He didn’t mind.
Not really.
She tossed him out, she did. A punishment. For being “self-absorbed” and “unmotivated.”
Fair blame, it was. If needing quiet time was selfish, and if not finding it important to climb the never-ending escalator of social comparison, spelled lacking motivation.
Emily liked that stuff.
He did not.
A mismatch more than an actual problem.
For him.
He’d have to find better insulated housing before winter. But in the interim, the camper offered everything he needed.
Shelter. Nature. Quiet. Calm.
Perhaps he’d send Emily a thank you card. Next time he was in town.
For Rochelle’s Friday Fictioneers
Photo prompt © Bill Reynolds
Na'ama Yehuda 
Well, seems he got exactly what he wanted and needed!
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Yep! Funny how it works, sometimes, eh? 🙂
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He should!
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😀 I’m not sure she’ll appreciate it but … yeah! 🙂
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She would be shocked.
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LOL! Yep!
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😄
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Seems his needs were simple. It would never have worked with Emily
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Indeedee! 🙂
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There’s nothing like solitude. It’s my best place.
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Ah, some of us relish it, at least periodically, as a way to refill the batteries of our soul.. 🙂
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Na’ama Y’karah,
They say opposites attract. That’s not always true, is it? Sometimes they repel. I feel him in a very real way. Well done, and as always, happy to see you here.
Shalom,
Rochelle
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They may attract, but they may not always stay together … 😉
Glad to participate as I can! 🙂 FF is always fun. (Hey, I rhyme!)
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It seems she did him a favour!
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Seems so! 🙂
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An interesting take on the prompt, Na’ama.
Sometimes I struggle with how couples manage to stay together, or even find each other at all. But every good comedy team needed a straight person for the act. 🙂
Well done.
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Ha! Thank you, Bill! Yes, some couples leave me scratching my head. 🙂
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Probably what they both needed 🙂
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Probably! 🙂
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A bit like me telling someone I’m content… they never seem to see that means that I am happy with where I am at that particular moment. Not a lack of motivation, or an indesire to move, just a knowledge and wisdom that I am where I am for the time that I am there and that is good.
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Yep. It is good to know oneself and to accept that not everyone needs the same things to be content. 🙂
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Some personalities don’t work well together. They are better off moving on. Although he may come crawling back for winter.
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I have a feeling he will find a contented solution for winter, even if it is in the (insulated) garage … 😉
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everybody needs some space and room to breathe. hope they find ways to accommodate each other’s needs.
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Indeed! I hope they do, either together or alone!
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A match not good for either one of them. She’s free to find someone who can join her on the ladder and he can enjoy the quiet. I’m with him! I found the story to be very poetic. Nicely done, Na’ama!
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I agree, Brenda, and I am totally more toward his view of life (though, I do like me my critter comforts of running water and heat in the winter, so … a camper wouldn’t QUITE do it for me, unless in a pinch, I guess. And … to be fair, I’d rather sleep in a camper, by myself, than be forced into a pressure cooker of trying to catch up to the Joneses, which I never found to be a particularly endearing societal aspiration … 😉
Glad you liked!
Na’ama
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I wonder if it was a happily ever after for her, as well 🙂
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Who knows, perhaps it was! And if so, they both would move on and have their relationship chalked up to experiences in life, and move on from it! 🙂
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Happy Endings are good from time to time. Hoping she enjoys it as much as he appears to be.
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I hope so, too! It’ll be a happy-all-around ending! 🙂
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Maybe she was a trouble maker, or just wanted an excuse to be rid of him
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That could be … or, he might’ve been one himself, to her …
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Sometimes, being alone can be better than being with the wrong person.
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Exactly! And, I agree!
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So real, I enjoyed reading this.
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Thanks, Michael! 🙂 I’m glad you found it to be real! 🙂
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