE PAID OFF HER CAR IN 10 MONTHS TOTAL TIME.

SUSAN'S PLAN WOULD HAVE GONE ON FOR 17 MONTHS WITHOUT PAYING OFF HER CAR PLUS THE AMOUNT SAVE AT THAT TIME WOULD NOT HAVE BEEN VERY MUCH. MY PLAN WAS SIMPLE. PAY ALL BILLS AS USUAL, AND PUT ASIDE SOME MONEY FOR THE NECESSITIES (WE DIDN'T HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT MEDICAL. IT WAS FREE WITH THE ARMY. AND AT THE POST EXCHANGES . IT WAS CHEAPER THAN OUT SIDE THE POST). THEN IF ENOUGH MONEY WAS LEFT OVER. PAY OFF THE SMALLEST BILL AT THAT TIME. IF THERE WAS NOT ENOUGH FOR THE SMALLEST BILL WE COULD PUT THAT MONEY INTO THE BANK. THEN THE NEXT MONTH REPEAT THE PROCESS, AND ADD THE WHATEVER (IF ANY) MONEY WAS LEFT OVER TO WHAT WAS IN THE BANK. AND THEN PAY OFF THE SMALLEST BILL. IF ANYTHING WAS LEFT OVER. THEN SEE IF IT WOULD PAY THE NEXT SMALLEST BILL, AND IF IT WOULDN'T. WE WOULD PUT THAT AMOUNT BACK INTO THE BANK, AND DO THE SAME THING NEXT MONTH. AFTER WE WOULD HAD PAID OFF THE BILLS. EXCEPT FOR SUSAN'S CAR PAYMENT. THEN WE COULD DOUBLE UP ON SUSAN'S CAR PAYMENTS. WHEN THE CAR WAS PAID OFF WE COULD. PUT 100 PERCENT OF SUSAN'S CHECK INTO THE BANK (AS LONG AS THERE WAS NO OTHER CIRCUMSTANCES THAT PREVENTED IT).

SUSAN HAD NOT HELPED WITH THE MAKING OF MY PLAN, SO SHE DIDN'T WANT TO FOLLOW MY PLAN. (WHAT'S THE DIFFERENCES. I HAD NOTHING TO DO WITH HER PLAN. NOR, IF YOU THINK ABOUT IT. NEITHER DID SHE! IT WAS A STANDARD PLAN EVERYBODY USED). I TOLD HER THAT BY SAYING YES, AND AT LEAST TRYING MY PLAN, SHE WOULD HAVE HAD PART IN THE PLAN (ALSO IF THE PLAN DIDN'T WORK. SHE COULD HAVE SAID: "I TOLD YOU SO").THERE WAS NO DANGER OF ANY PROBLEMS BY USING MY PLAN. BECAUSE ALL BILLS WOULD HAVE BEEN PAID OFF FOR THAT MONTH, AND MONEY FOR NECESSITIES WOULD BE THERE, WITH SOME MONEY LEFT OVER (IF ANY). IT WAS A "WIN- WIN" SITUATION . BUT, I GUESS SUSAN COULDN'T SEE THAT. PROBABLY, BECAUSE OF NO EXPERIENCES IN LIFE ON HER OWN. SUSAN WAS TRYING TO WEAR THE PANTS IN THE FAMILY (THIS IS WHEN I FOUND OUT THAT "LIKE FATHER LIKE SON".WELL! ENOUGH SAID ABOUT THAT. FOR THOSE OF YOU ARE WONDERING . THIS IS WHAT HAPPENED!) THIS IS WHEN SUSAN'S YELLING STARTED. IT STARTED OUT TO BE A SMALL THING. THEN IT STARTED TO GROW. SHE TOOK CONTROL OF HER MONEY. SO I TOOK CONTROL OF MY MONEY (YOU KNOW!JUST A COUPLE OF DUMB KIDS). SOMETIME DURING OUR TIME LIVING THERE MY MOM & DAD CAME FOR A VISIT. DAD WAS RETIRED NOW AND THEY WERE JUST DRIVING AROUND IN A RV CONVERSION VAN JUST SEEING OUR COUNTRY. DAD HAD SEEN THE WORLD WHILE IN THE NAVY. SO NOW HE WANTED TO SEE WHAT WAS IN THE USA.

