I have been getting phone calls for Elaine for a few years now. She donates to charities, and has several credit cards, some of which she doesnt always pay on time, or at least thats what I have gleaned from the people who mistake me for Elaine.
Elaine is married to Joe Smith (we will call them that, names have been changed to protect the innocent, and not so innocent), who shares the exact same name as my H. I suppose this is how they figure that they have finally tracked her down when I pick up the phone. Its always the same: "Hello, Elaine?" "No, you have the wrong number" "Im trying to reach Elaine and Joe Smith" "Well, you have the wrong Joe Smith" "Oh, I apologize" Usually this is followed soon after by an almost identical call, I guess they just wanted to make sure I wasnt lying. Recently I found out that they have a son, this telemarketer was trying to reach Elaine, Joe, or David.
What a nice family, they are generous, and apparently this Joe Smith is a stand-up guy, they have a kid. And they are real people, they forget to pay their bills sometimes, or maybe they have trouble coming up with the $ to do it. I dont know, but Ive gotten a lot of these calls, so Ive put more than a little thought into it.
I dont know what state they live in, maybe Alaska, it would explain some of the confusion. But I have recently started to wonder, what if I could be Elaine. She had an intact marriage, a child, had enough money to donate to charities. All things that I had failed in. What would it be like to just say "yes, this is Elaine." Besides more than a little fraudulent, it would be interesting to look in on them and just see what Elaine had done differently.
Just a little out-loud rambling.
I guess I gave the wrong finger to the wrong man...
