Ms R had not seen Betty for some time. Those who have not caught up with travails of Betty and all who sail in her wake can do so here, here, here,and here in order. Ms R will take a tea break while you do.
Anyway Ms R duly reported at Betty’s with the aim of creating V2.0 and began sorting through the landfill. All the fashion mistakes were there in bulk: combats elasticised at the ankle, shapeless shifts, murky colours, the wrong prints. Betty has yet to understand that what shows on the catwalk must mostly stay on the catwalk. Anyway to make things worse it was all on WIRE hangars. Ms R removed well over 60% of the wardrobe and still left enough for three suitcases. She then discussed investment pieces with Betty and the importance of dressing for her (curvier) shape. It went well and Ms R left thinking, “God, people get paid for this.”
A week ago Ms R ran into Betty and noticed that she was wearing one of the DISALLOWED ITEMS from the wardrobe, a particularly awful long skirt that zipped up the side and had some stringy bits dangling from it. Betty did not look happy so it did not seem a good time to mention the transgression.
As readers previously suspected, Fabio the Italian stallion had shown little interest in Betty after his no obligation lay in Rome. Betty had since turned to online dating. Now Ms R has never tried the electronic pick-up, preferring serendipity instead. For a control freak like Betty who likes to tick all the boxes, online assignations sounded like a good way to get back into the world.
“How did it go?”
“Well this cute guy contacted me and we went out. I thought we were having a good evening and so I asked him back to my place…and then it all went funny.”
“ Well we were having a drink and he looked at me and said that I wasn’t his type at all and didn’t think he’d like to go out with me again.”
“Oh dear. He should have told you while you were at the restaurant. Poor Betty. What a fuckwit. I hope you kicked him out.”
“No, I slept with him.”
26 comments:
I don't know why, but I just like Betty. She makes all the mistakes that surely all of us have made at one time or another. I know I have slept with a few people when I was very vulnerable/desperate, even though they categorically told me they had no intention of seeing me again before I went to bed with them.
So all I can say is I hope she gets through this rather disastrous state of mind soon....but it looks like she has some way to go!
Emma: Well we've all been vulnerable but I've never slept with a guy when he's categorically stated that before bedtime. We all maintain a certain illusion in one night stands; it's part of the deal. If someone had flung that in my face, I would have lost any interest.
I am bewildered-what made the bloke change his mind? Was her "change into something more comfortable" into a hideous pair of banned old lady PJs?
Missy, the history of Betty is fraught ever since Nick dumped her. I think the guy was being an arse and just wanted a fuck but he made sure that she knew he wasn't up for dating - only when they got back to her house. He read her like a sucker.
I'm not sure which is worse... dressing in the disallowed clothes or sleeping with a Fuckwit that doesn't have any interest in anything beyond a one night stand.
No, I do know.
Dressing in the disallowed items.
Ah, she fell for the old "you're not my type" line. Never fails to work with a desperate woman on St Bastard's Day.
God, why are we always so desperate to change a man's mind when he says he doesnt fancy us? Why cant we just accept that he's a fuckwit? Poor Betty. Im not going to be throwing any stones about that or the disallowed items :)
Gosh that Betty is a user isn't she. There's this poor guy who is upfront with her about not really finding her to be his type and instead of just kicking him out she uses him for sex first.
AB: Clothing violations are always worse in my book too. You can forget the other stuff but there will always be someone who says, "I remember when you wore.."
GB: I am interested to know how Gorillas deal with this sort of thing.
Having My Cake: Well I'm not really judging Betty on the sex thing either - there are lots of young women out there finding all that out. But it's sad really. Cake, you telling me you have some wardrobe issues?
Freddy: You are in fine form these days Freddy as are your powers of observation. I am so laughing at your comment.
I'd think him more of a bastard if he'd told her after the sex.
Ms R, I admire your restraint. I think if Betty were a friend of mine I'd have to slap her from the frustration.
