i'm not even sure why i'm bringing it here,
but i figure it couldn't hurt to throw it
around or, at very least, vent a bit about it.
i have these clients -- kana and joel -- who
are pretty kick ass. they are a young,
well-to-do couple that really like blowing
money on superficial shit.
they have hired me before in the past to
make up some incredible designs to give to
each other yadda yadda... and i REALLY like
working with/for them because they like
high style shit... and dropping a few
hundred at a time to see that its awesome.
as a side note, i really respect that.
not the fact that they pay out the ass for
stuff... but because they respect the art
of floral design enough to know that you
can get some really cool ART from flowers
without having to fence yourself in with
typical, cliche designs.
anyway....
kana comes to me the other day... really
gay and giddy and she asks me to make up
a few things for herself -- to which i
readily agree.
during the conversation, kana thrusts out
that she and joel are getting a divorce...
(which stuns me immediately) and that
she is selling her house and wants something
awesome to put in there while her house
is being shown to potential buyers.
ok... all that extra detail is unnecessary...
kana and joel *celebrated* their anniversary
just a couple of months ago... an no wind
of this sort of shit ever crossed my mind.
NOW i find out that they are getting a
divorce... and apparently pretty darn fast.
at least fast enough that she is slapping
the house up on the market without a breath
otherwise.
i couldn't tell if she was secretly choked
up about it and pretending to be happy...
or if she was really really happy to be
rid of his ass. she claims the reason for
the divorce is: "he's just freakin' crazy"
(as she tells it)
hmmm... ok
"they all are," i respond as a cliche retort...
to which she quickly blurted out something
along the lines of wanting to hang out
with me and go do something..... ANYtime...
i said "sure" in the normal professional
way... assuming that it was something
i should say in such circumstances...
but later in the day, i went to her house
to bring her shit... and she was really
pushing me to hang out with her.
now THIS is the issue... because while i
think she is ok for a client... i'm a bit
leary about the whole thing. it's not that
i wouldn't mind hanging out with her, etc...
its the fact that i REALLY prefer her as
a client... and i want to keep her business.
i fear that perhaps i may be some sort of
curtain for her to mask the divorce issue
(or something relative) and i dunno that
it would be a good idea.
i'm caught 50-50 in this situation because
i could easily develop something decent
from this er... association. but at the
same time, if she IS using me to cover up
her feelings or situation... i'm afraid that
its a bad foundation and shit may happen.
perhaps she just wants a non-biased 3rd
party to play around and vent with...
fine
but i guess i feel a bit odd about it and
i'm not sure what to do.
yep, thats it.
oh yeah... and let me just say that her
arrangement kicked sweet ass... [img]cool.gif[/img]
