Mother was better behaved or maybe it just took more for her to get to Daddy. “Yeah and I’m pretty fond to you, too, Dickie,” I said. It didn’t happen. Right then it was my best friend. Thinking and experiencing just a little fear. We decided that if I hadn’t conceived by thirty-five we’d revisit that idea. My legs were weak and I wanted to get to my room, why was I wet and what was that feeling? When she left the den she stood in my doorway, she had tears in her eyes but a smile on her face. “God you’re a beautiful woman, I’m so lucky to have you,” was how he opened. I met Dickie while I was in college. It seems our mortgage payment to the Home Loan Society is two months in arrears. It just didn’t happen. The difference is, with our men it’s more than a dream, they’re living it.
