My move (618 hits)
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Submitted by Nuggs (View user info) at 2004-07-01 00:18:19 EDT
Is there someone that has changed your life, and they don't even know it? Someone who has affected you deeply by just being themselves?
Sure I'd had other apartments before. My first apartment was in the old office of a trailer park. It was a little one bedroom place with no closets. It might not seem like a big deal- not having closets- but it was. Where do you put your vacuum? Where do the coats go? Your clothes? Cleaning supplies?
I rented that place because the guy I was dating had an awful family, and I was doing whatever I could to get him out of that environment. (see: http://www.ubersite.com/m/28820 ) The rent was 500 a month, we had a 6 month lease. After our six months was up, we decided to move to the city (ann arbor) and pay a little more for a nicer place. After about 5 months THERE I dumped him.
The dumping was a big dramatic fiasco. I was 19. I did the stupid thing of, "If you don't stop fucking around I'm going to leave you" and he did the "corinne, calm down, I'm not fucking around" and then I did the "I'm going to take all these tylenol and kill myself!! You're ruining my life..!!!" thing. It was really quite rediculous... I "almost" ODed on Tylenol just to prove a point. That's really not relevant to my story.
I asked him to move out, and he did. I lived there for 7 more months, and then moved back to my parents place. It was awful. I can not live with my parents. So I got married and moved into an apartment with my new husband. (of course there is more to the story than this, but that was the whole of it- I wanted out of my parents house, and coudln't afford to do it on my own- for some reason the thought that marrying a rich guy was a better idea than saving money and moving out on my own).
After a full 18 months I left my husband.
I moved back in with my parents. It only took about 2 months before I realized I still couldn't live with them. I moved in with my sister for a month, realized it was no good there, either, but I was stuck. I had no money and no job.
I was miserable. I was a loser who was mooching off of her family. I was irresponsible- couldn't get a job, and had no savings. I was depressed about the fact that I could live neither with my parents nor my sister... I needed my own place.
Holy shit, I'm rambling.
Anyway... three months go by, and I'm having a really hard time living with my family. I feel like a loser and I'm miserable. I finally get a job. Thank God.
After a month of working I have enough money saved up for a security deposit on an apartment. By this time I'm feeling like shit about myself. I was still pretty fresh out of my failed marriage, I was dumped by the guy I had a rebound-relationship with, and I was starting to think, "I'll never find anyone again!!" type shit.
The day I signed the lease on my apartment I felt great. I decided to use the $400 I had left in my savings account to buy a futon. It would be the first piece of furniture I bought on my own. I stopped into the Futon & Matress Shoppe on Washtenaw Avenue, and started to look around.
The guy working was tall and handsome. I noticed him right away... but immediately I put myself in check, he was really good looking, well dressed, polite, and obviously he'd never be interested in someone like me. He helped me pick out a futon... the whole time I was distracted by my attraction for him.
"Okay, I'll take this one", I pointed at a nice (cheap) futon. The price tag said $350. "Do you deliver?" I asked.
"Yeah, it's 50 bucks for delivery".
"oh, well, nevermind that... can I pick it up tomorrow?" I asked.
"Well, I'll deliver it for 20 bucks if you live in the area." He said.
"I really don't have enough for all that... I have 400 bucks, and after taxes and stuff... I just can't afford it... I'm sorry" I told him.
"Well, okay, I'll just bring it over after I get off of work, for free." He said with a smile. Immediately I thought, "OH MY GOD!! Is he hitting on me?!??!" but I quickly put myself in check, reminded myself that a guy like him wouldn't ever like a girl like me, and accepted his offer. He probably just wanted the sale finalized.
I quashed my hopes and told him my address... He said he'd deliver it after the store closed.
Every time I let myself get excited about my personal delivery, I'd hurry and think of all of the awful things I had been through. I'd think of my husband cheating on me. I'd think of my boyfriend who stopped calling with no explanation. I'd think of my dad calling me a bitch. I'd think of my sister and her husband fighting.
BUZZ
He arrived. I hurried outside to help him carry the futon in. Once he got inside I thanked him and apologized for being a broke-ass. He started pulling the pieces out of the box- he was going to asemble it, too?
We sat on the floor, putting my futon together. It took about an hour. We talked about the most amazing things. I felt a connection.
And then I reminded myself that he'd never want a girl like me.
After the futon was put together, he asked me if I wanted to go see a movie. My mouth said yes, and my brain started saying, "he's just trying to get in your pants!! He'd never want a girl like you, so now he's just trying to sway you... trick you... don't fall for it!" (damn brain).
We never went to the movies. We ended up sitting on my new futon for hours. It was the only thing in my apartment besides the two of us, and my dog. We talked about everything. We talked about our childhoods, our fears, our dreams... it was intense. I couldn't believe I was experiencing such a moment.
When the rising sun started sending rays of light across my livingroom floor we both snapped back to reality. I was chillin' on my new futon with the salesman. He was cuddling with a customer.
He said he had to go- I said goodbye.
