Dr. GURU speaks,
A couple walk into a busy pub. Around them draughts are downed and the spirits have God’s speed. They get their drinks and sit down.
A group of blokes sit next to them on the table and a conversation ensues. With merriment, the rounds go round.
Later on, the man excuses himself to go to the toilet. One of the blokes, having got friendly with the woman, seizes his chance and asks her if she has a boyfriend. "No. He's just a friend" she replies. "Jack-Pot" he thinks..."All I need now is to get this pesky friend out of the way". So he gets one of his mates to keep the "friend" pre-occupied.
After a few minutes the man starts to head back to his woman, but is stopped in his tracks..."Why don't you stay here for a little longer. Besides, my mate is looking after her". The man now gets concerned..."Look here, she's my girlfriend!" he spurts out. "She says she's not, so get the hint!". Enraged by what is happening the man screams out "Don't you guys dare touch her". There is a punch-up, and the man gets beaten up and chucked out of the pub.
The woman is oblivious to what has transpired, and continues drinking and laughing with the new bloke. She then gets a tap on the shoulder from one of the barmaids and is told that the man she came in with has been involved in a fight and has been barred from the pub. The woman is furious that the man has embarrassed her in her local drinking-hole and in front of her new friends. She doesn't want to waste a good night out and definitely doesn't want to spend the night with her out-of-control "boyfriend", and so decides to stay out.
Meanwhile, the man is slouched on a corner-street with broken bones and a bloody face. He picks himself up and goes to her house to see if she is OK and to explain what has happened.
By this time the woman has started to head home. Her new friend has offered to walk with her and she has gratefully accepted. On the way home she tells him of all her woes. They hold hands throughout and she is comforted. At her door she hugs and kisses her new friend. Thankful for being so well looked-after she exchanges telephone numbers with him. The boyfriend has been waiting round the corner all night for her, only to see her hand-in-hand and arm-in-arm with another man. He walks away a truly broken and defeated man.
The next day, still not-having heard from his girlfriend, he goes to her house. On his way there he spots her with the new man having coffee. Dejected and sullen he limps home and wonders what he has done wrong.
The next day he comes to her house again. She is not there. He is used to her running away, and decides to go to the coffee-shop to find her. She is there, but with another man. He does not know this man. There are many men whom are close to her. This may be just another friend, but he does not know. Plucking up courage, he approaches them and says hello. "I am"..."a friend" she finishes the sentence. The man, not wanting to cause a scene, complies.
Later that night, the two speak on the phone and the woman says "You know you are still my boyfriend". With a broken heart and broken bones the man replies "I know".
The GURU must now sleep.
