Sorry for last week. Well sorry for you rather than sorry for me. I was/am on holiday and was spending a few days here. I highly recommend Franschhoek. Just to get away from it all.
The horrendous view from the deck
One particular lunch with The Neighbour last week stands out. Which explains the need for me to escape to the haven of theWinelands. Having not heard from Old Man River for an entire day I was ready to discuss the subject at length with the long suffering Neighbour. Also realising of course that the lunch was going to be a boozy one, I deleted his number from my phone to save myself the embarrassment of drunk dialling. Just as soon as I got off the phone from Mrs Greek with her advice to give it another day because ‘he’s so old he may have forgotten who you are’, my phone rang. Not recognising the number but partial to anything of the 082 variety, I answered.The awful walk to my room
Me: Hello Baglett speaking
Old Man River: I don’t phone you for one day and you delete my number?
Me: I didn’t delete it, I saved it under ‘Asshole’.
OMR: So why did you answer it then?
Me: Because when I guy pulled out in front of me this morning, I declared it National Asshole day and so it makes perfect sense that you called.
OMR: You’re a hard lady Baglett.
Me: You’re an old man, River.
OMR: Dinner at my place tomorrow?
Me: Fine
While The Neighbour and I went through the conversation at length, I thought it was only fair to update Mrs Greek with a quick sms.
‘He phoned! YAY! Going for dinner tomorrow night’.
What followed next followed in slow motion. My laughter faded, The Neighbour’s smile waned and we both watched while my phone declared ‘Delivered to Old Man River’.
There is no coming back from that. He tortured me with silence until I arrived at his house the next day, opened the door, jumped up and down while clapping his hands and shouted ‘YAY! She arrived!’
11 comments:
YAY! she wrote...
Bahahahahahaha sms accident...
Glad you're back!
ROFL!!
atleast he had a sense of humor about it. old men laugh too it seems :P
Oooooh...I am blushing for you!!
LOL - thank goodness for a sense of humour :-)
Hey it could have been worse:
"That prick called. He wants to see me tomorrow. Guess I'll go, my hair has been washed and my goldfish bathed."
that's awesome. i love his reaction. i think he's a keeper!
you really write brilliantly - please dont keep us waiting so long for updates - they really make my day!
I'm guessing that you made all kinds of assumptions for why he's not calling, most of us girls tend to do that. I learned a valuable lesson a few weeks back. I met this really great guy, gave him my number and made all kinds of assumptions for why he's not calling. What I wasn't aware of was the fact that I had switched the 6 and the 3 in my not so sober state. This happened with another boy as well. That's why: "Assumptions is the mother of al F*ck-ups."
we've all done it before, I call it the S M Oops
call me the partypooper, but didn't you delete the number...how did you sms him from your phonebook?
next thing we find out you're actually the Green Man boerie lady
When he phoned, I assumed 'the relationship' was back on and I saved it again. It's a bad habit...
take one 'date at a time' although i must agree that he has a cool sense of humour and I really do see you settling down with a old"er" man, miss maturity.
Want to test him out in the kddies department then you can borrow the new addition to my family:)
yes that makes more sense..
anyway, back to the S M Oops, no one does it better than Shane Warne:
SYDNEY (Reuters) - The wife of former Australian cricket champion Shane Warne says their marriage reconciliation is over after he mistakenly sent her an incriminating text message.
Simone Callahan, who reunited last December with the spin bowler known also for his womanizing, told a woman's magazine she caught Warne cheating on her while he was in London.
As Callahan got the couple's three children ready for school in Melbourne, a text dropped into the inbox of her mobile phone, she told New Idea magazine.
"Hey beautiful, I'm just talking to my kids, the back door's open," the message from Warne said.
"You loser, you sent the message to the wrong person," Callahan sent back.
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