The Very, Real, Wicked True Story of Betty

When we opened our retail store, we thought it was important to have a male mannequin. Just try to find a friendly one. They all look stressed out and grumpy. After many determined nights of googling, we found Wesley. He was smiling, relaxed and we knew he would fit in perfectly. He became extremely popular amongst our customers, so popular, we followed suggestions and gave him his own blog. He has done a great job selling men's aprons. Customers love him. We love him. We love him so much that we thought we would find him a girlfriend.
It seemed so simple, there is a red headed female version of Wesley. She is named Betty. They looked perfect together. We paid our money and awaited shipment. Nothing happened. We phoned and were told that the delicate packaging would take time. Ok, we waited more, still nothing. In the meantime, Betty's planned blog had begun, without Betty....Oops.... still we trusted our Betty would arrive soon.
Still no Betty. The lovely company spokesman offered to check our now very late order. He returned our call and explained that Betty was no longer available but they would make us one since we had pre-paid a while ago. We forgave the lovely gentleman for not letting us know this back when we were told to await the delicate packing that was taking place for the non-existent Betty. Since we had a campaign planned for the lovelorn Wesley and a blog in place for the non existent Betty, we sat patiently awaiting the newly cast Betty.
Three months later, Betty arrived. Estatically, we opened the box only to find a different Betty than we had ordered. What was there left to do after all this but weep. As if by some weird joke, lovely customer service man left us a phone message excitedly wanting to know how happy we were...???.....
Instead of red headed, brown-eyed Betty to match Wesley, we received brown headed, blue eyed, Betty with different skin tone and a head position that looks over you instead of the 50's demure housewife look. Who knew this Betty even existed? The work order in the box wasn't even ours. Where is our Betty? After months of this ongoing attempt to purchase Betty, we felt worn out, lost and grieving for the real Betty we apparently would never have.

The 1950's Betty we ordered.
The Betty that arrived.


We can't be sure Wesley can find love with this bold updated version of retro Betty....:(...We will always grieve for real Betty and the love that may have developed between Betty and Wesley.