Mary, left: “Why on earth are you banging on my door at such a socially-unacceptable hour?”
Bette, right: “Don’t play coy with me. I’ve known for months that my husband has been cheating on me. I just didn’t know where or who, so I hired a detective and he phoned me just minutes ago to report that my husband was seen entering this very apartment.”
Mary: “So a man goes to another apartment. That doesn’t mean he’s cheating. There are lots of things one can do in an apartment that other people didn’t know about until a few minutes ago.”
Bette: “You’re being obtuse and annoying. I demand to speak to my husband this very instant!”
Mary: “But darling, you are speaking to your husband. And I’m glad we’re having this little chat, because there’s something I’ve been meaning to tell you…”
Previously published, no changes made, although it appears there will be some changes in the future…
Categories: Past Imperfect
Bonnywood Manor 
Once again our minds are in perfect accord. I thought, upon viewing “Ms” Astor, that she MUST be a ‘Queen”. Or at least a transvestite. Sometimes those people are a lot lovelier than those of us with actual XX DNA flowing through our veins. Maybe it’s the care with hair, clothes and make up, because few women (at least these days and in my opinion) take the time to mess about looking ‘perfect’. “Mary” reminds us that it’s an important thing to remember to do, especially if one’s spouse is restless and taken to visiting different areas of town from where they usually go. Acceptance is a skill that needs to be finely honed.. Bette needs to have the stick taken out of her nether regions too. But Bette never ‘relied on the kindness of strangers’ that much, as far as I know.
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I am, by no means, a relevant example of one who “dresses to the nines” when making an appearance in public, so perhaps I’m not the best spokesmodel. And I don’t think anyone should be “perfect” every time they go out. But I completely agree that many folks, however they may identify, gender-wise, have completely given up on even attempting an air of respectability with their public couture. The filth and nastiness that I see walking around the local supermarket is still shocking, even though it shouldn’t be at this point. It doesn’t matter what you’ve been through in your life, you can at least clean your ass up before you walk out of the house…
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Hahaha! Priceless! 😂😂😂
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Thanks, Sadje!
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You’re welcome
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hahaha. I did not see that coming! Brilliant!
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Neither did Bette… 😉
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I’ve always thought shopping would be so much easier if my husband shared my taste in clothes, not to mention my fondness for shoes…..
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Right? I personally feel that he’s being a bit selfish… 😉
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Changing the furniture around in the apartment takes on a different connotation altogether.
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Once again, your profundity is deeply witty. Or deeply something… 😉
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LOL. What an ending. I am stunned. “Don’t you recognize this dress I am wearing? It was perfect on you but one size too small for me. It took me fifteen minutes to squeeze in.”
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Bette: “Now I understand why I can never find my favorite pearl earrings when I want them…”
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Nothing like a surprise at Christmas.
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And we didn’t even have to wait for Santa…
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Bravo, sir… bra-vo! Fabulous and I do mean Fab-u-lous!👑🎉🥂
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Later than year, Mary, now known as Fantabula Fontaine, became the first contestant selected for the original, black-and-white version of “RuPaul’s Drag Race”, then known as “Ladies With A Secret”, because of the censors and whatnot…
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Like Melanie, my mind was traveling down the cross-dressing road even before I began reading the dialogue. There’s something about Mary that just isn’t sugar and spice. J.
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On the flip side, Bette wasn’t fulfilling the “everything nice” angle, either, with the detective-hiring. If you’re paying attention in a relationship, you know…
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Hahaha! 😀
I at first thought you might be utilising the Donald Trump book of press briefing techniques. 😉
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Or, in this case, Melania Trump’s press briefing techniques? Wait, that would assume that Melania and her “I Don’t Care” jacket understand the meaning of public relations. My bad…
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LOL
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🙂 🙂
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I love your twists. 🤍 Always, perfectly done.
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Thanks, LaDonna. We all need little twists here and there. The fun kind, anyway… 😉
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LOL. Very true.
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Bahaha! I did NOT see that coming.
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The twist is even more fun considering the situation would be more plausible if the actresses were reversed. Or maybe I just spend too much time contemplating the subtext… 😉
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Haha! Bette Davis as the husband! That is great.
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This has left me wondering if I would recognize Husband if we were in a dress.
Hmm. Do you suppose he’d let me find out? All for the sake of science, of course. 😉
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Something tells me that Husband would do anything for you. Cherish that. But don’t post any photos. Because that might be a bridge too far… 😉
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He looks prettier than her!
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We all shine in different ways… 😉
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