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Wednesday, October 31, 2007

A spooky, scary and spine-chillingly appropriate holiday story, also see: hilarious cautionary tale

Awhile back, my good friend Alex was telling a group of us a story about her married life that I have never quite been able to shake from my mind. To this day, I still laugh out loud when I envision the real-life scene. She was one of my roommates in our off-campus house during the college years and I am well-versed in her romantic history. In those days, there was more than one random Tuesday afternoon when I'd walk into the house and be greeted with Madonna's Justify My Love pounding through the speakers and the view of a veritable Splendor on the Carpet because Alex and her college boyfriend didn't have class that day. Never mind that she had her own bedroom with her own door, or that she knew when her roommates would get home for the day. That kind of stuff never seemed to bother her at all.

I have so many great and wholly-inappropriate-for-this-blog stories about living with her that I could fill a book, but I'll wait for my publishing deal to come through. I don't give it all away for free, you know! Back to the story that I am going to share with you...

Alex and her husband were looking to spice things up in the bedroom with a little bit of role playing. Her husband worked second shift and she suggested that one night after she's asleep he should come into the bedroom with a mask on--like an intruder--and, you know, seduce her. He shouldn't tell her in advance though, because that would ruin the surprise. So far, so good, right?

She assumed that when the night came, he would wear something like this:


A textbook ski mask. They had an entire front closet full of them.


Or this:


The bank robber look. Simple. Classic. Never goes out of style.


Or, if he was feeling REALLY creative maybe he'd show up in something like this:


She didn't REALLY think he'd go to the trouble of buying a mask with rhinestone detailing, but this was about as much credit as she was giving him for pulling out all the stops. That was the last time she'd ever underestimate his creativity.


Here's the part of the story which emphasizes the great divide between women and men, and how we are not wired the same way AT ALL.

Several weeks had gone by, and she drifted off to sleep one night, with nary a thought of their previous discussion. Her husband came home from work and figured it had been long enough for her to have put the "seduction by masked man" idea out of her mind so he excitedly went into action, going to the garage to pull out what he planned to wear from the very first time she brought it up. He just knew he had the perfect thing! He then skulked into the house, and tip-toed into their darkened bedroom. Just as he hovered over her side of the bed, he flipped on the low-wattage nightstand lamp while shaking her shoulder to wake her.

She groggily opened her eyes, to see this:

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Turns out he had an old Halloween costume in the garage that she didn't know about: Jason, from Friday the 13th


She screamed her head off, jumped up from the bed, and kicked him so hard that he fell to his knees. Her violent reaction shocked him! Her incredibly accurate kick knocked the wind out of him! This was NOT part of the plan! Even though he was reaching for her from the floor, attempting to say, "It's ME! It's okay, it's only ME!" all that was coming out of his mouth was a succession of low and indistinguishable moans of confounded pain. In the meantime, she ran to grab the kitchen phone and locked herself in the bathroom on the lower level of their house, where she immediately called 911.

By the time her husband gathered himself and made it downstairs, the police were already on their way, and boy, did he have some explaining to do.


Do yourself a favor this Halloween--and especially any other day of the year-- resist waking your loved one while wearing a terrifying costume, no matter how perfect you think it is.

26 comments:

kat said...

Now that's what I call a great story. Gosh I was laughing my head off. Happy Halloween Jules!

Michelle | Bleeding Espresso said...

This is hilarious! And yes, if anyone needed to illustrate the differences between men brains and women brains....

You should post it over at Ghouls Just Wanna Have Fun. Great Halloween party happening there, and I've posted an invite to all on my blog yesterday and today :)

Melisa Wells said...

OMG, hilarious!
I was wondering at first where you were going with your story...I lost the trust, man. I lost the trust. But then I was like, "Ah-HA!" That is one of the funniest things ever.

And I love the sequined mask: a'la Zorro the Gay Blade! But Bunny!

House of Jules said...

@Kat: Happy Halloween backatya! You guys in Ireland yet? Have a Guiness for me!

@Sognatrice: Thanks for the link! I'll go there and post it now!

@Mis: Neva lose the faith! Neva! Yes, I thought of posting a Zorro mask but couldn't get past wondering what "tha pipples" would think if I did such a thing. Also, I would have had to caption any Zorro picture with, "Here I Yam!!!"

Felicia said...

Oh my goodness, what a story! Happy Halloween :)

kat said...

Not in Ireland yet, unfortunately. Will be leaving to go to the airport in 10 minutes and will be in Dublin in about four hours and man will I go for the black stuff. I will make sure to have one in your honor.

A Novelist said...

Happy Halloween! :)

The Fairy Godmother said...

He he - happy Halloween!

rochambeau said...

Hey Jules,
That's a Great Halloween story!
So glad you are part of the Ghoulish Get together! you have a good sense of humor!

Constance

paris parfait said...

A very hilarious story - thanks for telling it! No doubt the police got a good laugh as well. Happy Halloween! Hope you enjoy the party.

Sandra Evertson said...

Great Story!
Happy Halloween!
Sandra Evertson

Julie Zaccone Stiller said...

Wow, that is some story! Happy Halloween!

Scrappy Moments said...

That's a Great Halloween Story, So Funny! Happy Halloween

Angie
http://www.scrapnmomsmoments.blogspot.com/

Altered Route said...

Hey...this is Alex...what happens in collage STAYS in collage!!!!

lol!!!Great story!
(Connie)

House of Jules said...

Hey everybody! Thanks for all the comments. Keep them coming...

Glad you are all finding the story as funny as I did-- and ALTERED ROUTE aka Connie: your comment made me laugh out loud!

Sherry said...

That's one of those stories that has to be true...because it's so funny!!

Happy Halloween!

Jo Anne O. said...

Now that is one for the grandkids,huh? Thanks for sharing!

vivian said...

trick or treat! alexs husband deserved that!!
happy halloween! hope to see you at my blog!
vivian

AutoSysGene said...

OMG could you imagine waking up to that!! Holy cow, I would have wet myself. What was her hubby thinking? Never in my wildest fantasy have I ever thought of doing Jason...WRONG!!!

Thanks for the giggle!!

MaNiC MoMMy™ said...

I KNEW when you were setting up the scenario there would be some type of Jason or Freddy mask and possibly a chainsaw! WHoa! This is really true?!??!!!

Rebecca E. Parsons/Cre8Tiva said...

great story...have we danced yet...hope you're having a ghoulish day...blessings, rebecca

House of Jules said...

@Melissa: Her husband SINCERELY thought it was the "perfect" thing to wear, and didn't realize it would frighten her like it did. He actually said later that he thought it would get her HOT.

I'm not joking. That's why I wrote that men & women are clearly wired differently.

:)

House of Jules said...

@Manic: YES it's true! This is actually one of the more tame stories I have about her. She was much wilder in our college days and WHOA she'd kill me if I blogged about any of that stuff....

blog author said...

OMG, my boyfriend had to tell me to be quiet bc i was laughing so hard. how did he NOT know that that mask would scare the hell out of her, planned or not. hysterical!

(found you thru manic mommy...)

Paul-ene said...

You had me on the edge of my seat wondering what was going to happen. What would he possibly pick out so different than what she expected???? ha ha ha....

Happy Halloween and great blog party story.

Laume said...

I really needed a hearty laugh - thanks! Or should I thank your friend Alex?!