Message-ID: <42589asstr$1053688207@assm.asstr-mirror.org> X-Original-Message-ID: <20030523031835.7690.qmail@web13308.mail.yahoo.com> From: Marianne Writes <marianne_writes@yahoo.com> X-ASSTR-Original-Date: Thu, 22 May 2003 20:18:35 -0700 (PDT) Subject: {ASSM} Marianne, Part 3 Date: Fri, 23 May 2003 07:10:07 -0400 Path: assm.asstr-mirror.org!not-for-mail Approved: <assm@asstr-mirror.org> Newsgroups: alt.sex.stories.moderated,alt.sex.stories Followup-To: alt.sex.stories.d X-Archived-At: <URL:http://assm.asstr-mirror.org/Year2003/42589> X-Moderator-Contact: ASSTR ASSM moderation <story-ckought69@hotmail.com> X-Story-Submission: <ckought69@hotmail.com> X-Moderator-ID: dennyw, gill-bates It's been so long since I sat down to work on this series, that I can hardly remember where I left off. It's pretty hard to write about; my experiences with David changed me so much as a person, and none of it for the better. I did things I never would have done for anyone else; put up with lies that other guys I'd dated would never have dared to try with me. All because I loved him... at least who I thought he was. But that was a lie too. You should probably read parts 1 and 2 to get up to speed. -Marianne_Writes After a while, his Vivian persona got a little tired. I think it had a lot to do with the fact that "she" was female, and being that I'm strictly straight, it didn't really allow flexibility for us to take this net flirtation to the next level. So then came Gregory... and this is where it got weird- not that it wasn't already sickeningly weird at this point. Before I read David's story, I was a once in a blue moon erotica reader, but afterwards, I read at least several times a day, always hoping that I'd find another story about me... I guess since he never had the respect to say how he felt about me in real life at the time, I took the stories to heart, and believed against hope that he wouldn't spend so much time writing about me unless I really mattered in some way.) Anyway, one morning, I awoke to one of the most beautiful romance stories that I'd read in a while. Through the Vivian phase, David and company (no one person could write THAT much, so I realized along the line that he must have had some help) had taken to writing BDSM stories about me...of course I was always the sub/masochist. At the time, I wasn't sure what had given him that impression about me, but in retrospect, looking at what I took from him over time, I realize that I was a masochist. Even if I'd never been one until then, my love for this man made me see right past his flaws...I put up with such horrible things from him, that there's no way I could have come across as anything but a masochist. I ended up becoming intrigued by the stories however, and did learn about the lifestyle...I still have some interest--one of the less damaging things I've brought away from my time with Dave. Anyway, there was this beautiful story that centered around a character that seemed to be modeled on me...a woman with a rough life who fell for a guy from work who treated her the way she'd always dreamt of--nicely, of course. I wrote the author, telling him how great the story was, knowing that it was Dave, and guess what? This time, he was a little more forthcoming. The description of himself was the David I knew down to a T...right down to his age being "a few shanked punts short of 40." The only difference was that he called himself Gregory...I could understand that--he needed some level of anonymity, and I didn't give my real name either, so why should he? We talked even more than I talked with Vivian... for hours at a time, about everything, and we flirted mercilessly. I know it seems strange to a degree, but I felt safe sharing things about myself because I knew that it was David. I'd never been one for chatting on the net with strangers, and the only reason I did so in this case was because I knew who it was. He was a tease about it, and never admitted who he was, but he knew things about me that he could never have known unless he knew me. Things about my eyes, my hair, my habit of blowing my hair out of my eyes...little things like that. It drove me up the wall that we couldn't just say to hell with this stupid game and be together in real life, but I guess when you see someone as nothing more than a game to be played, her hopes and expectations don't really matter. Long story short, a few months and about a hundred erotic stories about me later, Gregory changed his story. He said that everything he'd told me about himself previously was a lie to protect his identity...that he was older, married with kids (but separated), and lived out West--and if that was okay with me. I was so used to Dave's quirks at this point, and had already fallen so head over heels for him, that if he wanted to play this stupid game, I'd play along.... And truth is, I knew so little about the real David, that it was possible that he had a separation with kids involved...I really had no clue, but felt that if I wanted him, I'd have to stick by him--and I'd be there for him when the separation was permanent. It continued like this for months more, and our "feelings" for each other never seemed to wane. As always, even though we'd never "met" as Gregory and my alter ego, he still always reassured me with tidbits from real life. In real life, Dave and I still met casually for the occasional fling, never mentioning our online lives, but he'd always drop a hint...a phrase that we'd used online or something, or an inside joke, like how "inappropriate" something was or wasn't, to let me know that it was him...or if we were chatting online, he'd say something verbatim that he'd said during one of our steamy encounters in real life. It was him, and we both knew it. It wasn't all just sexual during this time. Much of it seemed to be genuine friendship to me. David even helped me out financially when I needed it, which as a broke co-ed meant fairly often. He promised to always be there to take care of me when I needed him, and I took him for his word... big mistake, clearly. So many nights that I've spent alone, crying myself to sleep because of things he's said or done. So many nights when I felt like ending my life because I was so hurt that someone I cared so deeply for would be so callous about my feelings. As much as I loved him, I grew to hate him almost just as intensely, for what he put me through mentally and emotionally. Anyway, after almost a year of this insane asylum crap, we began to talk of meeting. My God, it was like heaven for me, thinking that we'd finally meet face to face as two adults who cared for each other. I was so happy at the thought that maybe he really did respect me...that he didn't