what the mothers say

My mother (89), when I told her Funny Guy (65) was living with me (62):
“I hope you know what you’re doing.”
Funny Guy’s step-mother of 45+ years (82) (whom he sometimes refers to as his mother) to Funny Guy, after she met me:
“Let’s hope this one lasts a long time.”
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Funny Guy & the sugar-low scowl; living together

It was Sunday 13 September, and Funny Guy and I were having company for dinner.
I was in the kitchen, and I looked over the counter to see Funny Guy with an odd expression on his face, a not-very- pleasant one.
Maybe he really doesn’t want company tonight, I thought. Maybe he doesn’t [...]

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I was looking at my ancient email at my now-defunct dating-email-address and discovered that Match had been sending me
Funny Guy’s profile for almost three months before we began communicating. However, there was no picture, so I didn’t see that beautiful silver hair and never went after him.
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my sleeping beauty

Okay, not exactly cropped, but identifying marks disguised with the “Paint” program.

four months & counting…

Funny Guy and I met Sunday 10 May at 6 p.m., more or less, in an Irish bar in Manhattan, so yesterday was our four-month anniversary.
That’s all I wanted to say right now; more soon.
Oh, and we still haven’t had a fight! — A few little bumps back in June & July, but nothing [...]

the material world of funny guy & mimi

What I mean is, the world of stuff that we both inhabit.
Okay, well, first of all, Funny Guy now has his own closet in my apartment.
Mostly “his own”: there’s only one shelf, and it’s full to overflowing with some of my younger child’s books and a suitcase, so there’s not a lot of room. [...]