After spending a week at my boyfriend's parents' house over the holidays, I was wondering if his mother and I would end up having some kind of heart-to-heart. My family holiday movie wish was answered when I found myself alone with her in the kitchen. As we prepared side dishes together for the Christmas dinner, we started chatting about old family recipes, histories, and the story of her marriage. I was delighted when I realized that she was really starting to open up to me, given that conversation for most of the week had been kept pretty tame. As she talked about the age difference between her and Boyfriend's father, she surprised me when she thought it'd be better if a wife was older than a husband instead of the reverse. Excuse me? I'd always heard people say the opposite. Better match in maturity and all that. Well, I couldn't wait to hear good reasoning from the other side.
Boyfriend's mother explained to me that when a man is older than his wife, he cannot perform and thus loses self-esteem. Without feeling comfortable talking about it with his wife, she too loses self-esteem. At this point, I was nodding my head, thinking about how hard it must be to retire and find a new sense of purpose in life. That's when I heard the word "viagra" and realized "perform" was meant in an entirely different way. The conversation continued, but I was too busy wondering where in the world Boyfriend was and why was he not in the kitchen with me??
Solution to this sticky situation? I have no idea. As soon as I had the chance, I ran away to the bathroom. I could not look Boyfriend's father in the face for the rest of the trip or stop thinking about Viagra.
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