Straight up

 Ron was dating a woman his age when he met me, but did not tell me for several years.  Somehow he got her to tell me they had only been friends.  

She had a niece about my age and it was apparent Ron had a crush on her.  Tiffany, though, had a boyfriend.  They got engaged and he left her, moved cross country, moved in with another woman, all about the time the song "Straight up" by Paula Abdul came out.  

He changed his mind, came back, apologized, she forgave him and they got married.  Ron was crushed but did take me to the wedding.  

In the meantime I had moved in with Ron.  The phone kept ringing; all these women were calling.  When I answered they would angrily demand to know who I was and would insist on talking to Ron, who would take the phone in the bathroom for a hushed conversation.  

I am pretty gullible but even I figured it out.  Ron had told me he was on the Telepersonals dating service when we met but had stopped; it was apparent he HAD NOT.  I confronted him after yet another irate phone call.  

He told me he thought I might change my mind about moving in with him (even though we had sex a month before that and I was talking about marriage); that he "didn't want to have to start over" so he had been talking - pretty seriously if I had to guess, and he "hadn't bothered" to tell them he was in a serious relationship now.  

"Straight up now tell me are you going to love me forever, or are you just having fun."

So I get very sad and angry when I hear a song I used to love.