Ex-boyfriends tout a comfort that can’t be reckoned with. Or maybe it’s only that you think it can’t be reckoned with and in reality ALWAYS needs to be challenged. I recently fell into what I wouldn’t call a one-way trip to the abyss, but maybe a stumble (or fall) over that beautiful tree root growing out of the sidewalk. You know, you’re walking along, no big deal, confident, cool, collected, HOT, and, HOLY HELL, a fucking tree root that you didn’t see sends you to the cement. One always prays to HOPEFULLY escape these happenings, but instead, it's like you watch your life slow-mo materialize in front of a big, fat, reality checking, gawking, audience.
Let’s back up before we replay the night.
The, oh-so-epic night began with dinner, and tickets to Radiohead. I KNOW! RADIOHEAD. Like, my all time, can’t live without band, and would do anything like hang out with an ex-boyfriend, band, even go out of town to an old town, band. Yep. I went there. I mean I didn’t exactly plan the trip around it, but let me tell you, I fit it in to my plans. DUH.
One week before, I received a confused, weird, text message saying, “there’s only one caveat.” My heart dropped, my head spun, and I could only imagine that he was taking his other ex-girlfriend or some fresh, blonde, tarte (I’m also blonde, but whatever) in my stead. I iPhone-tapped, “Eh, I hate caveats.” He said, “Our texts crossed and it’s actually a Deftones’ concert.”
(Scooby Doo sound) “OH! Ok. You had me scared. I mean don’t get me wrong I love the Deftones, but, yeah.”
Deftones it is. But, really? REALLY. I only blabbed about how Radiohead was my all time favorite band, but I ignored the obvious scheme that had played out without me knowing.
We went, laughed, had a great time watching the idiots mosh around, and he drove me home.
So what did I get? What can only be described as an awkward goodbye hug, and him feeling so comfortable that he kissed/licked/violated the inside of my nostril with his tongue (duplicate previous Scooby-Doo sound here).
Yep, that’s right. THE INSIDE OF MY NOSTRIL, PEOPLE. I was so stunned by this unexpected, indescribable action, that I sat up, gathered my stuff, and word-vomited, “Are you so bored and comfortable that you needed to explore the one orifice you hadn’t licked before?” TMI, I know, but you’re all adults (at least you should be). He was obviously horrified and squawked, "I don't know?? I panicked!" How did I get here, again, I groaned in my brain?
We laughed, weirdly. I left. And, sigh, immediately started day-dreaming about the man of my dreams that I met 3 days before, with the meh girlfriend. (See prior blog posts).
Comfortable, boring, relationships with the wrong person result in unwanted actions like French-kissing things that should never be touched, let alone licked.