ANYWAY, ONE NIGHT SUSAN WAS OUT WITH MOM & DAD WHEN I GOT HOME  FROM PLAYING ARMY. I HAD JUST GOT HOME WHEN THE PHONE RANG IT WAS A POLICE OFFICER, AND HE TOLD ME THAT THEY HAD BEEN IN AN ACCIDENT . HE HAD NO DETAILS ON HOW THEY WERE JUST WHERE THE ACCIDENT HAPPEN. I KNEW WHERE THAT LOCATION WAS, SO I JUMPED INTO SUSAN'S MUSTANG (YOU KNOW THAT CAR COULD REALLY MOVE). I FLEW DOWN THE ROAD AT ABOUT 105mph PASSING EVERYTHING IN SIGHT. (HEY! I KNOW IT'S NOT TO SMART. BUT I'M AN EXPERT DRIVER. AND I DIDN'T KNOW IF ANYONE OR ALL WERE DEAD OR DYING. I WANTED TO GET THERE IN CASE SOMEONE WAS DYING SO I COULD SAY GOODBYE!). WHEN I GOT THERE THEY HAD BEEN TAKEN TO A NEAR BY CHURCH BECAUSE IT WAS VERY COLD AND THE VAN WAS LAYING ON ITS SIDE PRETTY MESSED UP. WHEN I GOT TO THE CHURCH I FOUND THEM SHAKEN UP BUT WITH NO MAJOR PROBLEMS THANK GOD. SOME GUY RAN A STOP SIGN WHILE MY DAD WAS IN THE INTERSECTION. HIS CAR HAD JUST CAUGHT THE REAR END OF THE VAN. IT SPUN AROUND AND LAID DOWN ON ITS SIDE. NEEDLESS TO SAY, DAD WON THE CIVIL COURT CASE. (THE GUY DIDN'T SHOW UP - THE COWARD).

SUSAN WAS VERY LUCKY BECAUSE WE DIDN'T KNOW AT THAT TIME SHE WAS PREGNANT. SUSAN'S YELLING GOT WORST. AND I WAS TAKING IT IN, BECAUSE , I WAS, AND I STILL AM A NON VIOLENT AND WELL-TEMPERED MAN (IT TOOK OVER A YEAR BEFORE I STARTED TO YELL BACK). THE ONLY TIME THAT I EVER HIT HER WAS WHEN ONE SHE WAS STANDING IN THE BATHROOM DOORWAY BUCK NAKED AND SCREAMING HER HEAD OFF (ABOUT WHAT! I CAN'T REMEMBER, AND I WAS TRYING TO TUNE HER OUT). SHE WAS SCREAMING HARD AND SO OUT OF CONTROL THAT I LIGHTLY SLAPPED HER FACE JUST TO SHOCK HER BACK TO REALITY (THAT WORKED FOR ABOUT 5 SECONDS. THEN SHE STARTED BACK AT ME. SHE FINALLY GOT INTO THE SHOWER). I WAS GETTING CLOSE TO GETTING OUT OF THE ARMY BUT, OUR BABY WOULD BE BORN JUST AFTER I GOT OF THE ARMY. THE ARMY HAD STARTED. TO OFFER TO RETRAIN ANYONE FOR A CIVILIAN JOB BEFORE THEY WERE TO GET OUT. THEY STARTED THIS. ONE-MONTH BEFORE I WAS TO GET OUT. SO I WAS ABLE TO EXTEND MY TERM FOR TWO MORE MONTHS. I ALSO GOT A HIGH SCHOOL GED THREE MONTHS BEFORE I GOT OUT.

