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Redding, CA -- When Molly Fishbeck showed up at her
neighbor's barbeque last Sunday, she was sure she would have
several chances to mention "the love of her life,"
Rick Gilbreth, whom she had been dating consistently for more
than 6 weeks and now officially her boyfriend.
"I really thought the barbeque would be an opportune
time to mention Rick because most people there had never met
me before and, of course, didn't know I had a boyfriend,"
Fishbeck said. "And of course, since I now have a serious
boyfriend, I didn't want any random guys hitting on me."
The chance never came, however, despite Fishbeck's repeated
attempts to turn the conversation into one about relationships,
and then eventually mention Rick.
"I was trying to be casual and just sort of end up talking
about him, but when I asked the other girls if they were dating
anyone, they quickly changed the subject to good books they
were reading. What a bunch of boyfriend-less losers.".
Molly quickly tried to think of what her new boyfriend might
be reading but she just drew a blank.
"I didn't know if Rick likes to read because our relationship
is so new, but it's just another exciting thing I will soon
learn about him —like his favorite color," Fishbeck
said. "I was going to say something like, 'Is there any
good book I could recommend to my new boyfriend?' but everytime
I tried, they just kept yapping away like a bunch of sad,
lonely girls."
Finally, after several hours, the host of the barbeque opened
a bag of chips, and Fishbeck was sure it was her opportunity.
"Rick has a very promising vending machine business
that he just started with his brother. And several of the
vending machines carry Doritos and other chips -- so I thought
this was just perfect," Fishbeck said.
Turns out it wasn't. Instead, another guest turned the conversation
into one about foods with high saturated fats you should avoid.
"She wouldn't shut up," Fishbeck said. "She
had all kinds of nasty comments about snack chips and Oreo's
and even those little bags of bite size Ritz crackers and
cheese. What was I supposed to say then? That my new boyfriend
was someone polluting the bodies of Americans because of his
potentially very lucrative new business? Rick would never
harm anyone on purpose or I wouldn't be so interested in him.
He's a really special guy and if they only knew him or heard
me talking about him, they would be super impressed."
"Instead, I just called them a bunch of bitches and
walked off with the bag of chips. I think Rick would have
really appreciated that."
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