"Stud Boy Central"

"Women....Can't live with'em....Pass the beer nuts." - Norm Peterson from 'Cheers'

Love, love, love....What the Hell is with it anyway? When it attacks you it chews you up like a Pacman feasting on a ghost.

It doesn't care about your feelings or how it might change your life, it just gets a hold of you and you can't shake it. Once you feel that flutter, that whirl in your stomach and chest there's no turning back, well unless you want to deprive your body of that weakening pleasure you receive when you do hook up with the opposite sex, and I do mean hook.

   Once that happens, all of those little words you really wouldn't say just decide to spew forth as if your body is trying to vomit out this newly dreamy emotion.

I guess all of us have been taken over by this thing called Love. It's quite different from lets say, the love of a favorite ice cream, or the love of a favorite movie. No, this Love that happens between two living, and hopefully reasonable people is something else quite different indeed.

I guess I was just scared of it in my teen years, besides I had more important things on my mind, like making movies.

But in High School there were a few times I would lock eyes with that certain feline and feel that thumping in your chest that's different than anything else. When that did happen I guess I just chickened out, made up some story, changed the topic, or just walked away.

Scared? Yeah I was scared. When prom came up I didn't ask any of the girls I really wanted to go with, so I went with the safest route, I asked someone I knew already. Chris was one of the group we hung out with anyway and she was happy to go. We both knew it wasn't anything romantic, just a fun night out with studly Rog. After all, how could she resist?

We had a great time that night, but it wasn't the kind of night that my other classmates were having, in they're steamed up cars. Sure I realized what I was missing. Even now I kick myself for not taking on certain opportune chances. But it wasn't too long before I did decided to take the plunge and see what all the fuss was about.

I met Kim on an airplane ride on the way home from a Florida trip one year. It was like something out of the movies. I go to the bathroom, come back, and she's sitting in my seat. What a way to make a move, and she did it. Unfortunately this relationship was new for both of us. So any poon-tang was out of the question. She was waiting for wedding night, I was just too much of a Richie Cunningham. That was the problem, I wouldn't ever want to take advantage of any girl, now matter how horny I was. We soon broke up, or I really should say she broke up with me for another guy. Gentleman Rog just bowed away.

I always had that problem it seemed. I guess I was just breaking them in for who they really wanted. It wasn't because I was unattractive either, I mean I'd spend a half hour on my hair alone back then. I got no help from by buddy Perry either on this matter, he wasn't dating at all. So I was left to hunt myself.

I did have some fruitful relationships during the following years. Mary, Nancy, Gina, Jill, Lisa, to name just a few. All fine and dandy, but that was all. Still no nookie for the stud master. Still no one to display my talents too, that is, if I had any talents in that department. Mr. Happy had yet to see the day.

Then when my buddy Perry enlisted into the Navy and we held a huge party for him. Just so happened that at that party I met up with a beautiful girl named Jody.

From across the room our eyes locked and that was it. We both instantly fell in Love.

After about two years of courting we decided to get engaged.

My folks were all for it. It's about time they would say.

Her folks were another story. See, they had they're daughter's future sights a little higher than ol' city boy here. They had a vision of they're daughter marrying a lawyer or doctor. Typical don't you think. I finally meet someone and it falls apart because of what her parents wanted. We did call it all off. There were way to many fights starting from her mom and dad, which then trickled down to us getting in a fight and on and on. It was the best thing I guess. Jody now is married and has three children of her own. A school teacher non the less.

Depression soon loomed over me but it soon subsided when I was arrested for indecent exposure.

On the way home from work one afternoon I decided to relieve myself in an alley. Unfortunately for me an old lady spotted me and Mr. Happy and reported me. It was thrown out of court but it was a little embarrassing. Yes Mr. Happy was getting a lot of attention back then.

The dating continued for a few years. After all, the wolf was out, it had gotten a taste and wanted more.

Around this time I was still acting , community theater, various shows. Let me tell you something.

Chicks love actors!

I was having the time of my life.

It was right around here that I made a stupid decision. I decided to get married. But I was a fool. I hooked up with this 'un-named' person and decided to tie the knot only six months after I met her. Listen folks, DON'T DO THAT!

I did and it was a nightmare. Things started off cool but then those little problems started to take over. The fights came and continued.

That's all I wish to discuss about this person. See, 'it' has caused me great pain in my life, as I mention in the next chapter. Hell, 'it' is not even worthy of a picture down here in my Basement. So lets drop it.

Just don't get married too soon, and make sure you know the person well enough.

Nuff said.

Still...I did make the same mistake again a few years later. I got married again. Yeah twice!

See, you got to watch out for that Love thing. It's a killer. It can make you or it can break you. It's hypnotic.

In my case it was the last straw.

In my case Love finally broke me.

and sent me into the deep

deep

"Dark Ages"

Copyright ©1998 Roger B. Domian