Stories of and for Baby Boomers -I-

Jonathan Sebastian Rupert III awaited in the foyer. It was Friday evening, the evening his wife and he always spent together "having fun" somewhere très cool, to see and be seen by other successful couples. As he waited, sipping a scotch on the rocks slowly, he daydreamed of a Friday night at home, watching Bill Maher, or better yet, an old black and white film filled with cheesy lines uttered by long-gone actors.

His eyes stared at the bouquet on the vanity table outside her room,under an oversized Austrian crystal mirror. His secretary always had excellent taste; her imitation of his signature was perfect. Jacquie loved these little tokens of affection more than the manly affection he could give her. This evening would be their first one together after a month apart.

Jacquie had been at a spa, yet another one, and arrived home before he did. She locked herself in her room. He wondered as he filled his glass with yet another shot of scotch. They had decided to sleep in separate rooms after his snoring became unbearable. Even he woke up to the rhythmic roar he produced at night.

He paced back and forth in the foyer. He made up his mind after the third shot of scotch and gently knocked on her door. "Just a minute!" he heard. Suddenly the door opened and a blonde, about thirty years younger than Jacquie appeared, in a barely-there nightgown.

"B-b-but," said Jonathan, "and you are?"

"Honey, what is the matter, this spa is fantabulastic!"

Yes that was Jacquie, still using 60s slang. "Jacquie, is this you?"

"It is, and I am all yours, come here, my tiger, growl for me!" Jacquie looked younger and sounded so daring. Scary.

Jonathan approached her. But that wasn't his wife. He had never had an affair with another woman. And this was another woman. He couldn't cope with the "new" Jacquie or feel aroused.

Filling a fourth glass of scotch, straight up this time, he popped a Viagra. All is fair in love. He wondered if that was so.

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