Montana Jones

Catching up

F_:

So I saw H_ not so long ago.

Me:

And how is H_?

F_:

He's gotten big dude. He has big ol' jowls now.

Me:

Yeah, well, yeah, well...

F_:

Anyway I think me and him are gonna go fishing together this summer. Now that I have that popup camper and all.

Me:

Cool, tell him I say hi.

F_:

And have you heard about D_?

Me:

No.

F_:

Well apparently he got married and the girl has his kid.

Me:

Hmmm. One of those things surprises me and the other does not.

F_:

He thinks it's his kid anyway. I guess it was born before the wedding.

Me:

And D_ still married her?

F_:

I guess the girl has a chance to go off to Boston. Some big career opportunity thing. But D_ doesn't want to go. So she may just take the kid and leave him.

Me:

So let me get this straight. D_'s baby mommy, that he married...

F_:

Supposedly.

Me:

...has a chance to move up in the world and improve on life, and D_ doesn't want to join her, not even for the kid that he got hitched over.

F_:

Yeah. That's about it.

Me:

Dude, whatever history I have with D_, I wrote him off long ago. He is not good people. He is not worth spending time with.

F_:

Oh, totally. I still hear from him about once every year or two. Usually when he is drunk and broke and needing something.

Me:

And his kid is going to grow up just like him. We know this because he grew up just like his father.

F_:

Not if she ditches his ass and goes to Boston.

Me:

You know, the interesting thing here is not D_ or the kid, but the mother. What sort of person would consent to marry him? Or admit to spawning his offspring? That is one human being I would be curious to meet.

Labels: conversation, friends, gossip, people

Posted by: Montana Jones / 8:38 PM