"I'm with your cousin Keith in Cali. He thinks you, me, his wife and him should all go out to dinner next time I'm in Boston," read the text message that woke me up from a sound sleep. It was from Jake. If you read my TIBU, then you might remember me writing about him. If not, Jake is a guy I secretly dated for a little while. It was a bit scandalous and needed to be kept from my family & co-workers.
So you can imagine how this text message startled me. It's been about a year and a half since Jake and I were together. We had promised to keep the relationship a secret. So why would he tell Keith now, after all this time?
"That's not funny. What did you tell them???" I responded.
"It's your cousin Keith....... What's up?? Thanks for coming to my mom's birthday party. Jake is my boy.... Let's all have dinner."
What the fuck?? Is this a dream?? I decided not to respond and to just try to go back to sleep. But moments later, my phone buzzed again.
"Seriously, it's Keith. I am in CA with Jake. He's been a long time friend... He's not fucking with you. He's a good shit and I told him to text you."
Oh God... this is real.
Why do I even care that he knows?? I mean, the main reason we kept things a secret is because we thought Keith would care that his subordinate was banging out with his younger cousin and it could effect their work situation. But if Keith is cool with it, then what's the big deal?
Well, I guess the whole thing is a little weird to me. I don't like mixing my personal life with my family. I wouldn't want want my family to think any less of me based on rumors... so I'd just prefer they don't hear any.
For example, if Keith was told that Jake dated his little cousin for awhile, that's one thing. But if Keith was told that Jake banged out with his little cousin on their first date... see, it's all in the way things are worded. So I needed to find out exactly what was said.
"Haha okay, we'll discuss later. I'm asleep. Have fun," I finally texted back.
"Set a date," was the response.
The next morning, Jake explained that he hadn't told Keith anything; he said Keith brought it up out of nowhere with "So, you dated my cousin for six months?"
If Jake didn't tell him... then how did he find out??
Apparently Keith was actually excited to learn about our history and encouraged Jake to go after me and to "get in the family! You have to get in the family!"
This encouragement led to Jake's begging & pleading to take me out to dinner. Just once. I owed it to him, he said, after blowing him off for this long. Just think of it as a free meal, he said. He promised he'd make me laugh.
Oh, this is getting tiring...
I eventually agreed to a dinner date just to get off the phone, after explaining to him repeatedly that I simply didn't see the point. I have no bad feelings towards him; it's just that we already tried this and I already know we're not right for each other. I mean, if I pour water into a cup and it leaks all over the table, I'm not going to try pouring more water in it. Clearly, there's a crack in the cup.
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