SUSAN DIDN'T WANT OUR CHILD TO BE BORN IN THE ARMY HOSPITAL (THEIR RECORD. WASN'T TO GOOD AT THAT TIME). IF SUSAN. WAS 50 OR MORE MILES FROM ANY MILITARY HOSPITAL. SHE COULD GO TO HER HOME HOSPITAL AND HAVE THE BABY, PAID FOR BY THE ARMY. SO I GOT A LEAVE AND HELPED HER PACKED UP HER THINGS. THEN SUSAN, OUR UNBORN CHILD (DUE IN ABOUT TWO MONTHS). AND MYSELF GOT INTO HER MUSTANG AND TOOK OFF FOR HER MOM & DAD'S HOUSE.(SHE LOOKED LIKE SHE WAS GOING TO EXPLODE. HEY THIS WAS HER FIRST TIME. I HAD NEVER LIVED WITH A PREGNANT WOMAN. OK! IT WASN'T VERY MUCH FUN. AND IT WAS A LONG TIME SINCE. "WELL. YOU KNOW!"IT'S VERY HARD TO MAKE LOVE TO A BIG YELLING WOMAN NO MATTER HOW MUCH YOU LOVE HER). WE HAD JUST DROVE OVER THIS HIGH MOUNTAIN PASS. WHEN WE CAME UP TO WHAT LOOKED LIKE A POLICE ROAD BLOCK (UH!OH! I WONDER WHAT I DID NOW!). WHAT HAD HAPPEN WAS. THE PASS WAS CLOSED WHILE WE WERE GOING OVER IT DUE TO HEAVY SNOW. THEY WERE STOPPING OUR SIDE OF THE HIGHWAY OFF AND ON TO LET THE OTHER SIDE MAKE A U-TURN AND GO BACK THE OTHER WAY (AS I TOLD YOU I WAS AN EXPERT DRIVER. I'M JUST LIKE THE POSTMAN. NEITHER RAIN - WEEELLL"NEVER MIND"{I SURE DO MISS HER}MEANWHILE BACK TO THE ROAD AGAIN).

I GOT SUSAN HOME OK AND THEN I DROVE THE MUSTANG BACK TO THE ARMY. WHEN I GOT BACK IT SEEMS THAT "DADDY"HAD PUT AND A.P.B. OUT ON ME. NOT TO STOP ME AND BRING ME BACK WITH THE CAR (I COULD HAVE SUED HIM IF HE DID) BUT JUST  TO KEEP TABS ON THE MUSTANG AND ME. (WHAT? DID HE THINK I WAS GOING TO STEAL IT. I COULDN'T SELL IT. IT WAS ON SUSAN'S NAME ONLY). I TOOK THE MUSTANG BECAUSE SUSAN DIDN'T NEED IT. SHE COULDN'T DRIVE IT ANYWAY, AND I WAS TO GET OUT OF THE ARMY IN TWO MONTHS. SUSAN HAD HER MOM & DAD TO TAKE CARE OF HER UNTIL I GOT BACK. WHEN I GOT BACK TO THE ARMY I WAS ORDERED TO TAKE THE CAR BACK. WHICH I DID ("ON THE ROAD AGAIN" WELL HERE WE GO AGAIN). IT SEEMS THAT "DADDY"DIDN'T LIKE THE REPORT THAT HE GOT FROM SUSAN. HE DIDN'T WANT TO HEAR MY SIDE OF THE STORY (OF COURSE!). I FLEW BACK TO THE ARMY (AND BOY WAS - OH NO! NOT A JOKE AGAIN). I CAN'T REMEMBER WHAT,WHERE,HOW OR WHEN. BUT I MET THIS WOMAN. I MOVED INTO HER HOUSE WITH HER. (THIS WAS THE FIRST OF MY ADULTERESS AFFAIRS THAT I HAD WHILE MARRIED TO SUSAN). I WAS WITH HER THE NIGHT. WHEN SUSAN GAVE BIRTH TO OUR CHILD. WHEN I CAME IN TO PLAY ARMY THAT MORNING I WAS CALLED INTO THE FIRST SERGEANT'S OFFICE. HE HAD TOLD ME THAT . ABOUT 2:00am. THAT MORNING SUSAN GAVE BIRTH.

