September 23rd of 2009

Okay, so I get a text this morning (waking me up might I say) from my boyfriend, informing me that this weekend I'm going to meet his mother. What a wonderful way to start a day. For those that don't know me (aka, most of the world) I'm not a 'meet the mother' type of person. Since I didn't want to seem rude though, I said fine.

Now, I was left a with a problem. I have all kinds of lovely clothing, all of which I have no problem wearing around my boyfriend, but none of it is really what you'd wear to meet someones mother. I haven't had to meet someone's mother in over a year, you can see why my closet my be lacking just a little bit.

Lucky for me, I had a coupon for a store. Don't you just love coupons? They give you a reason to spend money when really, you have no reason to. I had my reason though, and I was empowered by that. So off I went to the magical world of spending money.

After an hour of so in the store, I slowly remembered why I didn't bother having 'family meeting' clothing. It's hard to buy something that says, "I'm constantly restraining myself from shagging your son in public, but I'm not a whore. I hope we can get along." That's almost impossible to get across. Most of the time it's either one or the other. Truthfully, if you can only have one, I'd pick getting along. Mothers aren't always happy about their son's sex life.

I'm happy to say though, that I found a lovely top that I believe is just edgy enough to barely hint at the sexy stuff, while still offering that friendship. I was very happy with this find. I hope I never have to meet someone's mother again for several years.

I can't wait to see my boyfriend though. We're both at different colleges, so it makes it hard to spend time together. I'm positively crazy about him though. It's not that raging, burning passion that I've had before. No, that burn out much too soon and you're left outside in your skivvies. What I've found with him is a sweetness that makes me smile and laugh. A slow learning of each other and an acceptance of our lives.

While the relationship is still new (if you haven't caught on to this, I request you return your attention to where I'm going to meet his mother this weekend. Please and thank you.) I'm looking forward to experiencing new thing with him. Life has been moving fast recently. It's my job to keep up the pace.