Joan
I'm an artist of the generation that extolled the marriage and
motherhood bit. I was a "perfect wife" for 25 years, raised 5 kids and
limited my artistic expression to decorating birthday cakes.
Hubby
didn't like disagreements and taught me early on to keep in line by
walloping me when I objected. When the last kid was ready to leave the
nest I found myself actually planning my suicide, but Heartless
Bitchiness came to my rescue! I realized that I didn't have to die to
escape, or even bump him off, all I had to do was take a walk. It wasn't
easy but it felt great!
It was a struggle at first but I learned how to
be a successful artist and really enjoy the life I've built. That was 25
years ago, I'm still hard at work and loving it. I've had a few lovers
but only one really valued my independence and got a kick out of my
bitchiness and we had a great relationship for 20 years. No way would I
live with him (What! Clean and cook for you! Forget it!) but we were
otherwise inseparable and had lots of fun. He died last summer and I
miss him very much but have no interest in trying to hook up with
someone else just to have a man around. I have many interests, ride a
beautiful red motorcycle and travel a lot, always alone but I do enjoy
meeting people. I'm an optimistic, forward thinking person, just don't
want to be told how to live my life by anybody and can be very prickly
if anyone tries to push me around. In any way. At all.
Yes! I want to read more from Real Life Heartless Bitches
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