45 DAYS AFTER OUR CHILD WAS BORN. I GOT OUT OF THE ARMY. (I KNOW NOW. THAT I SHOULD HAVE STAYED IN THE ARMY BUT AT THAT TIME. WHEN I  WAS ASKED IF I WANTED REENLIST MY THOUGHT AT THAT TIME WAS. OH NO! SATAN. GET THEE BEHIND ME!). NOW IT WAS TIME TO GO INTO THE CIVILIAN WORLD. FOR MY FIFTH, AND LAST TRIP HOME FROM THE ARMY. I FLEW (AND, NOPE NOT THIS TIME). WHEN I GOT HOME (IF YOU COULD CALL IT THAT) I MET MY CHILD FOR THE VERY FIRST TIME. HERE I HAD BEEN IN COMBAT, BEEN HALF WAY AROUND THE WORLD AND BACK, ALMOST KILLED IN VIET NAM, AND I WAS TO AFRAID TO HOLD MY OWN CHILD (BEING MY FIRST AND ONLY CHILD. I DIDN'T KNOW HOW TO HANDLE A BABY...OK! I WAS AFRAID I MIGHT BREAK THE CHILD). SO I MOVED IN WITH MY WIFE AND CHILD AT HER MOM & DAD'S HOUSE, WORK WAS NOT TO  EASY AT THAT TIME . MY FIRST JOB WAS IN A LOCAL HAMBURGER JOINT. THAT DIDN'T WORK FOR ME. (NOPE!..NOT McDONALDS'S. THEY WERE JUST BABY AT THAT TIME...'WHO KNEW THEY WOULD HAPPEN').THEN I GOT A JOB DRIVING A BIG TRUCK FOR A THRIFT STORE. PICKING UP DONATED ITEMS TO THE STORE ABOUT 20 MILES AWAY FROM THE HOUSE (NO!...IT WASN'T GOODWILL). WITH THIS JOB WE MOVED OUT OF SUSAN'S MOM & DAD'S HOUSE AND INTO AN APARTMENT ONE TOWN AWAY.

ALONE AT LAST! NOTHING  HAPPENING AT MOM & DAD'S HOUSE IF YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN. (YUP! STILL HENPECKED). NOT TOO LONG AFTER MOVING INTO OUR APARTMENT. THE OLD PROBLEMS STARTED UP AGAIN, AND SUSAN'S YELLING ALSO. THIS TIME IT WAS THE LACK OF MONEY. PLUS, HOW THE BILLS WERE TO BE PAID. AS USUAL I WASN'T GETTING ANY AND I ALSO LOST MY JOB (SUSAN KEPT CALLING FOR ME AT WORK. BUT I WAS NEVER THERE. I WAS ALWAYS OUT MAKING PICK-UPS {HAR!HAR!}. I ALSO THINK IT WAS VIET NAM POST SYNDROME). ALL THIS NOT GETTING ANY, LOSING MY JOB, AND SUSAN'S YELLING ABOUT EVERYTHING. LED ME INTO MY ADULTEROUS AFFAIR. IT WAS WITH A WOMAN WHO LIVED WITH HER HUSBAND UPSTAIRS FROM US. SHE WAS HAVING TROUBLE WITH HER HUSBAND. I WENT UP TO FIX SOMETHING AT HER REQUEST. AND THINGS GOT OUT OF CONTROL (GO! FIGURE). IT WAS ONLY ONCE AND SUSAN FOUND OUT THAT ONE (I THINK THE WOMAN RATTED ME OUT). I REALLY DON'T KNOW IF SUSAN FORGAVE ME OR NOT. BUT SHE STAYED WITH ME. AFTER I HAD LOST MY JOB. SUSAN WAS WORRIED ABOUT HOW WE WERE GOING TO LIVE.

