“Oh yeah, this party is just getting started!”
No one paid much attention to her husband’s emphatic and very loud proclamation, because the fact was the party, a backyard barbecue, had been going on for quite some time, but she noticed the trademark wobbling and toppling but miraculously never falling down that caused his friends to nickname him Weeble, and she knew that the party was coming to a close.
Accepting his invitation to dance, she maneuvered him lurchingly to the truck even as she said goodbye to the others, even as he proudly slurred about how lucky he was to have a strong farm girl that knew how to take care of him, even as he made specific suggestions towards that end.
“Don’t start anything you can’t finish, you old drunk”, she admonished him even as he fell into open-mouthed snoring sleep.
The next morning, reaching for her hand, “We had a real good time, huh?”
“Don’t even get me started.”
Written for Ivy’s Six Sentence Story prompt, “started” at Uncharted
Ha! Good one!… and one I can relate to! 😂
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Thanks for coming by. I’m glad you enjoyed this. Nobody got hurt this week, except his head maybe.
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😂
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I am so glad my hubbie doesn’t drink – well written.
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Thanks. I too have not had to maneuver my husband home. Wish he could say the same about me…
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The drink …
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Where?!
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Been there, done that, got yucky stuff all down the tee shirt!
Click to read my SSS!
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It’s all fun and games till it comes round again.
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This could be written about a few people I know. Well done!
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It was written about a few people I know. (But no one in particular)
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Hmm. I guess they’re everywhere. 😀 Or we know the same people!
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Everywhere. The same. Good times.
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In no way do i envy her, that is for sure.
Well told!
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Thanks. Unenviable, but she’s done it before and will again.
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Lips that touch wine shall never touch mine!! Lol. Good post
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Come on, just one.
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Yes we have all been on one side or the other so can relate to this story from one character or the other.
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Yeah…
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I’ve been on both sides of this scene. Nice multiple use of the cue!
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Thanks Deborah. Once I got started I couldn’t stop. (Writing)
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A good time depends on who’s looking and from where – in front of or behind the eyes! You created an easy-to-imagine scene. Well done.
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For a good time, come to Shiftnshake. That one was too easy to write. Amazing how folks are finding it relatable. Hmm. Cheers, Norah.
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Not at all relatable for me! 🙂 🙂
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Others related to it, others. Not you. you are Cleopatra, queen of denial.
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I haven’t even looked at CR yet…Six sentences looks like fun – though I need another prompt place like I need another hole in my head…
I remember “Weebles wobble but they don’t fall down!”
And some how that became a punchline to a joke about bulls in a farmers field.
“We Bulls wobble but we don’t fall down”… Ah… here it is:
http://www.boyscouttrail.com/content/joke/we_bulls_wobble-1469.asp
Yepper it’s a tad chilly. The fortune this winter is “Be prepared because it’s ‘shifting’ cold!”
hmm…. what was that they’re saying about global warming… ???
I used to spend summers in the ‘country’ and knew a few folks who could fit right into your story.
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As always… an engaging Six. (This time) with characters who have the potential of not being sympathetic, yet come through (perhaps with that last line) as reg’lar people.
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Regular is as regular does. Six did the trick with these two characters, but he prefers a 30-pack, cans. He believes (and it’s true) that it is 5 o’clock somewhere and that to not day-drink is to waste time. Thanks for coming by. And happy new year to you all.
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Nice writing on a topic we can all relate to at one time or another!
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Thanks, I appreciate your comment. Cold drinks have been a hot topic.
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Tender despite the wobbling. The things strong farm girls have to deal with.
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All fiction, just shite I make up.
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We all do! 😉
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Good story- in 6 sentences – quite an achievement. You create the scene so clearly. Tough love ? Enduring partners ?
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Thanks for walking by. Enduring for sure. These two have known each other a long time, and though they often get testy with each other, rarely angry.
Six sentences is fun but there’s a lot of latitude. Click the link to see other’s takes and to try it yourself. It has been a smallish but regular and good humored and supportive group. I have joined intermittently starting just a few months ago.
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