Betsy and Sal
How to Host the College Boyfriend
A hint of Southern hospitality plus an “Application to Date My Daughter” equals one mother's way of hosting a suitor.
There are lots of ways to host a child’s suitor. I’m trying to figure out which of them suits me. Usually, the Mason-Dixon Line serves as more than an historical marker for me. I think of it as a contemporary cultural divide: they like Sweet Tea, we like it straight; they favor rocking chairs, we sit on Adirondacks; they eat grits, we grit our teeth. But every now and then, I recognize the Deep South gets a few things right. Take hospitality. No. Let me be more specific. Consider a gentleman caller. That’s what’s about to happen at our house. In a few days time, we’ll be playing host to our college-aged daughter’s out-of-town beau. This visit has thrown me into a tizzy. First of all, there’s the easy stuff, like maniacally getting the …
Stan Golovchuk
2:41 pm on Saturday, July 21, 2012
OMG too funny. more ›