JUST AS A PERSONAL NOTE AND THOUGHT'S HERE: WIFE'S: HELP YOUR HUSBAND WITH ALL THE LOVE, CARE, AND UNDERSTANDING THAT YOU CAN GIVE. WETHER OR NOT ANY WOMAN IS WILLING TO ADMIT IT OR NOT. IN AN MARRIAGE (OR JUST LIVING TOGETHER). IF THE WOMAN THINKS ONLY OF HERSELF, AND IS NOT WILLING TO COMPROMISE SOMEWHAT, AND USE'S THE DENIAL OF HER BODY TO HER MATE. SHE WILL LOSE HIM TO ANOTHER WOMAN WHO WILL GIVE HIM WHAT HE NEEDS (IT'S THE OLD. YOU CAN SLEEP ON THE COUCH FOR A WHILE. OR NO! I GOT A HEADACHE SCENARIO. IT MAY GET THE WOMAN WHAT SHE WANTS. BUT IT'S THE #1 CAUSE OF ADULTERY I THINK). TALK AND LISTEN TO HIM. NOT JUST AT HIM.
HUSBANDS: THE SAME GOES FOR YOU MEN (CHANGE ANOTHER WOMAN TO ANOTHER MAN). HANGING OUT WITH THE GUYS IS OKAY. BUT, DON'T DO OVER IT: AS TO OTHER WOMAN (OR MEN) LOOK, BUT DON'T TOUCH. EVERY DAY ASK YOURSELF THIS ONE QUESTION. WHAT HAVE I DONE FOR MY SPOUSE TODAY? (ASK NOT WHAT YOUR SPOUSE CAN DO FOR YOU. BUT, WHAT CAN I DO. FOR MY SPOUSE TODAY?). DO SOMETHING FOR YOUR SPOUSE EVERYDAY. THIS CAN BE ONE HELL OF A KISS WHEN THEY COME IN THE DOOR, ONE FLOWER, OUT TO A NICE DRESS UP DINNER, OR TO WHATEVER TURNS YOUR SPOUSE ON. DON'T ASK YOUR SPOUSE WHAT CAN I DO FOR YOU (THAT CAN BE BACKFIRE ON YOU. AND CAUSE IN ARGUMENT). DON'T ASK!- JUST DO IT!

MEANWHILE BACK AT THE FUNNY FARM (UH HUH!). WITH MY NOT HAVING A JOB. SUSAN WAS WORRIED THAT WE WOULD BE PUT OUT ON THE STREET. SO SHE PACKED HERSELF AND THE BABY UP, AND MOVED BACK WITH MOM & DAD (HAD SHE UNDERSTOOD WHAT WAS AVAILABLE TO MARRIED COUPLES WITH CHILDREN AT THAT TIME. SHE WOULDN'T HAVE LEFT. SHE JUDGED A BOOK BY IT'S COVER. WITHOUT TRYING TO READ THE BOOK). I FINALLY GOT A JOB DOING THE WORK THAT THE ARMY HAD RE-TRAINED ME FOR. JUST BEFORE I GOT OUT OF THE ARMY. I HAD TO GO TO THEIR SCHOOL BEFORE STARTING TO WORK FOR THEM. WHEN THE SCHOOLING WAS OVER. THEY PUT ME TO WORK IN THE SAME YARD THEY TRAINED ME IN. THIS WAS ABOUT 55 MILES AWAY FROM SUSAN'S MOM & DAD'S HOUSE. I GOT MYSELF SETTLED IN AND THEN I WENT AFTER SUSAN. WELL THE JOB MET WITH SUSAN'S QUALIFICATIONS AND APPROVAL. SO I WAS SUCCESSFUL IN BRINGING HER AND MY CHILD BACK WITH ME.

WHILE SHE WAS WITH ME. SHE HAD MOVED BACK HOME WITH MOM & DAD TWO TIMES (NO AFFAIRS THIS TIME. I'M HAPPY TO SAY. BUT, THE MONEY THING AGAIN. SHE HAD NOT WORKED SINCE SHE HAD GONE HOME TO HAVE THE BABY). I WAS LAID OFF FROM MY JOB WITH NO EXPLANATION. WHEN I TOOK IT TO THE UNION. IT WAS TOO LATE FOR THEM TO DO ANYTHING ABOUT IT. SUSAN, THE BABY, AND ME MOVED TWO TOWNS FROM HER  MOM & DAD'S. I FOUND WORK IN A HAMBURGER STAND (HEY! I KNOW. IT DIDN'T WORK FOR ME. AND YES. IT WAS McDONALDS THIS TIME). BUT THIS TIME I HAD A LITTLE AUTHORITY. SO IT WAS OK. AND SUSAN'S YELLING GOT WORSE. ONE TIME SHE THREW A SPOON AT ME. IT HIT ME RIGHT NEXT TO MY EYE AND CUT ME (SHE DREW THE FIRST AND ONLY BLOOD). SHE CAME TO ME AND SAID: "I'M SORRY" IT WAS THE FIRST TIME IN A VERY LONG TIME. SHE HAD SHOWN ANY REAL CONCERN FOR ME. I HAD BEEN FIRED FROM McDONALDS BECAUSE I HAD RECEIVE A CALL FROM SUSAN. OUR CHILD WAS SICK AND NEEDED TO GO TO THE DOCTOR. I HAD THE CAR SO I TOLD MY SUPERVISOR I HAD A MEDICAL EMERGENCY AND LEFT (MY CHILD COMES FIRST). I LATER TOOK McDONALDS TO THE LABOR BOARD AND WON MY CASE.

