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August 26, 2007 |
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Not Quite Divorced Yet
FOUND by Ed Higgins
in Malibu, California
Found this interesting note in a parking lot outside of an Indian restaurant. Was it discarded with no follow-up? Or, had Jill and Karen gotten together that very evening at the Indian restaurant? What not-quite-divorced-yet plans might have been set between these two?
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i bet they are sisters and the family doesn't approve of jill's husband. they've cut her off and she's trying to make amends to what she hopes will be her most sympathetic sibling.
i think karen should hear her out!
The postscript indicates that there was a issue between the two and Karen laid down the law. I suspect that Jill and Karen were friends but then Jill took a fancy to Karen's husband, whom she subsequently divorced and Jill married him. Now Jill is in the process of divorcing the loser and wants the name of Karen's lawyer.
A lesbian love affair for sure. Too many games... Jill wanted her cake and to eat it too. Karen didn't need the pain. Thus, the next time you contact me, you better be divorced. Otherwise, don't bother. But Jill can't forget...
i gotta admit...my first thought was lesbians too
I think Bubbles has it pretty close.. Jill's husband is an awful, unacceptable, baaaad influence, and as long as Jill was tied to him, Karen refused to have anything to do with her, despite the fact they'd been best of friends since third grade.
Jill has finally come to realize what Karen knew all along- he's just no good. "I gave up my best friend for you?? what was I thinking?"
This note reminded me of a situation my aunt and her former best friend were/are in. Ex-BFF went and got married to a loser, totally swept away, quit her very respected, well-paying job for him and let him move her to the US, and totally treated my aunt like crap, ditched her, forgot about her (they'd been best friends since they were kids). I can see something just like that happening here.
Why did Jill feel the need to tell Karen that she was the author in the first sentence? It's an index card - Karen can look at the bottom to see who it's from. If it were an SMS, I could understand. I think Jill is very nervous about what Karen's response might be.
I like that the names are common. It comes across as a real find.
Perhaps this is a prepared "script" for leaving a message on an answering machine/voice mail. You know...some of us socially inept types practice such things. That would explain why she says "It's Jill" as her opener. (Not a typical opening sentence in a modern letter)
Lamb, I'm in just this situation you describe with my BFF, except she hasn't left town. Yup, he's a loser, and yup, she's cut me off...and they live like down the street. I can't stand him but she could walk 3 blocks for coffee if she really wanted to, right?
I hope I get a call like this someday. I miss her.
Though I have to say, my first thought was that Jill was wanting to plan her "coming out party", too.
If it were a note to read off for an answering machine, why would she sign it?
I'm thinkin' lesbian affair as well.
Yep, lesbian love affair... I've known three people whose marriages had busted up after the wife fell in love with another woman, so that's DEFINITELY my vote on this.
Either a lesbian affair, or Jill's husband was abusive. He'd beat/berate Jill, she'd go crying to Karen who'd provide a sympathetic ear, until she realized...'Hey! This isn't changing!' Set some boundaries - don't come crying to me anymore! Don't call until you get a divorce... oh, wait. It's a lesbian affair. In the above scenario, just leaving him would be enough for Karen - no divorce necessary. Poor Karen, heartbroken over a wanna-be.
"I'm not quite divorced yet... Just me and you." Definitely an affair. I hope Karen threw this out since Jill is obviously trying to string her along again.
My first thought was that Jill's husband is abusive, and Karen got sick of the excuses.
Nice and juicy!!!
And the moral of the story? Don't tie the knot with your high school sweetheart unless you have resolved all romantic issues that you have with your grade 12 science lab partner.
Another vote for lesbians.
I think Shannon in NC is right... this looks like a script for a phone message. How would Jill deliver this note to Karen unless she called and left a message?
Two words: delicious breakfast cereal. Every Time.
Jill,
I am not OK since that asshole you're married to broke my fucking arm! I don't want you back. I'm with Mary Jane Gardener now.
Karen
the cell number is from LA, but her home number is in Portland. if this was found in malibu, she probably moved to portland with her soon-to-be-ex, but retained her LA cell. she must not have been here very long, considering that her cell number is still 818 (i'm assuming she would have gotten a new contract under 503). i like to think that she is getting her ducks in a row so she can move home to LA & wants to rekindle her relationship w/her sister to prove she's finished with him.
My first thought was a lover's disagreement.
My second thought was the "I don't approve of the loser you married" scenario.
Very intriguing.
I would like to assume lesbian affair, because I love lesbian affairs, but I think this is a plea to an abandoned friend. Jill lost touch with Karen after getting married, whether by her own design, or her husband's. Karen probably feels like Jill's relationship with her husband is a parasitic one and doesn't want any involvement until they end things. I hope Karen responded to Jill, since she probably really needs her right now.
sisters, schmisters. these two have knocked boots. there'd be no question about it if this was a letter from bob to sue.
