"Susie, your blogs are good but not as good as your old ones," Mom told me recently."That's because I have less time to write them."
I continue, "Do you want the more personal ones again?"
"Yes."
Here goes:
It used to be that most families went through the process of marriage as follows:
Boy meets girl, boy woos girl, girl plays hard-to-get, boy wins girl, boy asks girl's father for girl's hand in marriage, girl's father says okay, boy proposes to girl, girl asks if boy asked father for her hand in marriage, boy says yes, girl says yes, and so on.
Not in my family with our younger child:
Boy and girl meet, they woo each other, neither plays hard-to-get, boy and girl make first purchase with comingled funds, a Roomba, girl suspects boy is going to ask father for girl's hand in marriage and alerts father, boy asks father for hand in marriage, father says okay even though he knows that they'll do as they d--n well please, girl says yes, boy and girl try to make second purchase together, a house.
"Susie, did lawgirl and soda man (not their real names) get the house?" Mom asks.
"No, Mom. I'll let you know when I hear from them."
Next day:
"Susie, did lawgirl and soda man get the house?"
"No, Mom. I will definitely let you know when I hear from them."
Next day:
"Susie, did lawgirl and soda man get the house?"
"No, Mom. I promise to let you know when I hear from them."
Yesterday:
"Guess what, Susie," Mom said, "They got the house!!!"
"Oh. I didn't know that."
3 comments:
hahahahaha So true. My aunt Vi ALWAYS knew everything before anyone in the family. Times may change but love stays the same. (And mamas seem to also stay the same. LOL)
Yea, lawgirl and sodaman!!!
I sure hope that lawgirl and sodaman repaint the house--that color is enough to make me throw up. Lawgirl, however, complained to me that I didn't raise her right--I never told her how much paint cost!
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