At the moment, I'm not worried about Meetup or anyone else. I think I might have done a good deed today and I'm kind of proud of myself.
My mechanic is like a member of my family but he started getting funky when my mom (THANKS,MOM!) told him about the D. I had NOT mentioned it to him before.
So I thanked him for fixing Mama's car AGAIN and NOT making it an ordeal in which I had to come pick her up 30 miles away while I was TRYING to have a ME day. (Via text, which is his preferred mode of communication.)
I just said: "Thanks for fixing the granny car again. Mama'll beat on it til it's dead!"
Then Mechanic texted back to ask if I "was ok". Note: I have not told him a WORD about my sitch, but my mother (who also takes her car to him and breaks her car on a pretty regular basis) evidently spilled.
I said: "Yep, hangin in but pissed at Mr. A. Go give Jessica (his SO) some love!"
Those weren't my exact words but that was the jist. End result? He stopped texting me back! This from the text king!
So I hope Mechanic and his honey are having a wonderful time tonight. I want o encourage that kind of thing among others more often! Whatever happened with those two, I feel good that I sent out a strong message to MC to "romance" Jessica (and to appreciate what he HAS!).
Now I guess I kind of get why so many people go into social work after a life-changing event! I'm not doing that - DEFINITELY - but I will try always to tell someone to love the one they're with. That did feel good.
