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On a rainy Sunday afternoon with St. Pepper

  • On a rainy Sunday afternoon with St. Pepper was playing in the background we ended the monopoly game when the bank was empty. Seth & I agreed I'd pay my iou's when I had a real job
  • Twenty years later, I was a bank manager. Seth stormed in. He was now a loan shark. "Remember Baltic Ave.? Marvin Gardens? Time to pay the piper!" "But it was just a game."
  • Seth opened his trembling palm to reveal the silver thimble. "It was never a game to me," he said softly. "With interest, you now owe me $14.2 mill OR you can give me Boardwalk."
  • Jealousy. That's what I saw in Seth's eyes. Even when we were kids, he'd throw tantrums if he didn't win. "Look, Seth. Monopoly...it's just a game. We're adults now & I..." Seth
  • wasn't having it. He'd waited 6.5 years to finish what they started as kids. "Does this look like a game?" He screamed while flailing his arms wildly. "Does it?!"
  • "Yes" she answered. Life is a Game and we are in the middle of it.
  • "No!" He slapped her with a resounding WHAP! "This is not a game! This is serious business!" "I don't care," she retorted. "I'm a girl, and girls just wanna have fun!"
  • The he slapped her again and said, "No, girls just wanna have equal pay." She replied, "I'm a girl! I'm a girl!" and then she sobbed at the bottom of the stairs and cringed
  • when he crouched down beside her. "Always remember feminist principles," he said, "I don't like having to hurt you when you forget."
  • She remembered his sound advice and they converted the whole northern hemisphere to feminism. Thanks to them, we now need two salaries in a house hold to live comfortably.
Started
2014-03-22 10:52:53
Finished
2014-10-21 17:28:13

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