Today it occurred to me that the commoner has tricked me. He went to work in the oil patch and likes to pretend he's been banished from the kingdom. I often get calls from him expressing his desire to be able to come home but that, alas, the quest for the grail keeps him from his homeland.
But here's the truth. While his job keeps him busy for approximately 20 minutes a day, he fills his time with auction sales, naps, movies, golf excursions, shopping trips. I fill my time with weeding the vast garden he planted before he left, cutting the grass twice a week (5 hours each time), with a lawn mower that is hard to start and a push mower that won't start at all, driving aged parents - his and mine, paying the bills, while working seven days a week.
But now let's look at the terrible truth. You know that saying "fool me once, shame on you - fool me twice, shame on me." Well, the commoner has been fooling me for 28 years. Yep, 28. That's how many years I've been asking to move away. 28 years of me being the responsible one while he travels from job to job - in town to town. So while I'm here beinig the good wife, he's living my dream.
Yep, fool me twice, shame on me. So I'm looking for a prince to come and take me away from all this. I am accepting application. Please send resume with attached photo. Serious applicants only.
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