Torn Between Two Lovers

We all know how Bill Duby of the Spiritual Rights Foundation interfered with couples, forcing them to separate and coupling unlikely pairs for reasons that made sense only in his crippled, delusional mind.

There were several articles in the news media about Bill’s maniacal behavior.  There were several people subjected to coupling, uncoupling and re-coupling so they can be coupled and uncoupled all over again to achieve the higher calling Bill had planned for them - which involved even more uncoupling and re-coupling as well as the loss of your children, your assets and your self-respect.

I suppose it was worth it for the riches we received from heaven.  My reward must have been that dime I found on the sidewalk.  I sure didn't get anything by way of Bill Duby. 

Bill has been gone for some number of years now, and presumably so has been the maniacal interference in personal relationships.

Not so fast… 

This tale is another hair curler.

Our friend Santa decided that after an appropriate period of being divorced (and about as long without visiting his child) it was time to couple with a God-blessed and upright woman.  Santa was back in the game.

Santa began courting a woman who I remember as basically good, kind and supportive – a long time member of SRF.  She is someone any man would be happy to have as a mate. 

This courtship with this wonderful woman went on for a while - quite a while.  I remember seeing it begin while I was still there and that was a few years ago.  They seemed to get along just fine and have enough in common to make a good pair.

Unfortunately, this wasn’t good enough for Santa.  As was his habit, he played multiple women at once.  I guess someone forgot to clean THAT wolf out of his space. 

Privately, so secret that few noticed, Santa had been dating another woman, a member of SRF – a quite visible member of SRF.

How he got away with it for so long is beyond me.  Is anyone THAT good a liar?   How do you hide your secret relationship from the woman you are dating when both women see each other at SRF headquarters every day?

Well, I have to take my hat off to Santa.  He pulled it off like Tiger Woods.  I certainly couldn’t.  Hell, I wouldn’t even attempt that kind of stunt (it’s just plain wrong).  It’s amazing he was able to make it work as long as he did.

But as these kinds of situations always come to an end and end it did.

Somehow, someone made notice of Santa hooking up two reindeer at once.  The leaders of the cult were secretly but thoroughly briefed on the situation.  Santa's days of climbing down the chimney for some milk and cookies would shortly come to an end.

A staff meeting of all the ministers of the Spiritual Rights Foundation was called.  In front of those present was Angela Silva.

You’d think a staff meeting was to inform the staff of important news or discuss relevant issues.  Not at SRF.  The regular staff meetings at the Spiritual Rights Foundation were something like a commie kangaroo court meets Jerry Springer with the dignity and sense of a crack house argument.  The bad staff meetings were even worse.

During this particular staff meeting, the subject of Santa’s relationship with the other member (that is the PUBLIC relationship) was brought up by Angela Silva for some reason.  Now, what business that woman has in a personal relationship is beyond me.  And by who's authority does she have to resolve a personal relationship in front of a room full of one's peers?  It’s probably beyond anyone whose brain hasn’t been damaged by SRF addiction.

But to the moth-eaten remains of Angela's drug addled brain, if Bill did it, it had to be right.  So, she embarrassed the woman involved (who didn't deserve that kind of treatment), embarrassed Santa (who probably should deserve it), the gathered staff members and herself by describing details of the relationship, while mocking and going out of her way to humiliate the two involved.

If that wasn’t enough, Angela brought up Santa’s PRIVATE relationship with the prominent member of SRF announcing the prominent member by name.  Apparently, there was a reason for her to announce it.  If it made any sense, I’d like someone to explain it to me.

Well, a relationship between two adults is anything but a private matter in the eyes of the Spiritual Rights Foundation.  So, in front of every one of the staff members of SRF, she asked Santa who he’d prefer to be with and was told to have a discussion with his paramour.

As directed, Santa pulled away his public girlfriend for a quick chat outside.  The assumption was he would try to explain himself, ask for forgiveness (which he’d probably get) and walk down the beach with her hand-in-hand.

Instead, he shocked the room by announcing he will shun his public girl so he can solidify his relationship with his private girl - kind of like John Edwards ignoring his cancer-stricken wife for his piece of ass on the side.  Or maybe like Tiger Woods fooling around when he’s got a starter for the Swedish Bikini Team at home. 

Far from being as shocked as the rest of the congregation, Angela Silva praised the decision.  She proceeded to embarrass and humiliate the public girlfriend while showering praise on Santa for his obvious good taste and for choosing the woman who will be his soul mate for now and in the afterlife.

Uhhhh… WHAT?

As it turns out, Santa’s private girlfriend was also a friend of Angela Silva.  So, Angela will ensure her friends will get what they want even if what they want comes as a result of immoral and unethical behavior.

Men, if you learned your friend was two-timing, would you at least tell him he’s playing a dangerous game no one could win?  Women, if you knew your suitor was two-timing, what part of his body would you like to cut off?

Well, there is no such thing as individual initiative at the Spiritual Rights Foundation.  The leader does the thinking for you.  And when your leader is a drug addict you may have some decisions better suited for a crack house than a house for wayward spirits.