Sunday, August 30, 2015

Mono

I was standing in line at Starbucks on Thursday morning to get some pumpkin bread BECAUSE THIS IS AMERICA AND I CAN EAT PUMPKIN FLAVORED FOODS WHENEVER I WANT SO BACK OFF. I somehow accidentally pocket Facetimed Rebecca and she answered before I could disconnect.

Rebecca does this thing when she Facetimes where she holds the phone really close to her face so that only about 60% of her face is visible on the screen. While she's very beautiful even up close, this is always alarming at first. She also talks VERY LOUDLY on the phone.

And so, suddenly, giant Rebecca face appeared on my phone.

Rebecca: ELI, I HAVE MONO!!!!

Eli: [Mouths "sorry" to all 40 people who are now looking at him] uh . . . hi, Rebecca.

Rebecca: MONO!!!


Eli: Ok. Are you sure?

Rebecca: Yes. This isn't like one of my other diseases. I actually got tested for this.

Eli: Did you just finally admit that your gluten allergy isn't real?

Rebecca: DON'T CHANGE THE SUBJECT! I have mono and I got it from YOU!!!

[Everyone in Starbucks gives Eli a disapproving look. The woman in line next to him takes one judgmental step away.]

Eli: Ok. Why on Earth do you think you got this from me? I haven't even seen you since, like, May. You could have gotten this from anyone.

Rebecca: Are you implying I'm a hussy?!

Eli: No. And I'm not even convinced that you know what that word means. I'm just saying that it's unlikely that you got mono from me. We never even made out.

Rebecca: You don't have to make out with someone to get mono from them!

Eli: So how do you think I gave it to you then?

Rebecca: Well we lived together for so long and we shared food and toothbrushes all the time so I think you transferred the disease that way.

Eli: Uh . . . we did not share toothbrushes . . .

Rebecca: . . . oh . . . right. We didn't. I never used your toothbrush 20 or 30 times when I couldn't find mine. I didn't do that.

Eli: I think I just threw up in my mouth a little.

Rebecca: Anyway, I know I got this from you because you basically make out with the whole world so there's no way you don't have mono by now.

Eli: So now I'm the hussy?

Rebecca: You know you want that reputation so don't act all indignant.

Eli: Fine. But I don't think I have mono. I feel fine.

Rebecca: Probably because it's dormant in you!

Eli: Like my heart?

Rebecca: Just like your heart.

Eli: Well, even if I have mono, I really doubt I gave it to you. I don't think we shared food as often as you think we did.

Rebecca: That doesn't matter!

Eli: Hang on a minute, Rebecca. I'm at the front of the line. I need to order.

[Eli then places his phone on the counter in front of the Starbucks barista. Rebecca's giant face doesn't stop yelling.]

Rebecca: You sound JUST like those people who don't think they can get STDs from one-time promiscuity! You only have to be a whore once and then BOOM! GONORRHEA!

Eli: [To the mortified-looking barista] I'm so sorry. She's a troubled youth. This is a Big Brother program thing.

Rebecca: I CAN HEAR YOU! And for the record, I am NOT a troubled youth! I'm a very wholesome half-French woman and Eli has basically given me STDs against my will!

Eli: Hanging up on you now, Rebecca!

Rebecca: No! Wait!

Click.

~It Just Gets Stranger

16 comments:

  1. This entire post completely made my Monday.

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  2. Geez, way to give Rebecca mono. Pfff, typical.

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  3. Could we get mono by reading your blog?

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  4. I once read something that said 100% of Americans get mono by age 40. I think that means we're ALL hussies.

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    1. Thank God I'm Canadian.

      :D

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    2. Geez I didn't know we had a deadline. I'm 36 and I've never had it. Guess it's time to start making out with strangers.

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  5. I once got mono at the same time as meningitis. WANNA KNOW WHERE FROM?! MY ROOMMATES!!!(the mono not the meningitis) She actually gave all of us Mono. Or was it her boyfriend? ALL BECAUSE THEY ATE OUR FOODS!!!! I thought I was careful, but ALAS I got TWO diseases at once! And now its dormant in me... Except your mono story is more fun than mine cause I was so sick I just slept all the time and was boring, and my hair NEVER looked good cause I always had BEDHEAD!!! And if I had known about your blog back then I would have been jealous of your impeccable hair.. or did I know about your blog back then... maybe I did... I don't remember. But just know, your hair still looks great!!!

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  7. Eli, you should probably get tested for everything if you are really that much of a hussy! However I love pumpkin flavored pastries as well and would be happy to risk it to make out with you and your perfect self. I'm sure you're a great kisser.

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    1. Well, I think we have an offer on our hands, Eli. What are you going to do about it??

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  8. I got mono sharing water with my friends on a trip to Germany. I've never truly forgiven them.

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  9. I got mono in high school from the school drinking fountain. I won't drink from them anymore.

    Worst part - I found out the DAY after my boyfriend broke up with me. And he never got it. Stupid disease, couldn't even be good enough to curse the jerk who just dumped me.

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  10. My roommate was a nanny and was constantly bringing home diseases and always giving them to me, including mono. When she caught hand, foot, and mouth disease, I stayed at my office on an air mattress for a week and just facetimed her to make sure she was still alive and I didn't catch it.

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  11. Oh mono...the memories. The worst part is that I didn't know if it was from guy #1 or guy #2.

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