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Post by kerouac2 on May 24, 2023 10:11:15 GMT
One of my major uncomfortable moments occurred at a party many years ago. The children of one of my friends were also in attendance, and the youngest (about age 3) suddenly asked his mother, "why are you always laughing with kerouac and never with papa?" The room was briefly silent, and then Marie said "oh, it's because he's always telling jokes." However most of the people in the room knew the real reason. Marie and I went to Rome, Brussels, Copenhagen, New York, Budapest and Jordan together while papa was, uh, babysitting with the help of the grandparents. This could not last of course. In any case, the marriage couldn't but Marie chose to end relations with both her husband and me at the same time. I never asked for an explanation. I didn't need one. We stayed in distant touch over the years but neither of us could deny that we had a permanent link. I received a text message from the 3 year old today (now age 30+) telling me that his mother died today.
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Post by mickthecactus on May 24, 2023 10:44:10 GMT
A sad story. Sorry.
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Post by bixaorellana on May 24, 2023 17:03:19 GMT
Yes, very sorry. No matter how much time has passed, she was an important part of your life.
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Post by mich64 on May 24, 2023 20:33:49 GMT
Very sorry to read of the loss of your friend Kerouac. May other memories bring you comfort at this time.
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Post by whatagain on May 25, 2023 4:21:33 GMT
Awkward moment but very telling... She did well to divorce but i don't get the part where she ended with you.
The only reason i am still married is that j can make mrs Whatagain laugh from time to time.
Well this and the fact i gave her nice kids. But she had a hand to it too.
Last good laugh was last month. My eldest was with us and introduced her new best friend. So i asked him how one called a deaf rabbit. He says, yes how ? And i yell RABBIT in his ear. He started and we all laughed for several minutes.
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Post by kerouac2 on Jun 1, 2023 17:29:34 GMT
If I am not mistaken, this is "Pride Month" in a lot of the world.
This caused me to remember the first time I ever noticed a same sex couple where one of the men was dressed like a woman. I had gone with my parents to a semi-fancy seafood restaurant in Santa Barbara, and this couple caught all of our eyes. I was 15 years old at the time and not particularly shocked since I already knew about transvestites (the term "trans gender" had not even been invented back then). It did not seem to disturb my parents either although we were small town people (unlike those of progressive Santa Barbara), but I suppose they already had more experience with this sort of thing. In any case, none of us discussed it, which is probably better than someone saying "look at that disgusting sight!" I remember thinking "they must be very brave."
We had gone to Santa Barbara specifically to see the new movie The Graduate (now you can look up the year if you don't know it already), which would not reach the hinterland for another two months or so. That is one of the elements that convinced me that my parents were progressive, especially the fact that they took me to see it, too, in spite of the years they spent claiming they were conservative, which I knew was not true.
What is horrifying is that this still remains an issue to a lot of people in 2023.
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Post by cheerypeabrain on Jan 21, 2024 18:35:28 GMT
Your Parents were excellent role models Kerouac.
bjd triggered a memory when she mentioned hummingbirds on another thread. When I was a young girl...4 or 5 years old I think, I was taken to a Zoo, it might have been the Regents Park one but I can't be sure.
I remember that we went into the Hummingbird House through an air lock type of entrace into a bright, colourful area full of light and tropical plants (probably nectar feeders too but I can't be sure). Tiny hummingbirds were flying around free in there...like jewels they were! There were iridescent green ones that were really tiny whizzing about (amongst others) only a few centimetres long..it was wonderful. Is it a true memory? I think it is, but who knows?
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