Saturday, February 3, 2001
Generating Bonds - To LTF
My mom was up so I took a chance and read her both of your funny things. I figured, the woman didn't get married until she was 30, was in the Navy in "those" days, had a couple "fiancés" before she married, she'll think the bawdily genital description of eager young men is funny. I didn't prepare her and she said, "Oh, my!" But she laughed.
Living with this woman who's sensibilities are so unlike mine is a treat. I've lived too long on my own to even consider subsuming my earthiness around my mother and my mother has lived too long as an outwardly genteel person with a quietly searching heart to even consider approving of some of my earthy displays and interests. We both know, though, we're here together for the duration, we liked each other before we decided to do this and now it makes no sense to mince around one another. Neither of us likes to be uncomfortable in our home.
Living with this woman who's sensibilities are so unlike mine is a treat. I've lived too long on my own to even consider subsuming my earthiness around my mother and my mother has lived too long as an outwardly genteel person with a quietly searching heart to even consider approving of some of my earthy displays and interests. We both know, though, we're here together for the duration, we liked each other before we decided to do this and now it makes no sense to mince around one another. Neither of us likes to be uncomfortable in our home.
