"Have you met Bob?
Just wondering what he's like...."
Bob
What to say about Bob?
Bob is a working guy - he is a gas service guy or some such - makes about $50 an hour. He is a drinking buddy/hunting dog training buddy of the brother-in-law.
He's about 54 - some 5 years older than stbx-Mrs_C.
Bob got injured at work a number of years ago and was in hospital and his wife left him for his best friend. Bob continued raising his daughter (i do not know if he has more than one kid), says he got screwed in the divorce, and has lived alone for some years (since i've known him anyway).
He's a decent guy. He's lonely. He pretty heavy - to the point of health issues (heart/blood pressure) - and that has limited his possibilities for dating. He loves his meat and sausage and beer. That's some of the things that drew him and the brother-in-law together.
Bob was always sweet on the brother-in-law's wife (stbx-Mrs_C's sister) in the opinion of stbx-Mrs_C and myself. As she put it "If [brother-in-law] ever died or left [sister], Bob would be in there like a dirty shirt."
Bob has centre-parted seventies style brown hair, a mustache, and glasses.
The kids say his house is furnished in late garage sale and early knick-knack - with a singing fish or two thrown in.
They have jokingly said that part of their mother's attraction to him is because she could redecorate his place.
I can't offer too much more than that. We went to a couple of wild game dinners with him through the local hunting dog club. he was around on a few occasions with the in-laws but he didn't have much to say when i was around.
The kids both say he tells really dumb and pointless stories (yes, i know that sounds catty - but that's what they said). That includes daughter before she became irritated or unhappy with her mother.
Bob has lots of money.
if i think of anything more i'll throw it up in future posts.
2 comments:
You've given me a really good idea of what he looks and acts like....
can't imagine what stbx Mrs. C could possibly see in him...other than money. ;-)
money and
he's incredibly safe. ultra-ultra safe.
stbx-Mrs_C is all about safety for herself. about protecting herself from the abuse she suffered as a child.
but her self image won't allow her to escape her fear that all men are assholes and that in the end all men will abuse her.
this is a subject i will address in a future post in detail.
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