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wry1 · 08-30-2003, 08:18 AM

One thing I'm certain exists is Karma. The Hindus have it right where that concept is concerned; what goes around really does come around!

I told my own "tale of woe", but I neglected to include the follow-up to that whole incident. For my own purposes, I'll refer to her as VB (vicious bitch).

VB - after dumping me (without telling me), getting married to Luc, and then very callously telling me how she had finally gotten what she really wanted - quit working for the company where we met and moved to Utah with her new husband. It seems her Mother had disowned her when she found out what she had been up to, her sister was barely talking to her, and Luc was opening a business there....so off she went.

I ran into VB's Mother about 9 months later. The marriage had lasted all of 6 months, VB had just moved back into town the previous month, and her Mom (bless her heart) was hoping that I'd give her daughter a call.....since I was, in her opinion, the best thing that ever happened to VB. According to "Mom", VB had - on more than one occasion - lamented doing what she had done to me, and had realized the depth of her mistake.

I did the only thing I could do: I gave "Mom" (and I still think of her as a 4th or 5th Mother of mine) a big hug.........and told her that there was no way I was willing to put myself back into that nightmare. I explained, as gently as possible, that there was too great a trust-issue where her daughter was concerned, and that the old adage is true: "Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice, shame on me."

So yes, I don't knock Karma.

08-30-2003, 08:18 AM	#8 (permalink)
wry1 Loser Location: Far too far from my Angel....	One thing I'm certain exists is Karma. The Hindus have it right where that concept is concerned; what goes around really does come around! I told my own "tale of woe", but I neglected to include the follow-up to that whole incident. For my own purposes, I'll refer to her as VB (vicious bitch). VB - after dumping me (without telling me), getting married to Luc, and then very callously telling me how she had finally gotten what she really wanted - quit working for the company where we met and moved to Utah with her new husband. It seems her Mother had disowned her when she found out what she had been up to, her sister was barely talking to her, and Luc was opening a business there....so off she went. I ran into VB's Mother about 9 months later. The marriage had lasted all of 6 months, VB had just moved back into town the previous month, and her Mom (bless her heart) was hoping that I'd give her daughter a call.....since I was, in her opinion, the best thing that ever happened to VB. According to "Mom", VB had - on more than one occasion - lamented doing what she had done to me, and had realized the depth of her mistake. I did the only thing I could do: I gave "Mom" (and I still think of her as a 4th or 5th Mother of mine) a big hug.........and told her that there was no way I was willing to put myself back into that nightmare. I explained, as gently as possible, that there was too great a trust-issue where her daughter was concerned, and that the old adage is true: "Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice, shame on me." So yes, I don't knock Karma. Last edited by wry1; 08-30-2003 at 08:21 AM..