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| The fellow in middle is Arvil and one of the others is Eric. |
You might know that right now I don’t have a man in my life. That means a boyfriend, lover, significant other, husband or sweetheart. And you might agree that there is nothing wrong with that. There are a few that might go as far as to say… “Lucky You”. Well what you might not know is I have two pretend boyfriends. Eric & Arvil. They are real men, but pretend boyfriends. I started thinking about three years ago that just the idea that someone cares about me is all I really want. So I asked Arvil if he’d just act like he cared. He didn’t exactly say no, so I took it as an affirmative. I think I ended up married this way once too. Then when I was on the telephone with Eric, whom I have never met (he is a friend of Arvil’s and we bonded over a common concern for the big Latvian knucklehead) I asked him if he would be interested in being my pretend boyfriend. I said, “all you have to do is call me once in a while and pretend you care”. He was in.
So every once in a while I will get a call from Arvil or Eric and they say sweet things like, “How’ve you been”, “Man, I miss you” and “Babe, it’s been too long”. My heart rate and blood pressure do all the things they would do if they were real boyfriends, so there is a benefit without the… without the .. hum, what is it I am missing?
Well, I will tell you what I am missing. A big old smile, a hug and an I Love You. That is just something that I would love to get every morning and every evening. What do you think you’d miss the most if your sweetheart wasn’t coming home anymore? And if you don’t have a sweetheart, would you settle for a pretend one?
Tomorrow, I suppose I’ll get up, smile, give myself a hug and remind myself that I Love You.
Sweet Dreams Sweet Hearts. I Love You Too. Amy