My childhood piano teacher showed up unannounced today to see my mother. She’s been doing this a lot the last couple of years. She’s lonely.
She’s also an idiot. She was married to her husband for about 15 years, and had two little boys. He worked hard, paid all the bills, was faithful, was a great father to her sons, and gave her the freedom to do as she pleased. She tutored and taught people the piano, and could fit her work around her sons.
Then she took up salsa dancing lessons, met another (married) man, and gave up everything for him. Her husband, her house, her sons.. her life. She pays all this man’s bills, while he continues to pay the mortgage on the home occupied by his wife (who he has still not divorced) and daughter. He doesn’t believe in celebrating birthdays or christmas. He doesn’t even believe in eating on tuesdays. He sounds like the most boring loser I’ve ever heard of.
Why, when people have it all, do they throw it away on some mis-placed attempt at adventure or excitement?