Maleficent13
<font color=blue>Heh Heh, you're all gonna die<br>
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We arrive back to the room and M1's car is still not in the parking lot. I'm the first one in the room and I head straight to our closet. His clothes and suitcase are gone. I re-enter the living room and A and my Mom are standing over the kitchen island where there are two notes. One is to my mom, which states, "M & D, Thanks for your hospitality. The trip has been great. I appreciate your kindness. Thanks again, M1." Underneath this note are some $20s, about $200.00 worth I would imagine. I never did count it. My mom is incredibly offended that someone would offer her money for her hospitality and says some unkind. unDisney-like words. A's note is short: "A - call me. M1" with a local (407) number underneath. A and I go into our room so she can call. Turns out it's the number to the Holiday Inn down the road. There is no answer at his room. A and I decide to start packing while we wait for him to call. About 20 minutes later, he calls her cell phone. She goes out on the balcony to talk to him (it's the only place in the villa where we can get a good signal). Five minutes later she's back, very upset.
A says, "Well, he's still here. He said he didn't feel welcome here any more, so he checked into the Holiday Inn. He is leaving in the morning and wants to know if I am coming with him." My mom walks in while A is relating this to me, throws the money M1 left on the bed, and says, "Here's what I think you should do. Use the money he left to buy a plane ticket and tell him to kiss off." My mom actually inserted more unDisney-like words into this speech, but I have left them out!
I ask A what she wants to do and she is uncertain. There are several things you need to know here:
A CANNOT stand conflict. She hates it when anyone fights, and is always trying to be the peacemaker. She also has the added difficulty of dating M1's good friend, so she doesn't want to irritate M1 and have him badmouthing her to BF. She is also upset because she was the one who dispelled any misgivings I had about M1 coming and coaxed me it would all be alright. Now she feels a little guilty. She's also afraid if she rides back with him she'll be upsetting me and my family. I also know through what she didn't say that M1 was vocal about what he viewed as my inhospitality. I see all this conflict on her face and feel very sorry for her.
I decide to make it easy on her (after all, none of this is her fault). I tell her that M1 and I are already done. There's nothing that's going to save that friendship. I tell her that I understand her need to peacemake, and that I know she wants to ride back with him to "talk this all out". It's fine with me if that's what she really wants to do. If she has any misgivings about this, she is free to fly back with us, but it's okay with us either way. She breathes a sigh of relief and says, "I think it'll be okay. He said he had no problem with me, it was..." she stops here and I know what she's not saying. It's all me. And I'm all fine with that.
She calls M1 back, who asks when my family is checking out. She tells him we're leaving at 7:30am and he says he'll be there to pick her up at 8:00 (no chance of an embarrassing run in that way). I am half tempted to delay until he gets there, but can't bring myself to deprive my dad of his favorite breakfast before we leave. I tell my parents what's going on, and I tell A that we're going to the Bonnet Creek Golf Course for breakfast and will be there until 9am. If M1 doesn't show up, call me on my cell and we'll swing back by to get her. She agrees and we decide after all this drama we're too pooped to go to PI, and decide to head to bed. It's close to 11pm by now.
We're just about asleep when my cell rings. It's my friend I had called earlier in the day to see if he'd heard anything. He wanted to check on how things were going. I go out on the balcony to talk to him and have a mini-break down. I start crying about how hurt and embarrassed I am, and how mad I am that my parents were treated so badly and how I can't stand any of it. Sweetie that he is, he lets me cry it out and I go to bed feeling a little better that I got it off my chest for now. Tomorrow is the last day, a good breakfast, a long trip, and the final resolution of all this mess!
A says, "Well, he's still here. He said he didn't feel welcome here any more, so he checked into the Holiday Inn. He is leaving in the morning and wants to know if I am coming with him." My mom walks in while A is relating this to me, throws the money M1 left on the bed, and says, "Here's what I think you should do. Use the money he left to buy a plane ticket and tell him to kiss off." My mom actually inserted more unDisney-like words into this speech, but I have left them out!
I ask A what she wants to do and she is uncertain. There are several things you need to know here:A CANNOT stand conflict. She hates it when anyone fights, and is always trying to be the peacemaker. She also has the added difficulty of dating M1's good friend, so she doesn't want to irritate M1 and have him badmouthing her to BF. She is also upset because she was the one who dispelled any misgivings I had about M1 coming and coaxed me it would all be alright. Now she feels a little guilty. She's also afraid if she rides back with him she'll be upsetting me and my family. I also know through what she didn't say that M1 was vocal about what he viewed as my inhospitality. I see all this conflict on her face and feel very sorry for her.
I decide to make it easy on her (after all, none of this is her fault). I tell her that M1 and I are already done. There's nothing that's going to save that friendship. I tell her that I understand her need to peacemake, and that I know she wants to ride back with him to "talk this all out". It's fine with me if that's what she really wants to do. If she has any misgivings about this, she is free to fly back with us, but it's okay with us either way. She breathes a sigh of relief and says, "I think it'll be okay. He said he had no problem with me, it was..." she stops here and I know what she's not saying. It's all me. And I'm all fine with that.
She calls M1 back, who asks when my family is checking out. She tells him we're leaving at 7:30am and he says he'll be there to pick her up at 8:00 (no chance of an embarrassing run in that way). I am half tempted to delay until he gets there, but can't bring myself to deprive my dad of his favorite breakfast before we leave. I tell my parents what's going on, and I tell A that we're going to the Bonnet Creek Golf Course for breakfast and will be there until 9am. If M1 doesn't show up, call me on my cell and we'll swing back by to get her. She agrees and we decide after all this drama we're too pooped to go to PI, and decide to head to bed. It's close to 11pm by now.
We're just about asleep when my cell rings. It's my friend I had called earlier in the day to see if he'd heard anything. He wanted to check on how things were going. I go out on the balcony to talk to him and have a mini-break down. I start crying about how hurt and embarrassed I am, and how mad I am that my parents were treated so badly and how I can't stand any of it. Sweetie that he is, he lets me cry it out and I go to bed feeling a little better that I got it off my chest for now. Tomorrow is the last day, a good breakfast, a long trip, and the final resolution of all this mess!
at M1 for acting like a spoiled child..no that's not even correct a child would have gotten upset, then gotten over it...not M1...he just made a
