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Chapter 3 – Tina and Carrie
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Within a couple of weeks, Tina visited an attorney and had divorce papers drawn up. She then called Bette and told her that she had met someone, and Bette would be receiving divorce papers within days. This was about a year after the separation. Bette was devasted.
Bette and Tina had telephone conversations about once a week in which they discuss Angie and her activities and well-being. Neither talked about what was going on within their personal lives except to announce that they would be traveling away from New York or Toronto.
Bette never imagined that this would be the result of Tina’s decision to go and search for herself. Bette went into extreme grief and then to extreme anger with Tina for the lack of communication she had with her during this process. She felt that Tina had simply dismissed all the years they had spent together and the work they had done to improve their relationship, the ups and downs without giving Bette the opportunity to respond to Tina’s discomfort. Even though she had remained engaged with Angie’s life, she avoided any meaningful communication with Bette on any other subject.
Three months after the divorce was final, Kit died. This had restarted the whole grieving process for Tina which was combined with the grieving process for Kit. With Kit, there had been closure. There had been a death which finalizes any relationship and then a funeral to say goodbye. There had been no closure in the relationship with Tina and very little discussion about anything except Angie.
Tina found Carrie in the living room reading art magazines which Bette still subscribed to.
Tina: I’m going to speak to Bette and then we need to go to the hotel.
Carrie: Is Angie alright?
Tina: Yeah, she’s fine. She is not pleased but it will be alright.
Tina walked to Bette’s office and knocked on the door and waited for Bette to respond. She then went in and found Bette with her reading glasses on working on a speech she was supposed to make in a few days. Bette saved her work and then removed her glasses and smiled slightly.
Tina: I’ve talked a little to Angie. I don’t think she is very happy about this. I can’t say that I blame her. I just walked away one day and now I’m announcing a new life. I never meant to hurt her, nor did I mean to hurt you. I am sorry that I did. I’m going to have to do some serious soul searching as to what to do about Angie. I feel so horrible right now.
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What can i say, Tina has seen the light and is finally going to try to talk with Bette about her decision to leave and then the divorce. She should have done that three years ago when she asked for time to figure herself out. The only positive i can say that she filled for divorce before getting in a relationship with Carrie.
So Carrie is nine years younger than Tina. Did Tina fall for the midlife crisis that she just throwed away her life with Bette, her supposed love of her life, just because Carrie, a much younger woman gave her attention when she was supposed to search herself and in the progress damaged her relationship with Angie because she without a real thought throwed away and moved away from her family?
And Carrie, damn, how could you think and say out loud that Bette should have done more and prepared Angie and that when Angie would see how happy they both are that Angie would be oh so happy for them while she feels Tina left her and Bette behind without any explanation and in Angie her eyes is starting a new family.
Both Tina and Carrie spoke after that with good insights but still, i really dislike how Tina handled everything in the past three years.
Best decision of Tina is to postpone the wedding. I don’t know if Bette is that open to a conservation with Tina, they need to talk but in my opinion on Bette’s timeline.
I can see that you are really involved in this story. This may not go exactly as you suggest. Let’s just say that the story will proceed in what I hope you will find to be a satisfactory manner and result. This particular scenario is a hard nut to crack and to make into a reasonable satisfying ending. But that is what Gen Q gave us – a totally unreasonable and unexplained breakup and then a fairy tale ending. And to top it off, they gave very little connection from the breakup to the reunion marriage. No continuity and no logic. And that is the purpose of this story is to suggest some path and method to get from breakup to happily ever after. Hang with me Bibi…. together we will get there. Or at least an honest attempt to get there.
Thanks for your comment.
Hey Martha,
Already posted my comment on chapter 4 before i read your reply to me.
GenQ was a disaster, no plotlines and left us bewildered. I’m glad you try to make sense of their breakup and their rekindled relationship and ultimately their second marriage.
I don’t care if you write it different than i expect, you are the writer and I’m in for this journey.
How can Tina possibly fall in love with anyone better than Bette…is Tina’s head so messed up she can’t see what’s right in front of her?? She was attracted to her in NY? That doesn’t seem to be the actions of someone trying to find herself.
Her moral background and conscious, lacked a bit, as she was ready to start looking again !
Good for Angie, laying it on the line as well, almost making it tough for Tina to thinking everything with her and Bette has been OK for the last 3 years !! Did she not really know Bette at all !
And what kind of mother only sees her daughter on high days and holidays? ☹️
‘She then called Bette and told her that she had met someone, and Bette would be receiving divorce papers within days. This was about a year after the separation. Bette was devasted’.
– This is an awful way to be told your being divorced, no wonder Bette was devastated, she didn’t know why she had no chance of fighting to save her marriage!
I can see how Tina wants to make it right with Angie and so she should be …. but it seems she is calling of the marriage to Carrie, very easily…almost to easily… did she really love her at all, I’m wondering?
Really getting into this, loving it
Janice,
Sometimes people simply do not think things through. They just respond in the moment. I think Tina was lonely. Carrie was young, attractive and showed Tina some attention. As you will see Carrie was convenient and she fit Tina’s lifestyle at the moment. Tina is totally consumed by her job and Carrie is only available part time. So read on and let’s see what happens.
Thanks for reading and commenting.