My first college boyfriend was an asshole. Like a huge, giant hairy asshole. He was mean, rude, snobby, obnoxious and cheap. Besides telling me that I reminded him of Wendy the Snapple Lady and that I was stupid for pledging a sorority (which, I learned later, was due to extreme bitterness from getting rejected from a fraternity 3 separate times), he would force me to listen to his crappy music and watch his even crappier TV shows (seriously. One time, he held my arms behind my back and made me stand in front of the television). But the piece de resistance from this gem of a gentleman was the time he bought concert tickets and we worked out an arrangement that if I drove his piece of shit car (this was. The worst car. Ever.), I wouldn’t have to pay for my ticket (I know you’re wondering how I let him get away). So I did. I drove his yellow submarine that couldn’t go above 50 miles per hour from Delaware to Philadelphia while he and my friend got high. Good times, good times. But the kicker was, on the drive back, he told me that “I really need you to pay me for your ticket tonight. I know I said that I’d pay for your ticket but I really can’t” (or something like that). And yes, I gave the fucker his money because fighting over a $25 concert ticket really wasn’t worth it.
Needless to say, the relationship didn’t last.
Even though he was an asshole of epic proportions, a couple of good things came out of our relationship. One, he bought me Twinkies. Two, I became really good friends with his roommate for the rest of the time he was at school. And three, I saw the movie “Easy Money” for the first time.
As if a movie with Rodney Dangerfield and Joe Pesci wasn’t enough to make it awesome, there was a Billy Joel song that ran over the credits (I’m from Long Island. Billy Joel is a religion). If you have not seen this movie, please go see it. The premise–“To inherit his mother-in-law’s colossal fortune, a hard living, gambling addict must change his unhealthy ways before it gets the best of him” (from imdb.com)–isn’t creative, but with Rodney Dangerfield as that hard living, gambling addict, it’s hysterical.
I couldn’t find a good video to accompany the song, so please bear with the awfulness of it. But the point is the song, and that point gets across. So, for today’s Money Tune Tuesday, I am pleased to present Billy Joel’s “Easy Money”. Listen and enjoy!
The one that got away!
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I know. It makes me so sad that it didn’t last.
What a winner… how do you get rejected from 3 different frats?
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Oh, I wish it were that simple. He was rejected from the same fraternity 3 separate times. He was that awful.
Haha oh well, these things are sent to try us, don’t think I would have paid for the ticket though! I will take a look at the film Easy Money. I wrote a post recently on my blog about the dangers of money success, so it should ber interesting to me.
It’s a really funny movie. I think you’ll like it.
As for paying for the ticket, I was easier to pay than to fight with him. He was a jerk.