Of course, Don usually spent the week drinking beer and watching sports. Now that he was in college, that tradition may be gone for good. I would usually go with my son (our only child) on a "Boy's Week" when the ladies did their thing. We beached and hiked for a week, eating sandwiches and cheap fast food.Īfter that, Candy and Tina began taking a "Lady's Week" vacation and have for almost 20 years. He would not let us help by paying for some activities, so we only partook of free activities where we could bring our own beer. Don was so uptight about money the trip was basically a dud. We took a group vacation, one time, to the Bahamas right after Candy Graduated law school. Despite Tina and Candy being so close we have rarely done things together as couples. That animosity has kept our friendship somewhat distant. Because of this Don has always felt inadequate compared to me. While my salary alone dwarfs their combined incomes, Candy is a corporate attorney, so we earn several times their income. We get together to watch, The Chiefs, The Sooners, The Thunder or The Royals once a month or so.Ĭindy works as a social worker, so money is tight for them. He does however always have time to watch sports and drink beer, which is basically the basis for our friendship. Even then, he never volunteers for overtime or in any way works to advance his career beyond basic grease monkey. Eventually he took a job as an auto mechanic. He used an old knee injury as an excuse for a medical discharge, two years early. He claims he was special ops and did a stint in Iraq. To appease his parents, he signed up for the army when he had no interest in college. Don came from successful parents but did not do well in school, mainly due to lack of effort. I went to college and earned an MBA and advanced to VP of Operations for my company. By osmosis, Don and I became friends over the years, despite being very different personalities.ĭon is about 6 years younger than me (I am 48) and a lot less motivated. My wife Candy and Tina grew up together and have been best friends since birth basically. When using a search engine such as Google, Bing or Yahoo check the safe search settings where you can exclude adult content sites from your search results Īsk your internet service provider if they offer additional filters īe responsible, know what your children are doing online.I had known Don and his wife Tina for years.
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