NOT TO LONG AFTER THIS. ONE NIGHT THERE WAS A KNOCK AT THE DOOR. IT WAS TWO POLICE DETECTIVES FROM THE TOWN THAT I LAST WORKED IN. THEY CAME TO ARREST ME (AND I THOUGHT I WAS THE KING OF AT THE FRONT DOOR SURPRISE). I WAS TAKEN TO THE LOCAL JAIL AND BOOKED (AND DARN IT!, I DIDN'T HAVE MY GET OUT JAIL CARD FROM THAT GAME). MY FATHER CAME 200 MILES TO BAIL ME OUT (SUSAN HAD CALLED HIM - I THINK?). WHAT MADE MATTERS WORSE (WHAT WOULD BE WORSE THAN THIS?). THE TOWN THAT I WAS LIVING AT THAT TIME, I WAS ARRESTED ALSO. SOMEONE IN THE TOWN THAT I WAS LIVING IN DECIDED THAT IF I DID THIS SOMEWHERE ELSE, THEN I MUST HALVED DONE IT THERE ALSO (THE SECOND CHARGES WERE DROPPED. IT WAS OBVIOUS TO THE POLICE THAT NOTHING HAPPENED). I ENDED UP IN COURT ON THE FIRST CHARGES. WHAT HAPPEN WAS. I HAD BEEN WORKING IN AN AREA FOR A GOOD PART OF THE DAY. AND I WAS THE ONE WHO WAS ID AS BEING THERE. I HAD AN ALIBI FOR THE TIME I WAS SUPPOSED TO HAVE BEEN THERE. BUT THAT PERSON REFUSED TO TESTIFY. I MADE SURE SUSAN TALKED TO THAT PERSON.

FOR MY TRIAL I WAS ON MY OWN ATTORNEY (A VERY BIG! MISTAKE). I WENT WITH A JUDGE ONLY TRIAL (THAT WAS A BIGGER MISTAKE). I WAS FOUND GUILTY BY THE JUDGE OF A MISDEMEANOR. I WAS SENTENCE TO 12 MONTHS IN CITY JAIL. ONE & THREE QUARTER MONTHS LATER I WAS BEING RELEASED ON APPEAL BAIL (AGAIN MY FATHER BAIL ME OUT WITHOUT ME ASKING HIM. WHO SAID FATHERS DON'T CARE ABOUT THEIR CHILDREN). WHAT HAD HAPPEN WAS THE JUDGE. THAT FOUND ME GUILTY. HAD DIED. THE JUDGE WAS DYING FROM SOME DISEASE WHILE HE WAS SITTING ON THE BENCH. HE DIDN'T TELL ANYBODY ABOUT IT. HAD HE SAID SOMETHING ABOUT IT. HE WOULD HAVE BEEN TAKEN OFF THE BENCH (THIS HAD EXPLAINED A LOT TO ME AS TO THE WAY HE ACTED TOWARD ME DURING THE TRIAL). SUSAN HAD MOVED BACK IN WITH HER MOM & DAD. WHILE I WAS IN JAIL. SUSAN'S FATHER HAD BEEN BUGGING HER TO GET A DIVORCE. WE WORKED THINGS OUT BUT, "DADDY" DIDN'T LIKE THAT AT ALL. "DADDY" WENT TO A LAWYER AND PAID $375.00 FOR A DIVORCE (THE GOING RATE AT THAT TIME).

