Warts and All

warts & all he swore when he met her that he’d love her forever, warts & all--- sure, it was storybook nonsense & even at the time he promised it, she knew it, but she wanted to believe it & so she said “yes” & she fell hard & the wedding followed with children following the marriage soon thereafter. they attended parties when they aged a bit, with the kids at a babysitter’s & one night she walked in on him & her best friend who was sitting up on the counter in the kitchen with a beer in one hand & her husband’s ass gripped in the other, whilst they lip-locked, moaning together, oblivious to everything around them, including this woman who had fallen apart right then & there. having turned round to leave the kitchen, she decided to keep it inside, for she didn’t want to get in an argument with her husband & she also decided not to confront her best friend about it, keeping it all inside & this submissive behavior increased throughout their marriage as the years passed. and now, 20 years later, she tells the story to her younger coworkers who have younger significant others of their own & cannot believe that she has kept this inside all these years. while her own experience acts as an impetus for the younger women around her, who listen to her because they respect her & refuse to let the men in their own lives do to them what has been done to her, this woman’s life has had a hole that started as small as a needle prick in the greater scheme & has grown into something so large that it will sooner than later swallow her whole.