I’ve ignored Angie’s phone calls and texts since she popped up at my office Monday. Last night she called my phone three times back-to-back around 10pm while I'm watching TV with my wife, and I hit ignore on all three – I decided to step out onto my deck and answer the fourth phone call:Me: “Hello?”Angie: (in a drunk, uncontrolled emotional voice) “I’M ####ING SORRY! I’M SORRY I’M SORRY!!!"

Me: (In a very calm but directive voice) “Calm down – why are you yelling?”Angie: (In a lower voice, while sniffling) “I’m so sorry, I didn’t mean to come to your job. I didn’t mean to upset you.”Me: “o….k…?”Angie: “Things were going so good then I made you mad”Me: “Angie, things were never going good. We hooked up a few times, that’s it. That’s all it ever was.”Angie: “WHY ARE YOU DOING THIS TO ME?!?!”Me: “Yell again and I’m hanging up. Look Angie, we’re not dating; I’m married and as odd as this may seem to you – I’m happily married.”Angie: “NO YOU’RE NOT!”Me: “Angie, you’re one of many friends of mine. I loaned you money because you’re one of my many friends. I helped you out because you’re a friend – that’s it, a friend. That's all you'll ever be. And acting like this, I'm not sure I want you as a friend”Angie: “Now you’re going to throw MONEY in my FACE you ###hole?!?!”

Me: “Good bye”She kept yelling on the phone as I hung up. The phone rang again immediately but I pushed ignore and turn my phone off for the night. I go back in the house and sit down to finish watching TV with my wife. My wife looks puzzled and says:Wife: “Is everything ok? Is that work bugging you at night again?”Me: “No, that was Angie. She’s a crazy woman; she thinks I’m going to leave you for her”.Wife: “I told you go half strength on those young girls (my wife considers early 20s young girls. The "half strength" comment is a running joke between us). You show off on ‘em and try to break their little brains.”

Me:

We finish watching TV and go to sleep.