Rochelle’s picture.
My story.
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Jack looked at the water. Maybe this will drown the hurt as well.
Her gift he’d worked so hard to buy her, his cell phone filled with their text messages to each other, he threw them into the water as he cried.
Sure! A sucker for a pretty face again and again …?
Grow up! It’s just another girl, even though she was a special one (as were all the others).
He walked up the beach and saw an attractive, bikini-clad girl struggling with her beach umbrella. He’d wished he hadn’t thrown away that cell phone … he needed her number!
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Now that’s some rebound!
Like trying to solve the world’s problems by blowing it up, almost.
Plenty more fish in the sea! Nice description of how quickly we can regret our emotional outbursts.
It is and we can be certain not to do what this guy does. From reading it myself, even I doubt this guy’s sanity.
Dear Notnek,
This one made me laugh out loud. Rebound indeed. This guy’s a bungee jumper! Five out of five wet cell phones.
Shalom,
Cuzzin Shelley
Thank-you, Shell. I’m glad you like it because I sure didn’t seem to think it was all that funny.
Oh dear!
He never learns does he.
Poor fellow.
No. He doesn’t. 😀
To throw away a cell phone! Indeed he needs to learn a lot.
Anymore, those things are pretty cheap if they’re just the standard issue types. Smart phones cost a LOT. I wouldn’t throw one of those in, I’ll say that much.
The fickle hand of love, neatly done 😉
And the flying finger to the girl who dumped him. 😉
Yes, what a fickle devil he is. Glad he doesn’t have his phone with him – I think that bikini clad beauty needs to steer clear of this one. Nicely written tale 🙂
She probably will. It’d be interesting to see if he actually chose fickle women. Interesting idea, don’t you think?
Haha! Yes indeed. A match made in Heaven 🙂
Ha ha, this made me smile. It reminds me of my teenage son – except he would never part with his phone!
No! What teen WOULD? I’m happy I struck a chord for you. 🙂
That’s like walking into a wall over and over, just because you want to taste the wallpaper. Great rebound
HAHAHAHAHA! Bjorn, you just gave (so far) the funniest comment yet on this story. This guy would do better to stick to a full fiber diet — face plant on the carpet.
This made me smile as well. It could get expensive for him if he loses a phone every time he loses a girl
It might. Then again, he could have just hit delete and erased her number, too.
Addiction! Withdrawal seems to be momentary before the next fix or fizz!
Hmmm. Come to think of it, it really DOES read that way, doesn’t it? Good call!
That will teach him to think before he acts! Enjoyed the read 🙂
A pleasure to see you and read your comments. Thanks!
I’m glad the grieving process didn’t last too long. Sometimes you just have to find something to take your mind off your problems. A girl in a bikini usually does the trick.
Unless she’s built like Totie Fields or Mama Cass…just sayin’.
I think the picture inspired me to write about Totie Fields’ waterbed of Lake Meade.
Hey, some of us have fond memories of Mama Cass!
Oops.
I was a little kid then.
i like the spirit. he’d do well as a door-to-door salesman if that fellow still exists. 🙂
Like that old joke, “You really wouldn’t want to buy a vacuum sweeper from me, would you?”
“Nope.”
Oh dear, he sure has a short memory. Fun story.
Hey, thanks, Gabriele. That short memory seems to indicate he’s either fickle or plain stupid. Probably stupid.
Haha! I like how you went from broken heart to instant infatuation in a matter of seconds! Nicely done, Kent!
Yeah, he just couldn’t seem to make up his mind, I’m sure.
And it begins again. I’m glad he sprang back from the other relationship but he better buy cell phones in bulk hereafter. Well done, Kent. 🙂 — Suzanne
Haha! “Cellphones in bulk.” I like that.
Thank-you, Suzanne!
I interact with a lot of ex-Fundamentalists, as that’s my background as well. These circles have something called “purity culture”, which not only promotes abstinence but also warns about giving your heart away before marriage.
