🚨 Larry Had ENOUGH! He Throws Divorce Papers at Bethany and Demands Her Signature 😳
[Scene: Living room. Tension is thick in the air. Larry storms in holding a stack of papers while Bethany sits on the couch scrolling through her phone.]
Larry:
That’s it, Bethany. I’m DONE!
Bethany:
(looks up slowly)
Here we go again. What now, Larry?
Larry:
“What now?” REALLY? After everything you pulled this week, you’re asking me what now?!
Bethany:
I literally just got home.
Larry:
Exactly! HOME. Three hours late!
Bethany:
I told you I was with Amanda.
Larry:
Amanda posted a picture at 6 PM. You didn’t walk through that door until 10!
Bethany:
Maybe we went somewhere else afterward.
Larry:
Oh yeah? Then why’d your location say you were at Rico’s Steakhouse?
Bethany:
(starts panicking slightly)
You checked my location?!
Larry:
You left it shared! That’s not the point!
Bethany:
No, the point is you don’t trust me.
Larry:
Trust you?! Bethany, last month you “accidentally” maxed out my credit card buying furniture for a guest room nobody even uses!
Bethany:
It was on sale!
Larry:
THIRTEEN THROW PILLOWS IS NOT A SALE!
Bethany:
You’re being dramatic.
Larry:
Dramatic?! You sold my motorcycle while I was on a business trip!
Bethany:
You said you never rode it anymore.
Larry:
THAT DOESN’T MEAN PUT IT ON FACEBOOK MARKETPLACE FOR $800!
Bethany:
Well maybe if you spent more time at home instead of with your little golf buddies—
Larry:
Golf buddies?! DON’T CHANGE THE SUBJECT!
Bethany:
I’m not changing the subject. You’ve been acting weird too.
Larry:
Oh here we go. What did I do now?
Bethany:
Every time I ask where you are, you say “working late.” But your coworker’s wife told me your office closes at 6.
Larry:
Because I stop for food after work!
Bethany:
Every night?!
Larry:
I didn’t WANT to come home to another argument!
Bethany:
Maybe if you communicated—
Larry:
COMMUNICATED?! Bethany, I tried! I tried talking calmly. I tried counseling. I tried date nights. You spent the entire anniversary dinner taking selfies with the breadsticks!
Bethany:
The lighting was good!
Larry:
You tagged the restaurant before you tagged your husband!
Bethany:
You’re seriously mad about social media?!
Larry:
No. I’m mad because somewhere along the way this marriage turned into a reality show.
Bethany:
Wow. That’s harsh.
Larry:
You know what’s harsh? Finding out you signed us up for a couples dance competition without asking me!
Bethany:
You embarrassed me in front of everyone!
Larry:
I HAVE TWO LEFT FEET!
Bethany:
That’s because you refused to practice!
Larry:
Because normal people don’t tango at 8 in the morning on a Saturday!
Bethany:
(scoffs)
You always ruin everything fun.
Larry:
And you never take anything seriously!
Bethany:
That’s not true.
Larry:
Really? Remember when the plumber came because the sink exploded?
Bethany:
That wasn’t my fault.
Larry:
YOU POURED CANDLE WAX DOWN THE DRAIN!
Bethany:
TikTok said it would smell good!
Larry:
TikTok also said people could cook chicken in NyQuil!
Bethany:
Okay, fair point.
Larry:
(sighs deeply, exhausted)
I can’t do this anymore.
Bethany:
Larry—
Larry:
No. Listen to me for once.
Bethany:
…
Larry:
I wake up stressed. I go to sleep stressed. Every conversation turns into chaos. Every decision becomes a fight. I feel like I’m losing my mind in this house.
Bethany:
You think I haven’t been unhappy too?
Larry:
Then why keep pretending everything’s fine?!
Bethany:
Because I thought we’d figure it out eventually.
Larry:
Eventually turned into years.
Bethany:
(tearing up slightly)
So what… that’s it?
Larry:
(reaches into envelope dramatically)
Yeah. That’s it.
Bethany:
Wait… what’s that?
Larry:
(divorce papers slide onto the coffee table)
Sign them.
Bethany:
(stares in shock)
You’re serious?
Larry:
Dead serious.
Bethany:
You already filed?!
Larry:
I spent three hours at the lawyer’s office today.
Bethany:
Wow… so you planned this.
Larry:
I didn’t WANT to. But every time we try to fix things, it gets worse.
Bethany:
(picks up papers with shaky hands)
You really want to end a ten-year marriage over arguments and stupid mistakes?
Larry:
It’s not the mistakes, Bethany. It’s that neither of us is happy anymore.
Bethany:
So that’s it? You throw papers at me and suddenly we’re strangers?
Larry:
Don’t make this harder than it already is.
Bethany:
Harder?! Larry, you just walked in here and blew up our entire life!
Larry:
Our life’s BEEN blowing up!
Bethany:
Maybe because neither of us actually listened to the other!
Larry:
I listened plenty!
Bethany:
No, you waited for your turn to yell!
Larry:
And you turned everything into a joke whenever things got serious!
Bethany:
Because humor was the only thing keeping me from crying half the time!
Larry:
(pauses)
…What?
Bethany:
You think I didn’t notice you checking out emotionally? You stopped talking to me months ago.
Larry:
Because every conversation became exhausting.
Bethany:
Because we stopped acting like partners!
Larry:
…
Bethany:
(tears rolling now)
I know I messed up, Larry. I KNOW I’m difficult sometimes. But I didn’t think you’d actually give up on me.
Larry:
(voice softens slightly)
I don’t know what else to do anymore.
Bethany:
Maybe… maybe we stop screaming for once.
Larry:
And then what?
Bethany:
I don’t know. But signing those papers tonight won’t magically erase ten years.
Larry:
…
Bethany:
Remember when we couldn’t even afford this apartment? We ate ramen for two months straight.
Larry:
You burned the noodles every time.
Bethany:
(smiles through tears)
And you still ate them.
Larry:
Because you cried if I didn’t.
Bethany:
Exactly.
Larry:
(sits down heavily)
Bethany… I’m tired.
Bethany:
Me too.
Larry:
I don’t even recognize us anymore.
Bethany:
Then maybe we find out if there’s anything left before we end it completely.
Larry:
And if there isn’t?
Bethany:
Then I’ll sign.
Larry:
…
Bethany:
But don’t let our last moment together be you throwing papers at me like I’m some enemy.
Larry:
(looks down at the papers silently)
Bethany:
Because despite everything… I never hated you.
Larry:
(sighs deeply)
You still drive me insane though.
Bethany:
Yeah, well… you still leave wet towels on the bed.
Larry:
That is NOT the issue right now.
Bethany:
It absolutely is.
Larry:
(laughs despite himself)
Bethany:
See? That’s the first time you laughed in weeks.
Larry:
Don’t make me regret it.
Bethany:
No promises.