THEN HE WENT TO SUSAN AND SAID: "YOUR GETTING DIVORCE!" I KEPT SUSAN FROM GOING THROUGH WITH IT FOR A YEAR. ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I TOLD SUSAN WAS HER FATHER WANTED CONTROL OF OUR CHILD AND THE ONLY WAY HE COULD DO IT WAS TO GET RID OF ME (SHE DIDN'T THINK SO. I HAD TOLD SUSAN A LOT OF THINGS DURING THIS TIME AND BEYOND. SHE HAD TO AT ONE TIME OR ANOTHER ADMITTED THAT. I HAD ALWAYS HIT THE NAIL RIGHT ON THE HEAD. MORE ON THIS LATER). MEANWHILE BACK AT THE APPEAL: DURING THIS YEAR I WAS SITTING TO HEAR FROM MY LAWYER TO FIND OUT WHAT THE APPEAL'S  COURT SAID. EVERY TIME THAT I CALLED HIM HE WOULD USE HIS FAVORITE SAYING. "NO NOOSE, IS GOOD NOOSE" (HE WAS GREAT. I WISH I HAD HIM WHEN I FIRST WENT TO COURT. I THINK I WOULD HAVE WON!). WELL, FINALLY HE SAID: "THE COURT RULED IN YOUR FAVOR"(YES!!!). BUT LATER I WAS TOLD THAT THE DA WAS GOING TO RE-TRY THE CASE EVEN THOUGH HE HAD NO CASE NOW (THIS IS WHEN I LEARNED ABOUT DISTRICT ATTORNEY'S. THEY JUST WON'T LET GO. EVEN IF A PERSON IS INNOCENT). NOW I WAS BACK IN COURT AGAIN. THE DA WAS TELLING THE COURT HE WAS HAVING TROUBLE GETTING HIS WITNESS TO COME TO COURT.

BEFORE WE WENT INTO COURT THAT DAY. THE DA HAD MADE ME A DEAL (HE WAS JUST TRYING TO SAVE HIS BUTT). THE DEAL WAS I WOULD PLEAD GUILTY TO A COUNT OF 415 (DISTURBING THE PEACE). THEN ONE YEAR LATER IT WOULD BE WIPED OFF THE RECORD BOOK. HERE WAS MY CHOICES: SAY YES AND IT WAS OVER. OR, SAY NO AND BE RUNNING BACK AND FORTH TO COURT FOR ANOTHER 8 MONTHS (LET ME SEE NOW. YES- NO....YES-NO...YES-NO...ARE YOU NUTS STUPID! SAY YES!WELL NEEDLESS TO SAY I SAID "YES!"). I GOT ONE OVER HIM. SOMETHING HE DIDN'T THINK I KNEW. I PLEAD: NO CONTEST" (THIS WAS SAYING GUILTY. WITHOUT REALLY SAYING GUILTY). AFTER ALL WAS SAID AND DONE. IT WAS OVER "THANK GOD"

DIVORCE #1: 

HER FATHER WAS ABOUT TO DRIVE HER INTO A NUT HOUSE. IT WAS TIME FOR A NEW BATTLE PLAN (SHE WAS LIVING WITH MOM & DAD DURING THIS YEAR). HERE'S THE PLAN: I TOLD SUSAN THAT WE COULD GO THROUGH WITH THE DIVORCE, AND GET HER FATHER OFF HER BACK. THEN, LATER WHEN THINGS GET BETTER. WE COULD GET REMARRIED. SHE LIKED THAT PLAN SO THAT'S WHAT WE DID. (ANY BOY WAS "DADDY" HAPPY. NOW THAT'S AN UNDER STATEMENT).  NOT TOO LONG AFTER THE DIVORCE WAS FINAL. "DADDY"STARTED TO TAKE OVER. BUT THE THING THAT BROKE THE CAMELS BACK WAS THIS. ONE NIGHT "DADDY" HAD GIVEN OUR CHILD ONE OF THOSE MINI POWDERED DONUTS JUST BEFORE GOING TO BEDTIME (NOW BOTH SUSAN AND I KNEW. THAT IF OUR CHILD HAD ANYTHING TO EAT. JUST BEFORE GOING TO BED. THE CHILD WOULD NOT GO TO SLEEP FOR SOME TIME). SUSAN TOOK THE MINI DONUT FROM THE CHILD. THEY WERE AT THE DOORWAY TO THE BEDROOM. AT THE END OF THE HALLWAY. HEADING FOR BEDTIME. "DADDY" WAS AT THE OTHER END OF THE HALLWAY WHEN HE SAW SUSAN TAKE THE MINI DONUT AWAY FROM THE CHILD.

