So, I’d met this woman (let’s call her Sylvia) online on a random dating site. The metropolitan area I’m in can lead to someone being “local” but still require a 2 hour car trip to visit. Such was the case with this woman. Over the weeks of chatting online we got to know each other pretty well. And to say that life had dealt her a pretty bad hand is putting it mildly. Her high-school sweetheart, the only other man she’d been with, had left her for another woman. So, she was a single mom with two kids struggling to make ends meet. Her job? A carhop at Sonic.
She didn’t mind the fact that I was married. A large part of that had to do with a “fuck it” attitude she’d developed. She was a little angry at the world in general and it was now time for her to take what she wanted. To hell with the consequences.
She befriends an 18 year old co-worker, Kim, whose situation, though different, isn’t much better. She’s a recent high school drop-out with what can only be described as a bat-shit crazy mother. Eventually she and her mom get into it so badly that she gets kicked out of the house. Sylvia offers to take Kim in and let her be a roommate. It’s a win-win situation as two paychecks are better than one.