It’s written as though you’re sitting across from me at my kitchen table, the way friends usually do —— storytelling while enjoying a nice cuppa hot tea.
My husband who claims Native American ancestry, was raised with no boundaries, wary of government, & the 1st & 2nd amendments are practically tattooed on his forehead. He probably recites it as a lullaby before he sleeps. Ha ha.
When I host dinner parties at my house, my best friend, comparable to Alexandria O-C, her husband, a 6’4 fun-loving kind of bohemian, speaks over everyone with a loud northern British accent, then attempts to keep the peace by replenishing our champagne glasses to the rim with a bottle of bubbly rose during disagreements about touchy things. Meanwhile, “back at the ranch,” our other guests, play loud country music dancing under the influence of Cabernet and chases it with Mary &Juana.
Hope you’ll be able to continue to be friends. So difficult to see people we love make baffling changes. My sweet sister-in-law was a Catholic (albeit one who felt she had “lost her saints”) when she met my Jewish brother, and they were married by a rabbi under a chuppah. They remained agnostic for 10 years. When their kids were toddlers she joined a right-wind evangelical church , and now believes the earth is 4,000 years old, Harry Potter is evil, and nonbelievers who have not been “born again” will be “left behind” when all the believers are physically swooped up to “Heaven”. She has a high school education and has been homeschooling the kids since kindergarten (they’re now 14 & 15). The teachings are based on a fundamentalist Christian curriculum. They voted for Trump in 2016. Luckily they live in S. FL while we live in central FL so we rarely see them and maintain a friendly relationship. I love her but can’t respect her religious or political beliefs ( which we never discuss).
It’s unfortunate we now live in a world where certain personal beliefs make you a piriah in either camp. I avoid discussions of this nature as I’m sure I would loose some that are very dear to me. It’s unsettling and depressing. Thank you, as always, for sharing your thoughts and experiences.
Thank you, Hugo.
What a fun read!
It’s written as though you’re sitting across from me at my kitchen table, the way friends usually do —— storytelling while enjoying a nice cuppa hot tea.
My husband who claims Native American ancestry, was raised with no boundaries, wary of government, & the 1st & 2nd amendments are practically tattooed on his forehead. He probably recites it as a lullaby before he sleeps. Ha ha.
When I host dinner parties at my house, my best friend, comparable to Alexandria O-C, her husband, a 6’4 fun-loving kind of bohemian, speaks over everyone with a loud northern British accent, then attempts to keep the peace by replenishing our champagne glasses to the rim with a bottle of bubbly rose during disagreements about touchy things. Meanwhile, “back at the ranch,” our other guests, play loud country music dancing under the influence of Cabernet and chases it with Mary &Juana.
It’s cliche but “all we need is love.”
Hope you’ll be able to continue to be friends. So difficult to see people we love make baffling changes. My sweet sister-in-law was a Catholic (albeit one who felt she had “lost her saints”) when she met my Jewish brother, and they were married by a rabbi under a chuppah. They remained agnostic for 10 years. When their kids were toddlers she joined a right-wind evangelical church , and now believes the earth is 4,000 years old, Harry Potter is evil, and nonbelievers who have not been “born again” will be “left behind” when all the believers are physically swooped up to “Heaven”. She has a high school education and has been homeschooling the kids since kindergarten (they’re now 14 & 15). The teachings are based on a fundamentalist Christian curriculum. They voted for Trump in 2016. Luckily they live in S. FL while we live in central FL so we rarely see them and maintain a friendly relationship. I love her but can’t respect her religious or political beliefs ( which we never discuss).
It’s unfortunate we now live in a world where certain personal beliefs make you a piriah in either camp. I avoid discussions of this nature as I’m sure I would loose some that are very dear to me. It’s unsettling and depressing. Thank you, as always, for sharing your thoughts and experiences.
WOW!!!