"DADDY" CAME QUICKLY DOWN THE HALLWAY. TOOK THE MINI DONUT FROM SUSAN. AND IN THE PROCESS PUSHED SUSAN TO THE FLOOR. THEN GAVE THE MINI DONUT BACK TO THE CHILD (WHEN WE TALKED ABOUT IT. IT WAS ONE OF THOSE MANY TIME'S SUSAN HAS ADMITTED THAT I HIT THE NAIL RIGHT ON THE HEAD). I TOLD SUSAN THAT IT WAS TIME TO MOVE HER OUT OF HER MOM & DAD'S HOUSE. (SHE HAD NO PROBLEMS WITH THAT). SO WE STARTED TO LOOK FOR AN APARTMENT FOR SUSAN AND OUR CHILD. WE FOUND THIS SMALL APARTMENT COMPLEX THAT SUSAN FELL IN LOVE WITH. WE WERE TOLD THAT THEY DON'T RENT TO PEOPLE WHO WERE ON WELFARE. THE MANAGER SAID: "EVERYBODY WHO WAS ON WELFARE THAT THEY HAD RENTED TO. HAD REALLY MESSED UP THEIR APARTMENTS. IT COST THEM A LOT OF MONEY TO REPAIR THEM (IT'S THE SAME AGE OLD PROBLEM. SOMEBODY WAS ALWAYS MESSING IT UP FOR EVERYBODY ELSE). SUSAN HAD A LITTLE CRY ABOUT THIS WHEN WE LEFT. WE WENT TO A PARK WE LIKED TO GO TO FOR PICNIC'S THAT WE HAD PLANNED FOR THAT DAY (IT WAS TIME FOR THE GREAT BATTLE PLAN). WHEN WE GOT TO THE PARK. I CALLED THE MANAGER OF THE APARTMENT BUILDING. I TOLD HER THAT I HAD CALLED AN ATTORNEY (NOT!!!). I SAID: "THE ATTORNEY SAID THAT YOU CANNOT REFUSE TO TO SUSAN. BECAUSE SHE WAS ON WELFARE"(IT'S TIME TO MAKE A DEAL).

" I TELL YOU WHAT: I SAID: "SUSAN WILL PAY YOU DOUBLE THE CLEANING DEPOSIT (ACTUALLY I PAID IT). AND I WOULD GUARANTEE IN WRITING THAT SUSAN WOULD LEAVE THE APARTMENT IN GOOD SHAPE. WHEN SHE MOVES OUT". THE MANAGER SAID:"OK!".SO I MOVED SUSAN AND OUR CHILD INTO ONE BEDROOM DOWNSTAIRS FRONT CORNER APARTMENT SHE FELL IN LOVE WITH (ALSO THE ONLY ONE AVAILABLE). I MORE OR LESS MOVED IN ALSO (OH!!!WHAT A NIGHT. AND IT WAS ABOUT TIME. IT HAD BEEN A VERY LONG TIME SINCE. WELL YOU KNOW!). NOBODY KNEW THAT SUSAN AND ME WERE BACK TOGETHER AGAIN (I WASN'T AROUND YOU SEE). I REMEMBER ONE MORNING. SUSAN AND OUR CHILD WAS DOING BREAKFAST. I WAS IN BED NAKED, AND JUST WAKING UP WHEN (GUESS WHO CAME TO DINNER OOPS!!! I MEAN BREAKFAST). THERE CAME A KNOCK AT THE DOOR. IT WAS GRANDMA & GRANDPA (YOU KNOW. I THINK EVERYBODY IS TRYING TO GET INTO MY GIG). I WAS HALF ASLEEP WHEN I REALIZE THAT OUR CHILD WAS LEADING GRANDPA INTO THE BEDROOM FORTUNATELY. ALL MY CLOTHES AND SHOES WERE ON THE WALL SIDE OF THE BED. THE BED WAS CLOSE TO THE WALL. JUST AS OUR CHILD WAS LEADING GRANDPA INTO THE BEDROOM. I HAD ROLLED OFF THE BED NEXT TO THE WALL. AND, I JUST LAID THERE ON THE FLOOR.

Page 2

Page 3

Home