The invitation was a last minute thing; I remember I almost didn’t go, funny how falling down the stairs in heels can put you off the idea of a night out.  I did debate not going, but only for about five seconds, I had been asked to go to a comedy show by a friend who I had known for some considerable years, and I knew he wouldn’t forgive me for flaking out on him at the last minute, because that’s the kind of guy he is.  Plus, from everything I had heard, I really wanted to meet my friends bandmate, being the egocentric that he is, I wanted to meet the man my friend called talented.

          When I was invited I was told it was a fairy formal evening, so it gave me the perfect opportunity to wear the expensive dress I’d just snagged for a song, the only problem was I had no shoes to wear with it.  I know, before you fall off your chair laughing, this was in the days before I got my heart put through a blender, before the days when I bought shoes to replace the lack of love in my life.  Back then I had only about six or seven pairs of shoes and the ones I wanted to wear with my dress I had loaned out to my cousin.  So that’s why I ended up running to her house about three hours before I was due to go out to get the shoes back.  The only problem was she’d kind of half broken the heel of one of the shoes, but I figured as long as I didn’t plan on doing anymore running for the rest of the evening I’d be ok.

          Unfortunately, I hadn’t taken into account the problem with trying to walk down stairs in the heels and further to that, I probably shouldn’t have been talking to my step sister as I checked my bag before leaving.  End result?  Down the stairs she goes.  Luckily I didn’t go over the edge as then I’d have had more than a strained ankle to deal with.  So sitting at the bottom of the stairs laughing so much I nearly cried I am glad I decided to go out anyway.  

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"All I ever wanted was a simple life, so I could be a wife."

This story is based loosely around actual happenings as reported to me by various friends.

My inspiration for this treatment is the obstacle course that is modern day dating.

All accounts including names locations and events have been fictionalised and all are used by permission in this project.

updated Jul 27 by LaineySummers