To me it looks like a younger person's handwriting. I bet she married young, probably an abusive loser, driving the friends apart. Karen tried to put up with it and was sick of getting burned over and over. Maybe even the loser husband threatened her to stay away from Jill? At her wit's end she told her friend that she cannot be her friend unless she divorces. Jill realizes after sometime that Karen was right, but doesn't have the guts to go forward in the divorce. She needs her ex-friend's advice in this matter. She tries to meet with her, and has to put the line "just me and you" to show her that she is desperately trying to make amends.
"knocked boots"
Love it, Missing! Hah!
"Another vote for lesbians."
Heh, awesome sentence, Matt.
I say lovers too.
Her handwriting looks a whole lot like mine. So, I say, you can't judge a book's age by its handwriting.
I like that this note sounds like an answering machine message script... "Hi, it's Jill..."
yes lesbians.
It was definitely a script for what she'd say to the answering machine. "You told me never to CALL again".
I think they're lovers. For sure.
I like Yo Momma's phone number theory. Good stuff.
Also, my spam protection thing was "Complete the following: 'Jack and Jill went up the ???"
Jill ran off with Jack, and when Jack fell on his ass, Jill went back to Karen.
elizabeth in omaha, i agree... jill's husband is abusive and karen got tired of the excuses and damage
Definitely, a romantic letter with a tinge of regret. Nice find! I hope they do get together now that Jill has finally came clean with herself, and her husband, and now with Karen.
Ok, so I get that "this is Jill" sounds like something you'd say at the beginning of a voicemail, but would you really say "Love, Jill" at the end??? I don't think this is a script. I think she left it on Karen's windshield while Karen was working. The sort of, "I want to see you this weekend, but I don't want to call on the phone, so here's a note that you can respond to if you so choose" thing.
Here's an idea: How about not getting married to some jerk in the first place unless your absolutely sure you want to be with him forever. Why waste all your time and money on getting married then divorced? You should have saved yourself the trouble and not done it in the first place. Who wants that anyway with all of the financial headaches. Not to mention being with the same person everyday of your life. I think I would get sick of that for sure. Hooray for variety! Give it some thought next time.
You know, it could be a lesbian love affair AND an abusive relationship. But whatever it is, i definitely think there's a little bit of lesbian lovin' goin on there.
Who did Mona piss off...?
Also, I love how the three initial comments all had unique ideas about the find. But I have to admit, I thought lesbians too
We'll travel 'round the world, just you and me...
Combination scary bofriend / lesbian thing .
terrie-is-so-very - you WISH your handwriting looked that young!
Also, since one of the phone #s was Los Angeles, it is possible she got a handwriting lift and/or finger liposuction.
Whatever the real story is, it all sounds like drama to me!
Do I, Rob? Do I?
;)
Flargy - "Punk Rock Girl"
...the waitress said "well no, we only have it iced"
Definitely Lesbos, but wht write on a 3x5 notecard? And identify yourself in the first line, like Karen wouldn't know her former lover's writing? Provocative, and yet so conniving. Women...
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Josie in Sidney (the cold one) said:
Who did Mona piss off...?
Pepper in your nose said:
Josie, everyone.
I think the impostor has pissed people off, and is having a great laugh at my expense, idiot that he/she is. most comments over the past few weeks have not been mine, and i am endeavouring to keep mine about the found, and not get caught up in the petty bulls*%$ that goes on. This, however, has sent me over the freaking edge. I don't know what pepper has against me. I don't think you're just 'observing'. Get a freaking life.
Team Lesbian, for sure. Don't fall for the curious straight girls, Karen, they'll only break your heart!
Lesbians for sure. If Jill was in an abusive relationship, she wouldn't want to get together just to make sure Karen is okay. Her concern for Karen shows that Karen was hurt.
Love it.
Mona, mission accomplished.
fuck you, pepper.
As I said before "MISSION ACCOMPLISHED"
lezzy love for sure.
This handwriting looks JUST like my aunt Jill's. Her cell phone has an 818 area code and she lives in a suburb of LA. She's not divorced and her home number doesn't have "503" in it, but my heart stopped when I read this.
karen and jill are in love but jill is estranged but still married to her husband, and karen doesn't want to get hurt by another "bicurious" love affair that might have worked out *if* the girl in question had be serious about exploring herself as a woman centered woman without some sort of ex-husband floating around back there. Jill knows this, which is why she wants to get together, just Karen and Jill. Jill knows she's at the point where she has to make a decision -- him or girls. And if she can cajole Karen into just one more private little dinner alone at the cafe, just dinner, nothing more, look into Karen's eyes and KNOW those short term plans of being in town will become future plans post-divorce to be with you again.