Once upon a time I met a very nice woman who fancied me greatly, even though it was unreciprocated. And these feelings were made very clear.
Being a gent I was walking said lady, who was a little intoxicated, back to her hotel (it was my hometown). Various acts, probably criminal since they were undertaken in public, were performed upon my unwilling person during that short journey.
My point being that women sometimes think they can change a man's mind if they can get his trousers off. Or they need a shag, urgently, they way we all do sometimes.
ps there was a full moon that night, which may or may not be relevant.
Maybe she simply couldn't let him leave until he had ticked her box.
I have that t-shirt Conan, although I won't be wearing it again until MsR approves it!
Luka - I read your comment in haste and added an extra L in the anti-penultimate word. It made sense though
My wardrobe is in need of a makeover too, especially since I work in an office full of nice young Italian things, so the competition is something fierce. Do you travel?
Of course that was the least surprising result of all.
We men are simple creatures, tending not to look for hidden agendas or between-the-lines messages. If we are told that we can have a no-strings-attached liaison, and the woman seemingly offers it, it will be taken.
Having said which, we are given a brain, conscience and the ability to , at least vaguely, empathise. And he should have realised that that she quite clearly would want more. Why he would still want to sleep with her, with all the concomitant awkwardness to follow, surprises me. Her behaviour and its demonstration of a total lack of self-respect, reality and desperation would have had me reaching for my hat and coat.
Conan: Now maybe I am the least pushy person I know but if I even sensed a man wasn't interested and I was, I would be out of the game, no matter how horny I felt. I understand wanting a shag but not when someone has stood in your house and told you that.
Luka: Well yes knowing her I suspect she'd projected the outcome of the evening way ahead.
FReddy: I am very, very strict about clothing, especially t-shirts. It brings out the dominatrix in me.
Moggy: Well I'm not talking low rent like Trinny and Susannah young man so I come at a premium Moggy. What exactly is the problem?
Recusant: Sorry I missed you while you were replying. If you are up with the Adventures of Betty you'll know she is a control freak, awoman who projects her life long before it has happened. It is one of the reasons her and I fall out since I just live it day by day - probably to my detriment but there you go.
I think she may have thought "fuck it, I won't see him again so I'll shag him." Not my thing but we all jump in, in our own way.
Oh, I can see why she might have done what she did, but why did he? If nothing else, you know the sex is going to be crap.
I think he was a bit cruel. Or stupid Or both.
ha ha ha that's brilliant, I LOVE BETTY
*rushes off to design t-shirt*
I think he was a bit cruel. Or stupid Or both.
Okay maybe he was a bit cruel saying that to Betty, but at least he was honest. I find all those guys who tell you how you absolutely are their type and how they would love to go out with you, just to get you to sleep with them, when they don't mean one word of it, far more annoying.
As for one night stands I don't remember having illusions about the thing continuing for more than that night for most of them. The pick ups were like drugs or alcohol, you have a one night stand at the end of the night just to keep the buzz going...usually I did not care much about the person, just wanted to get a hit or thrill off his body.
Peach: She's a book really, a TV series even.
Emma K: Yes honesty is good but better if said early on when I suspect he knew it and she was in a better position to deal with it. I agree, about getting a thrill. I used to call a cab for them at 3am. They protested but I had what I wanted.
Gah. I'm still stuck back there at " . . . long skirt that zipped up the side and had some stringy bits dangling from it."
Stringy bits? ~ Shiver ~
It seems to me there's a similar impulse behind her recalcitrance with her wardrobe and with her men. In either case she knows what she SHOULD be wearing, but damn if she just doesn't go ahead and choose what's all wrong for her.
Personally Moi, I find the clothing thing a bigger transgression - and after all my hard work too. Truly I had to wade through some shocking stuff.
Ms R
"I used to call a cab for them at 3am"
Ouch. Still, at least we know whose foot the boot is on.
Ha ha Recusant. Yes eventually I chose men who had memorised their own cab number.
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