One day my girlfriend asked me why one of my old girlfriends was calling me so much.  I explained that she just needed my help with a few things.  She then admonished me not to continue with too much talking because the former girlfriend might try to “put some stuff in my ear”  (There is a Spanish saying “To ‘urinate’ in someone’s ear”) in order to try to get me back with here.  My girlfriend was absolutely correct.

Prior to that conversation my former girlfriend and a friend of hers came over to my apartment because I hadn’t seen them in years.  We had a nice visit but one thing bothered me.  The Ex commented on how cluttered my apartment is. She wasn’t attacking me, but my girlfriend.  She feels like it is my girlfriend’s, who lives in another state, responsibility to straighten up my apartment.  I corrected her.  But a few days later she told me that she would come over and straighten up my whole apartment and how she would go about the make-over.  I didn’t entertain her offer because she was trying to extol herself at the expense of my girlfriend.  At first she made it seem like it was purely for my own good but then eventually she became forward in her advances.  Clearly her technique was to worm her way into my apartment and life and then into my heart.  I severed communication because I am no Orgon!

One of the reasons why Moliere wrote “Tartuffe” was because he wanted o expose the religious hypocrites who had worked their way into the lives of influential people and were greatly deceiving these officials.  Tartuffe was one of those hypocrites who had a detrimental affect on Orgon – the father and head of the household.  Tartuffe caused the division of the husband and wife relationship, the father / child relationship and master / servant relationship.

Due to Tartuffe’s influence Orgon proudly boasted that he was above caring about anyone else.  This was detrimental to all of his relationships.  Not only was he an inept husband, but a father without a clue.  And the deception was totally for the benefit of Tartuffe.  It wasn’t until he witnessed the deception firsthand did he change his attitude and view towards Tartuffe.

While I might not be an Orgon, I still know that it is important to be on guard against any person who might try to influence me for their own gains, to the detriment of those who really love and have proven themselves to me.  So, beware of those people who are trying to put stuff in your ear because they just might be trying to weasel their way into your home and Tartuffe you – to your destruction.