The answer to this prompt might change at another point in time. However, if you want to ask me here and now, who I would want to be, I’d want to be Jay Gatsby from The Great Gatsby. I know the whole point of the story is that all the success in the world couldn’t replace the woman who got away.
But for me, where I’m at at this particular moment, I would like to challenge that notion. I find it very difficult to believe that this man who acquired an almost unfathomable fortune, fame and, quite frankly, power, was unable to find some sense of happiness in his life because of a woman. Granted, my response to this prompt is most likely because of where I’m at and my current headspace.
Tonight, kid 2 and I are in Atlanta. We came into town to see Kid 1’s gymnastics meet in Duluth, just 30 minutes away. It’s always interesting, because one is there. And for the last few years, her and I have been in a place where risen even any animosity, at least in my end. There is an anger. The feelings of “could’ve should’ve would’ve“. Friendly. That is to say that we get along and are civil. But nothing more.
I bring this up because tell me tonight, that kid 1’s girlfriend, who, according to X1, should have been there with them this weekend to see Kid 1 competing in his gymnastics meet, stayed home to go to the prom with her friends. She’s the type who starts arguments with him just before he’s getting ready to compete, just to get into his head. he word “toxic” comes to mind…
The funny is, the girl is only a sophomore in high school. So it’s not as if this is her senior prom. Hell, she’s not even a junior! X1 has also told me that when kid 1 and his girlfriend go out, he pays for EVERYTHING. The thing is, the girlfriend’s family is very wealthy. In fact, she will say that she quit wants to go out “and the end up going shopping. Or more to the point, she goes shopping and K1 pays for everything.
As I’ve talked about elsewhere previously, i’m at a point in my life where I’ve realized that I don’t need to be in a relationship in order to be happy. It’s just hard and a little heartbreaking to watch your own kid going through some of those growing pains. I could give him all the advice in the world I want; but I know that ultimately, he has to see things for himself.
I’m going back to today’s prompt, I just think that Jay Gatsby didn’t try hard enough to find fulfillment in his own life, other than pining for Daisy.
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