Tango Maureen
Maureen:
My mother was convinced that Mark and I were going to be together forever. I'm serious, from the moment she met him she was planning our wedding, she'd even picked out names for our children.
But that was her fantasy. Not mine. I loved Mark Cohen, I still do. But not in that same way mother thought I did. Not in a way that I could live with him forever. I did think about marriage with him for a little while. I think we may have even gotten engaged at one point. But the thought of being stuck with Mark for the rest of my life really scared me and I knew that wasn't what a relation ship was supposed to be.
I'll be honest. I wasn't exactly faithful to Mark before I left joanne. I really had trouble sticking with the one guy.
With Joanne on the other hand everything was different. I don't think I even touched Mark while I was having an affair with her. When she asked me to leave Mark for her, I did it with out even hesitating. So many others had asked me to leave him for them and I had just ignored their requeasts. With Joanne I didn't even have to think.
We met at the Life Café, not a place she ussually frequented but she was there talking with a client and I'd just happened to arrive when she was leaving. Our eyes met as she held the door open to me and It was a very cliche first meeting. We ended up talking and she invited me up to her place for the night. an offer there was no way I was going to refuse.
A week later I told Mark it wasn't going to work.