Strange laws of attraction in this universe…

Perhaps it is my Jupiter conjunct my Ascendant, or some sort of cosmic payback for all those years spent waiting for things to get better… but (knock on wood) I am a very lucky person.  When I really want or need something, I find that it just shows up on my doorstep, so to speak, more often than not.  This is a wonderful thing that I took for granted, until I realized that not everyone seems to have the ability to attract whatever it is that they need… but can also result in some unique situations.

When my ex filed for the divorce, I wasn’t really prepared for the logistical challenges.  Most importantly, this meant I’d not found a lawyer.   Thankfully, friends helped me see that I needed to take care of this, and was able to find an attorney that helped me through the process–and a relative that would help me with the financing.  (Thanks, Mom…I rather hope you aren’t reading any of this, actually, but if you do… thanks.  Now, stop reading any additional posts.)

Thing was, I’d spent much time and energy focusing on how I needed an attorney, so just getting one for my own divorce was evidently not enough.  Not two days after I’d found one, I was at a party where another lawyer, who I’d been acquainted with, but didn’t know me, followed me until I decided to stop for coffee rather than going home. 

We ended up seeing each other off and on for a few weeks, and it was an interesting experience.  Really, the most interesting part was that the house I was living in had a low flat roof… and one night, he wanted to come over but I wouldn’t let him in the house because the kids were home.  I don’t have too many absolute rules in my life, but that is one of them…  Anyway, I told him we could hang out outside for awhile, and we ended up hooking up on the roof!  The kids didn’t realize anything… but evidently I wasn’t much concerned about the rest of the neighborhood! 

That was pretty much the highlight there, it is all about having a good story, after all.  It may be the last one, too… I’d probably break my neck trying to do anything on the roof of this house!  It may or may not be worth mentioning that the fellow was married.  (Yeah, before you say anything, not my vows!)

Rather than just deal with reality, he would get all feeling guilty, which I thought was a little strange–if you are going to cheat, you might as well have fun and not get all worked up and feel guilty!  Otherwise, don’t cheat!  Dealing with someone else’s guilt feelings when they are the one pushing and calling and such… who has time for that!

Anyway, in addition to the example above, it seemed that all the people that I met and were interested during that period of time were also lawyers!  One single, others married, all of them kind of appearing in sequence and providing a fairly wide selection of unsolicited legal opinions on the divorce process… and all that ended and I started meeting a variety of new people soon after it was final.  Strange dynamic, and I can’t say I’m sorry that it is over!  Really, not my first choice among professions… give me a guy with a job that provides an obvious sexual innuendo (such as riding a farmer’s tractor, just to give an example).  And yes, I’d vouch for that being a good time.

Just as an aside, the single lawyer wasn’t too memorable, except for a couple things.  One, I kid you not, he actually said (among other things, and while in bed) “Oh my God, I love your politics.”  I don’t think that is a euphemism.  He meant my actual political views.  Which are awesome, to be sure, but it was a little strange.   The other thing was he offered me a glass of water, and then it was a choice between like 6 different kinds of bottled waters.  Come on… nobody needs to be that high-maintenance!  

Yeah, the other thing was he announced that it was his first time with anyone after his divorce (which was a while.)  Then he asked if it was mine, and I just said, ‘you know I’m not divorced yet” and left it at that.  So then later he’s like ‘you know, I don’t want just sex, I want a real relationship… yeah, which was painful for me to hear, and the best I could do was “but you do want to have sex, right?”  It became clear pretty quick that we were not exactly compatible!  (But I do have great politics!)  I hear there are women all over that are actually looking for relationships… why bother me? 

Anyway, with my legal issues under control, I seem to be on track to meeting people away from the world of law.  Which is great.   Hmmm… what’s next?

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