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submitted by "Tom" on October 19th, 2000
I was in love (or so I thought!) with a young lady that I will
only identify as "Donna", and was pretty happy being with her for about a
year or so. Then Valentines day comes along, and being far from a rich man,
I decided to set up a dinner at my house, with my best friend acting as
butler and waiter. "Donna" shows up at my house, and I gave her an overly
expensive collectible that she wanted, ballons, roses and other flowers,
candy and a very pricey gold necklace (Needless to say, I went overboard
for her, but I figured she was worth it!). We had dinner, and we were planning
on going to a movie afterwards. So, before we left, I decided to clean up
the dinner dishes, and began to do so. Suddenly... WHAM! I see stars, and
when I can see clearly, I see a very heavy lead crystal serving dish on
the floor at my feet. Naturally, I was like "What the f***!" Turning around
to question her about it, seeing that only her and I were in the house (my
best friend had left in order to give us some privacy, and was supposed to meet "Donna" and I with his
current girlfriend at the movies later.)... and that's when it got really
wierd. As it turns out, it was "Donna" sitting there, but it also sorta wasn't
- the look in her eyes was different, the way she carried herself was different
and even her movements seemed different, yet it was "Donna". It is hard to
actually explain in words actually, but as I found out a few days later
she suffered from multiple personality disorder in addition to having a
bi-polar condition. It had been pretty much under control for the past few
years, but had decided to surface at that moment. Over the next few months,
I struggled with my feelings for "Donna" and my utter hatred of this "other"
person that shared her body. A few examples of what this other personality
did to me in the last few weeks of our relationship included running thousands
of dollars up in credit card bills, over $1000 in cellular long distance
charges and dest
royed my car. Her family's "explanation" for this disorder was that "she
was conceived as part of a set of twins, and her sister died at birth."
Thus I was expected to believe that this alternate personality became embedded
in her psyche. Ummm... yeah okay... whatever! Needless to say, I have nothing
to do with "Donna" anymore, nor have I in over 2 years. I am with a caring young woman now, and I am happier
than I have ever been in my life...
EDITOR'S NOTE:
We have recieved word from this submitter that he is no longer with the young lady mentioned at the end of this story, but is in fact with another young lady. He has informed us that things failed to work between himself and the aforementioned young lady, but he seems entirely confident that the young woman he is in a relationship with now is the woman whom he will be with as his soul-mate. We wish him and his new lady-friend all the luck in the future!
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