Yesterday was a bad day. Yesterday our 95 year-old mother
told me more than I needed or wanted to know.
As we all know, her 88-year-old boy toy has been taking very
good care of Mom. Measuring out her meds, cooking and helping her with the
wash. He goes to the stores and does all her little errands as well as the big
ones, like taking her to the doctors. This is good.
Yesterday however, I asked her if her boy-toy was still
sleeping over at night to ensure that she is ok overnight, and she said ‘no’.
Then she told me something else I was totally unprepared for, totally out of
left field, and when she told me I dropped the relay to my brain!
“You know Joe, I don’t know what I’d do without him. He takes
very good care of me, we are very good friends, and when the Boy-Toy does stay
over it is because of bad weather, I don’t make him go home. Of course at our
age we don’t have sex.”
Since she told me that last fact, I won’t and can’t imagine
that kind of scenario. I have been losing weight, (11 lbs) and not sleeping
well, (all nightmares)! It took about 20 minutes to regain consciousness, and
another 20 minutes to gather up all my strength to stand up and run to the
toilet to heave!
The reason I am telling you this is because as I now know,
you should also. After all, if I am to take care of her affairs (a poor choice
of wording here), and keep you advised, you should know EVERYTHING!
If this keeps up, I am seriously asking you each to start
contributing to my medical and mental health plans. This is not too much to ask
since I am absorbing the initial shocks.
Love,
Your favorite brother under undue stress,
Joe-Joe
7 comments:
I know it's hard to believe our parents ever had SEX but apparently
they did in your case at least 5 times. But at 95 you can stop the
heaving and the nightmares. I'm pretty sure it's all innocent.
Of course it is Pat, obviously nothing happens, it's just the thought of it that strikes us all at one time or another, no matter how old we get!
You are so right about that. My
parents never had sex. My brother
and I are the immaculate conception.
Since I know the "boy-toy" personally, I can assure you that no matter what their age, sex would not have entered into the scenario.
Amen, Michele!
Sounds like you had a real bonding experience! Thanks for sharing!
More a surreal experience!
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