Fawlty Showers

First Time, Last Time

At the end of the meeting a woman in her late thirties thanked me for speaking.

“You spoke to our class when I was a student nurse,” she said. “After your talk I asked you if you loved someone enough, and they loved you, wouldn’t they eventually quit drinking?”  

I winced. “I’m betting I told you love wasn’t enough.”

“I left thinking you were bitter because you couldn’t drink, and you didn’t understand true love.  A year later I caught my husband in bed drunk with our teenage neighbor.”

“Ouch. I’m kinda sorry I was right.”

“Don’t be. I learned my lesson. Too many of my friends have dated, even married, the same mistake over and over.  No, I’m glad I learned it the first time. No more active alcoholics for me.”

I smiled, but I was thinking about all the times I hadn’t learned my lesson the first time.

Today I will try to learn my lesson the first time.

 

Fawlty Showers © 2020 by Ken Montrose

Fawlty Showers is a work of fiction. Any similarity between the characters and anyone you might know is purely coincidental.

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