A Very Big Promise

God I hate your parents! 

Your Dad's an asshole. He'll never say yes. 

Promise? 

You faked it; I did it. Thanks, loverboy. Your turn so we can finally hook up. 

Will this work? 

This is my take on a more modern day pre-inlaw thing and an argument between a young couple about their families. 

Yes, I have a healthy obsession with this fated couple. Poor kids. Why so dramatic? Well it was 1340 Italy. 

Romantic? Love the "love at any cost" thing but really? 

Thanks to Trifecta Writing Challenge for the challenge to tell a fable, book, poem or famous story in 33 words...My Way! Actually, I haven't figured out much.

Yesterday I Was Desperate...Today I'm Obsessed!

I am overly obsessed with Romeo of the famed and fated couple in Shakespeare's classic story but not because of the Bard. Maybe that's why I chose yesterday to write about a longingly desperate relationship I carried on for so many years (lots of other things I could have come up with for the love story prompt). Romance, insane love on the brain, it makes sense to me today because I CAN NOT tear myself away from this book. I didn't even want to write today because it would intrude on my afternoon delight with "my guy". Okay, not to creep you out, I'm just reading, I promise! Plus, I'm temporarily retired so I have some time.

When my kids were young, we watched Beauty and the Beast about a gazillion times, over and over and over again. (Mulan was the second most watched Disney video) I mention this because I've always been a little bit like Belle, nose always in a book. A book goes with me everywhere, tucked on my person at all times. I've run into things because I'm walking and reading. Most people run into things texting; drives me nuts! Maybe I piss them off too? 

About me and books...It's sort of how my love life always was...feast or famine. Either I have one and I won't do anything else unless I absolutely have to, I'm in search of one or I'm not interested in anything at all. I have a book fairy that I contact for my times of total desperation (this time for titles) and she's never failed me. She is the one who turned me on to Juliet by Anne Fortier *.

Today I'm infatuated with Romeo, and Juliet too, for that matter and next week I'll dump him and have someone or something new to consume my mind. It's like a revolving door for me, the people that come in and out of my life of a purely fictional nature. In reality, everyone else sticks around...friends, family, lover, etc. This is how I get my variety, I suppose.

I'm not one who's easily distracted but I do willingly dive head first into something if it's worthy. So far, some 250 pages into this book, it's definitely worthy.

* Guys, this is a historical fiction of sorts, and somewhat of a chick lit book. Read at your own risk because it's not a super manly version in my opinion! You will learn a lot about the premise of the story, the times, the city of Siena (one of my favorites)......