see me as this naïve little girl who was just a game to play during his downtime. It meant so much to me that we were taking this next step...that he would finally take me out, spend time with me, be proud to be seen with me in public, look me in the eyes and tell me face to face all of the things he'd been saying for almost a year. It's easy to say things online...but actions speak louder than words; and I knew that even though he was great to me when we kept things "anonymous," that in real life, his actions spoke volumes about his rejection of me. Sex with him was never what he said it would be; he always promised tenderness, and an honest display of his desire...the way it was when he wrote for me. In real life, I got hurried thrusts, then a quick boot out of his apartment door when he'd cum. I'd always feel terrible, walking out the door alone and back to my dreary life, where he'd be my internet friend, but a user in real life...was he that ashamed to have me as a part of his life, that he always felt that I had to be hidden? I could never reconcile the two, the acceptance and desire for me in anonymity, but flat out rejection through any other medium, and it hurt so much. I've always believed that actions speak louder than words, but I wanted soooo badly for Dave to be the exception to that. I hoped and wished so hard that things would turn out the way he kept saying they would, but they never did. We set up a date to meet. I was so excited; nervous, but excited. By now, I'd accepted the fact that his friends were involved in this, and I figured that someone with his time constraints needed some way to keep a handle on things; what good friends they must be if he could trust them this way. Anyway, ironically, the night that we chose to meet was almost a year to the day when I'd read the 1st story he wrote about me. I was excited all day, like a little girl, that he'd finally come and sweep me off my feet the way he promised he would. That he'd be a part of my life, and we'd be able to see each other more. I just thought I'd finally get to be a part of his life in the way he made me yearn to be through his stories and words. I fretted all day... when the time finally came I was ready to jump out of my skin. The way I felt when I was on my way to see him only made the way I felt when I realized what was going on that much more devastating. There really was a "Gregory" waiting there for me. It was a complete stranger. I was devastated. I know that it was David the entire time...he made sure that I knew in indirect ways. My heart dropped in a way that I can't even explain. All of the promises, all of the sweet words, and vows of friendship. It was all a lie... and even this Gregory guy...even if part of my friendship was with him through David, he was a liar too and just as repulsive to me as David was by now. I didn't know what to do. Here was someone taking the place of who I expected. Someone completely unknown to me. Just imagine yearning after someone for an entire year...yearning to smell them, to be in their arms, to be comforted by them when you're distraught. Imagine accepting financial gifts of help from someone whom you trust; that's the sort of thing I never do...I'd never taken money or any help from anyone in my life...but I love and trusted Dave, and he was the only person that I'd ever even wanted to help me. I couldn't believe what was happening. All of the things we talked abo ut doing this night...the potential for intimacy the way he'd been promising all along. I was disgusted. Here was this total stranger, who was pretending to be a friend of mine...this stranger who I was now financially indebted to...I couldn't believe that he even brought up the erotica I'd written in response to him, and how hot it was...I felt violated almost--I'd written those stories for David, not him! Did this absolute stranger think I was some sleaze who met men off the net, then talked to them about my erotica? My writing has always been very private to me...I was so repulsed that he would even bring it up, especially as we both knew that I'd showed up there to meet him under false pretenses...I couldn't believe that Dave could do this...my thoughts that night were murderous. Of course, because I wasn't interested in giving myself to Gregory, the money that he'd given me was no longer a gift, but a loan to be paid back in full. And to this day, they both deny knowing the other...David reacted as though I were a nut case when I confronted him angrily in real life...bastard. This story is very strange, I know that...strange but true, and another saga in my fucked up life. I still don't know what the point of all of it was. I know that it was David all along; so why did they do what they did? To hurt me? Maybe David passed me along to the lonesome Gregory, thinking that a poor girl like me wouldn't mind as long as I was getting financial help? Maybe I come across as hooker material...that would explain why he never wanted to be with me in real life other than for quick, rough sex. I don't know...but every time I think about it, I feel physically ill. We still email once in a while, but to me it's more about my obligation to pay back the money that they helped me with, more than anything; they could force me to pay now, when I really don't have it, but at least they're giving me leeway until I have some semblance of a career. As long as they're allowing me that leeway, the least I can do is be civil. I think that what tears me apart the most inside is how something that for me started so purely could turn out to be so evil and base...I simply loved David... I didn't care about money, looks, how successful he was or wasn't. He seemed bright and caring and erotic and I wanted him in my life. I loved him more than I ever thought I could love a man, and he took advantage of that. He broke my heart and my spirit, and on top of that I owe him thousands of dollars. I guess I paid for the full masochist treatment. There's clearly not much that's erotic about this story, unless you're a sadist. I really did need to get this all out for my own sanity though. I don't know if there's much of a moral to this story, other than never trust anyone, no matter who they are. This has been a purely selfish cathartic exercise...what else can I say? Thanks for reading. -Marianne --------------------------------- Do you Yahoo!? The New Yahoo! Search - Faster. Easier. Bingo. <1st attachment begin> <HTML removed pursuant to http://assm.asstr-mirror.org/erotica/assm/faq.html#policy> <1st attachment end> ----- ASSM Moderation System Notice------ Notice: This post has been modified from its original format. 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