Peter was a parody of a man. He grew up in Papua, New Guinea. His parents were post WWII expatriots from the U.K. His favorite word was proper; as in “the proper way of doing things.” The Higgins character on Magnum PI must have been modeled after a nicer, funnier Peter. He was one of my housemates and, as innocent and naive as I was, he did not entirely approve of me.
He had a former wife, who was ebony colored and seductively, tall. She reminded me of a long stretch of warm taffy. Her name was Juanita. She would sometimes call him to request additional support funds so Peter would participate in a stilted, proper argument over her spending habits. The marriage was intolerable to him because she was willful. I think he loved her even after the divorce.
He was very rigid; although as I recall, he did allow himself some of the base pleasures of a more common man. He entertained an Asian woman overnight. I was awake and about, earlier than Peter, in the morning. His female guest woke up and joined me in the living room so I made breakfast for us. After she left, Peter lectured me on hospitality. It wasn’t proper to make breakfast for a prostitute.
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I find myself wanting to meet this Peter guy.
Oh dear Gawd. Peter was a trip. He looked a lot like Higgins and he was so uptight. He had a complete distrust of women. I imagine he lay facedown across that prostitute’s lap as her handed her a hairbrush, “Spank me mummy, I’ve been so NAUGHTY!”
He sounds interesting. And distrusting women, well that is like a dog that is nervous around children. You can’t blame the dog. He might even have a point.
Oh alright. Does it make sense to distrust 1/2 the world’s population? Yes, I suppose Peter was interesting otherwise I wouldn’t have written about him.
I save time by distrusting 100% of the world’s population. But maybe that’s just me.
I wouldn’t have thought that. I would have taken you for a more trusting person, expecting the best.
I am just being silly…