Through the years here at The Hideaway, HERC has regaled us with romantic stories of how he fell for and eventually married the lovely MRS. HERC but there was a brief dark time in their relationship that neither one of them likes to discuss.
Around May 20, 1986, things were done and said and the once happy couple took a decidedly unhappy break. HERC retreated to the home of his parents while the future MRS. HERC high-tailed it up north to Flagstaff with family and friends, about four hours away from the back-to-back apartments they rented in the same complex.
Within a week, the two would begin speaking again on the phone and begin the mending and healing process on their way to a Spring 1987 wedding, the three creatures of love they spawned and twenty-seven years (and counting!) of enjoying each other's company.
The Breakup Tape, as HERC so eloquently titled it, was recorded on the fly using only the vinyl albums in HERC SR's library. If HERC recalls correctly, he grabbed a tape from atop a small pile near the stereo and saw that it was open, had an unmarked label on it and still had the tabs in, which meant it was recordable. HERC did not ask permission nor listen to the cassette before putting it to use. He wrote nothing down other than the date and title. While he may have listened to the tape at one or more points over the past four decades, he will not listen to it again.
As a man who has gone through a similar situation, I like to think that such break-ups actually strengthen the relationship in the long run. Maybe I'm fooling myself.
ReplyDeleteIf I had a break-up mixtape, it would consist of one song repeated over and over: Anything for You by Gloria Estefan. I'm not including a link to the song, because I don't want to hear it ever again.