Idiots abound
Jun. 22nd, 2007 08:42 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
threadwalkerTotally not work or life related.
I listen to a radio station that has a "thing" called "Love Trap". Basically, you have them set up a 3rd party to find out if the 3rd party is cheating. The DJ calls the target, says they've won a dozen long stem roses to be sent anywhere, and asks for a name. The cheaters seem to pick their paramors and not the spouses. In a few cases there was no cheating, but so far, the cheaters out number the non-cheaters.
My first thought has always been, "why don't you just ask them?" But I guess the whole point of being a cheater is that you're dishonest. Hence there's probably no honest answer to a confrontation.
Today's episode should go down in the books as, "What not to do when you want to split from your wife." The cheating husband was with his doxy when the DJ called. Then, after he was outed and after his wife (who was initially silent on the line during the set-up) confronts him, his defense to being a lying, cheating, husband was:
1. you weren't romantic enough
2. you nag too much
3. you gained weight and got fat
As expected, she went nuclear. I don't blame her. I think I had a little nuclear reaction in sympathy for her.
He does not get upset when she says the marriage is over. He calmly says it's fine with him and that he'll have his stuff out by Saturday. She flips even more; clearly he's got no remorse and no respect for her. So she says his stuff will be waiting for him on lawn today. (Mentally cue scene from "waiting to exhale" when the dudes stuff is loaded into the convertible mercedes and the jilted wife dumps gasoline on it and lights the whole mess. Fantastic scene. Very cathartic).
He whines at her and then he starts to argue that it's his house, not her house.
uh-oh. Did you never hear about "the woman scorned"?
Over the phone you can hear her smashing stuff. Then she tells him she's going to destroy his entire Star Wars collection... stuff he's been collecting since the very first movie came out. No doubt worth a lot both fiscally and nostalgically. Then she hangs up.
He gets very upset and whines at the DJ about his Star Wars collection being destoryed. DJ response: Dude, you cheated.
Close curtain.
Okay... what a freaking idiot! I cannot imagine the utter lack of common sense. He didn't even have the sense to grovel long enough to get his treasured collectibles safely out of the house. What a complete and total loser in all sense of the word. I didn't realize that such a fool could exist - I thought that TV and movie writers made these guys up for our entertainment, I did not realize they were based on reality.
I wanted to call the station and advise the jilted wife to sell ALL his stuff super-cheap on E-bay and then give him half.
I listen to a radio station that has a "thing" called "Love Trap". Basically, you have them set up a 3rd party to find out if the 3rd party is cheating. The DJ calls the target, says they've won a dozen long stem roses to be sent anywhere, and asks for a name. The cheaters seem to pick their paramors and not the spouses. In a few cases there was no cheating, but so far, the cheaters out number the non-cheaters.
My first thought has always been, "why don't you just ask them?" But I guess the whole point of being a cheater is that you're dishonest. Hence there's probably no honest answer to a confrontation.
Today's episode should go down in the books as, "What not to do when you want to split from your wife." The cheating husband was with his doxy when the DJ called. Then, after he was outed and after his wife (who was initially silent on the line during the set-up) confronts him, his defense to being a lying, cheating, husband was:
1. you weren't romantic enough
2. you nag too much
3. you gained weight and got fat
As expected, she went nuclear. I don't blame her. I think I had a little nuclear reaction in sympathy for her.
He does not get upset when she says the marriage is over. He calmly says it's fine with him and that he'll have his stuff out by Saturday. She flips even more; clearly he's got no remorse and no respect for her. So she says his stuff will be waiting for him on lawn today. (Mentally cue scene from "waiting to exhale" when the dudes stuff is loaded into the convertible mercedes and the jilted wife dumps gasoline on it and lights the whole mess. Fantastic scene. Very cathartic).
He whines at her and then he starts to argue that it's his house, not her house.
uh-oh. Did you never hear about "the woman scorned"?
Over the phone you can hear her smashing stuff. Then she tells him she's going to destroy his entire Star Wars collection... stuff he's been collecting since the very first movie came out. No doubt worth a lot both fiscally and nostalgically. Then she hangs up.
He gets very upset and whines at the DJ about his Star Wars collection being destoryed. DJ response: Dude, you cheated.
Close curtain.
Okay... what a freaking idiot! I cannot imagine the utter lack of common sense. He didn't even have the sense to grovel long enough to get his treasured collectibles safely out of the house. What a complete and total loser in all sense of the word. I didn't realize that such a fool could exist - I thought that TV and movie writers made these guys up for our entertainment, I did not realize they were based on reality.
I wanted to call the station and advise the jilted wife to sell ALL his stuff super-cheap on E-bay and then give him half.
![[identity profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/openid.png){kind=small}
no subject
Date: 2007-06-22 04:29 pm (UTC)I figure most of these people already know their relationship is over when they call the radio station to set this up. They're just too gutless themselves to confront the other person.
no subject
Date: 2007-06-22 09:02 pm (UTC)True story: a friend in high school got one those super spendy trucks fully loaded, off road kit, raised axel, etc. Mint condition and only a few years old. He got it for $100. The woman who sold it was selling off all the communal belongings of her cheating husband. Cheating hubby walked out on her and said he just wanted his half of the proceeds, forcing her to sell everything while he was vacationing with his girlfriend. So she did by starting with his stuff and selling it very cheaply.
I still chuckle.
no subject
Date: 2007-06-22 05:40 pm (UTC)Aren't you glad your life looks nothing like that??
no subject
Date: 2007-06-22 08:58 pm (UTC)I guess I am used to a higher sense of moral values, intelligence and overall maturity. This is scary since I often think of some of my routine interactions as "dealing with idiots". I shall have to raise my respect for the previous batch of idiots based on the newly identified average.