As people move on from these teachings they conclude that heartbreak is a part of life, and with each romance that doesn’t work we move closer to one that DOES work. “Better to have loved and lost than never loved at all.”
What did you see happening in the story as you saw it? Or where did you see it, I guess I’m asking.
I see a guy as a bit emotional, or at least tending to act before he thinks; someone who slowly but surely is moving towards finding a romantic relationship that will work, but going through the valley of heartbreak.
Hmmm. Interesting thoughts. Thanks!
He must be young – playing the field with no thought for the hearts he breaks, but only for his own!
It’s possible. Nice take on the story. I never thought of it in that way.
Attention span of a gnat, I say… 😉
Hahahahaha! Well-said, Dale! With a brain that can be blown out with a pea shooter.
😂
Hey, some of us gnats have a pretty long, ooh, a butterfly!
Ha ha Ha!!!
SQUIRREL!
Exact same thing that went through my mind!!!
Brilliant minds, yes? 😉
Yes!
Is Jack a teenager without a fully developed brain/impulse control? Not that many adults have shown maturity as they age…but just asking 🙂
Nice one.
Wow! Good question.
Well, the answer is — I wrote this because I had nothing else to write that day! If you want to think that, please do. 😀
lol–it only hurts until–oooooohh she’s hot. That’s great.
Yeah, it’s funny how that worked, huh? 😀
Well, that was a quick recovery, Kent! I guess she just wasn’t the one after all. Great take and very funny.
I think Russell is inspiring my funny bone. I seem to write too much maudlin stuff at times. This might be one of those times, but it IS supposed to be funny. It’s in the irony of the ending line.
Thanks, Amy! 🙂
LOL. You should never do things on the spur of the moment in anger or sadness. Loved his quick recovery.
The fickleality (?) of life, I suppose. Or guys. Or guys who can’t make up their minds to save their lives. I don’t know. 😀 😀 😀
Thanks for reading, Irene!
🙂
If only a pretty girl in a bikini (or a fit bloke in shorts?) was the solution to everyone’s problems… Great story. Loads of fun 🙂
Thanks, El. It was loads of fun writing it.
Quick. Someone give that boy a pen and some paper. It’s an emergency. Fun story.
Well, I have one siding for the boy here. Great! No one seemed to care about him it looked like.
Thanks, Margaret for stopping by and reading! 🙂
I think most of your readers are kinda hard on the kid.
I mean, we’ve all been there, right?
It’s just that cell phones hadn’t been invented when we were that age.
And now we are too stiff jointed to throw anything.
Psst, about the girl in the bikini, can I get her number after he is jilted?
HAHAHAHA! Certainly you can. Paper and pen have not gone out of style yet.
Well done, Kent. I saw something even darker and more sinister in his behavior… perhaps a serial killer, getting rid of the texts (aka: evidence). Like that the reader can take it wherever we want.
Thanks, Dawn! Our weather caster used to have a saying about forecasting conditions calling them “precisely vague.” It seems i wrote that way and it led to all kinds of interpretations.
Awsome one…my character is just what he needs. Rochelle told me she was made for your guy.😉
Well, thanks, Shaktiki! I’ll go over to your place and see what she’s up to.
Thanks for reading!
So I thought this will end in tragedy, then it appears the joke’s on me! 😀 😀 😀
Nice twist! 😀
Yes. I have had enough of writing depressing stories with tragedy in them. It’s time for the funny stuff! 😀
Ha, his slump didn’t last long. Very good!
Nope. Sure didn’t. 😀
Bikinis have a way of helping boys forget their broken hearts.
Well, more like what’s in them. 😉
Oh dear, we humans are a fickle bunch at times! At least his suffering was short-lived.
Thanks for making me smile after a tough day in the office 🙂
Well, Siobhan, that’s about the nicest compliment I have gotten.
Thanks and have a terrific day! 🙂