***
Like lovers who christen every new room of their new homes, he helped me christen my new life on my own. If you ever think amazing people are hard to find- take another look at the person in front of you.
This one innocent night spent with him has changed my life. Maybe it was the circumstances... a new apartment and a new friend... Maybe it was his beautiful blue eyes... Maybe it was his ability to understand the points I was trying to make...
Whatever it was, I was always remember The Futon Guy.
And I hope to be that person for others. I want people to remember me as the person who changed their lives.
User Reviews
Submitted by shandythedog (user info) at 2004-07-05 04:54:00 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
futons, sushi - its all coming together
another nice human story. writing nice things is difficult, and you've avoided melodrama etc very well.
Submitted by apollo88 (user info) at 2004-07-03 08:56:16 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
""""Submitted by corn_nugget (user info) at 2004-07-02 12:43:08 (#)
Ranking: 0
I really wonder..
why is a guy either always trying to get in a girls pants
or gay?
Don't guys ever hang out with no ulterior motive? """""
So clever yet so naive!
Submitted by corn_nugget (user info) at 2004-07-02 12:43:08 EDT (#)
Ranking: 0
I really wonder..
why is a guy either always trying to get in a girls pants
or gay?
Don't guys ever hang out with no ulterior motive?
Submitted by mikethescottish (user info) at 2004-07-02 10:55:56 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
I bet he was gay.
Submitted by Cindys_Younger_Sister (user info) at 2004-07-02 10:37:32 EDT (#)
Ranking: 1
Kindness can do amazing things,nugget
Submitted by apollo88 (user info) at 2004-07-01 19:36:36 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
Submitted by I_Have_a_Kristen_Fetish (user info) at 2004-07-01 16:01:52 (#)
Ranking: -2
Submitted by apollo88 (user info) at 2004-07-01 15:29:53 (#)
Ranking: 2
voila!
COCK!!!
Submitted by Herpes (user info) at 2004-07-01 16:18:23 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
Toilet Chunx's reply cracked me up.
Submitted by I_Have_a_Kristen_Fetish (user info) at 2004-07-01 16:01:52 EDT (#)
Ranking: -2
Submitted by apollo88 (user info) at 2004-07-01 15:29:53 (#)
Ranking: 2
voila!
Submitted by ToiletChunx (user info) at 2004-07-01 15:38:30 EDT (#)
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And what became of futon guy? I was the proverbial futon guy. It's the long road to getting into a woman's pants, but some of us are that fucking stupid. Furthermore, even after I got in her pants, I married her. I'm so stupid.
Submitted by apollo88 (user info) at 2004-07-01 15:29:53 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
voila!
Submitted by apollo88 (user info) at 2004-07-01 15:29:38 EDT (#)
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Submitted by apollo88 (user info) at 2004-07-01 15:29:27 EDT (#)
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Submitted by I_Have_a_Kristen_Fetish (user info) at 2004-07-01 10:54:08 EDT (#)
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Submitted by apollo88 (user info) at 2004-07-01 10:50:32 (#)
Ranking: 2
why is this negative?
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Probably the residue from this post: http://www.ubersite.com/m/37180 has creeped on to this one.
Submitted by apollo88 (user info) at 2004-07-01 10:50:32 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
why is this negative?
Submitted by I_Have_a_Kristen_Fetish (user info) at 2004-07-01 10:01:17 EDT (#)
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Submitted by corn_nugget (user info) at 2004-07-01 07:49:20 (#)
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My proverbial nuts, that is.
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Good thing... That would have been a horrible mental image.
Submitted by euripidestrousers (user info) at 2004-07-01 09:31:21 EDT (#)
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No Comment
Submitted by NetProphet (user info) at 2004-07-01 09:15:31 EDT (#)
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"Holy shit, I'm rambling."
Yeah, and that's about where I stopped reading. Right there where you figured it out but chose not to remedy the situation.
Submitted by apollo88 (user info) at 2004-07-01 09:00:44 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
I am more kinda like 'The Internet Guy' :-)
Submitted by corn_nugget (user info) at 2004-07-01 07:49:20 EDT (#)
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My proverbial nuts, that is.
Submitted by I_Have_a_Kristen_Fetish (user info) at 2004-07-01 07:31:01 EDT (#)
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You have nuts?
Submitted by corn_nugget (user info) at 2004-07-01 07:17:11 EDT (#)
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Hey, get off my nuts already... I had to get that other shit off the front page.
Submitted by I_Have_a_Kristen_Fetish (user info) at 2004-07-01 07:04:04 EDT (#)
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Submitted by KoolMang (user info) at 2004-07-01 00:27:30 (#)
Ranking: -2
ONE POST A DAY, DAMNIT111111111111111111
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This is a new day. Nug did two posts yesterday.
Submitted by GodChicken (user info) at 2004-07-01 00:32:23 EDT (#)
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No Comment
Submitted by KoolMang (user info) at 2004-07-01 00:27:30 EDT (#)
Ranking: -2
ONE POST A DAY, DAMNIT111111111111111111