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February 14: Fake Names and False Numbers

Tuesday, February 14, 2017

Happy Valentines Day

The advantage of being alone on Valentines Day
is that you don't have to share the chocolate with anyone.

The "30-Day Blogging Challenge ON HIATUS"  prompt for the 50/50 challenge
Tell us a story! Not including your WDC handle or offsite accounts elsewhere, have you ever had to (or tried to) use a fake name before? Have you ever given someone a false phone number or address, maybe to get out of an awkward situation? Has it ever come back to haunt you? Your fee today is 1000 GPs.

Have I ever given someone a fake name or a false phone number? No. There was, however, a time when I wished I had given someone a false number. When I left Oklahoma, I knew that I would be moving in with my mother when I came to Las Vegas, I foolishly gave George Mom's phone number. At that time we still used landlines and house phones rather then cell phones. Anyway I had been her for about a year or so when, out of the blue, George called. I figured he wanted to hook up with me again. I didn't want anything to do with him.

I think I told this story before, but I'll tell it again. He said, "Guess who this is?"

I said, "I don't know." Of course, I knew who it was, but I wasn't going to give him the satisfaction of letting on I did.

After a few more minutes of begging me to guess his name, he finally decided I didn't remember him. He sounded really pissed to think I didn't remember who he was.

Thinking about this now, it was probably a good thing that I didn't give him a false number. If I had given him a false number I wouldn't have had the fun of letting him think I didn't remember him. It's amazing how much fun revenge can be. I know I shouldn't feel that way, but I'll deal with the guilt of lying to him about not remembering who he was.