Can’t call him Fake if the guy doesn’t even exist, right?

Fake, Invisible, Non-Existent, Invented…they all have their nuances, and so did my boyfriend.

I was starting 6th grade and I was one of those girls who had never kissed a boy before, let alone held hands with one. I was dreading all the other girls teasing me, even friends at the time made fun of me.

I didn’t want to be singled out as a loser.

So, I invented a boyfriend. And everyone believed me! Because I’m that good at character building.

So get this:

My dad at the time worked for a company that would contract him outside of the province, oftentimes in other countries, like Mexico. He got to travel loads during his time working with them. And he often worked with other folks, in association, for a said contract to sell the product the company made.

So it was totally legit when “an associate of my dad’s from Quebec City visited our city for a few weeks over the Summer with his family.”

I’ll have to ask my dad if he ever was contracted in Quebec City for a time.🤔

My boyfriend was the son of that associate. His name was Jean-François. Very common name and totally legit. (Translates to John-Frank in English, just about.)

I’m sure there are tons of men called Jean-François from Quebec City.

Uh, hi. (waves sheepishly) Sorry I used your likeness.

So anyway, they drove down from Quebec City to spend the Summer here, and my dad and his non-existent associate arranged some family outings for us all to meet and hang out. It actually wasn’t uncalled for my dad to do that with folks he worked with.

• So they came over for an afternoon in the yard and supper.
• We joined them to go to the Botanical Gardens. (That’s when we held hands for the first time.)
• We hung out with our dads while they had meetings so we could sit around and chat.

Talk about fleshing out a character’s whole backstory.

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