Both my maternal grandmother and grandfather have been dead for years now (she in the late 1980s or early 1990s and he within the last decade), they married each other when ... more Both my maternal grandmother and grandfather have been dead for years now (she in the late 1980s or early 1990s and he within the last decade), they married each other when they were both 20 years old, but I found out late in life that shortly after my mother and her younger sister were born to them, my grandmother left my grandfather for another man. She then lived with that second man on and off for a few years until his death from alcoholism. All of this happened before my mother was a teenager. I am not aware that my grandparents ever reunited as a married couple.
When I was born, my grandmother was living with another man who took very good care of her. I knew from a young age that he was not my grandfather, and it was sort of a hush-hush yet open secret throughout that they were not married to each other. That was considered scandalous back then, but in truth, it occurred with a lot more people than anyone would readily admit. She and he stayed together for at least 25 years, which is h... less
When I was single, I did a lot of dating, to include blind dates. All of these experiences took place long before the internet and cell phones were in widespread or everyday use.&n... moreWhen I was single, I did a lot of dating, to include blind dates. All of these experiences took place long before the internet and cell phones were in widespread or everyday use.
When I was about 16 or 17 years old, during the summer break, a girl from my class showed an interest in me. She lived a few blocks away and would ride over to my house on her bicycle and invite me to go riding with her. I can’t remember how many times we went riding, maybe only two or three. But the curious thing was that whenever she was waiting for me on the front porch to go get my bicycle from the garage or the house, wherever I kept it, I can’t really remember, my mother would call me from inside the house to do some insignificant chores, such as the kitchen floor needs to be swept or throw out the garbage or go upstairs and do something. My mother would interrupt me at least two or three times just as we were ready to take off on our bikes. Every time I finished one task, she called me again. The girl eve... less
Or is that spreading the whole mixed relationships idea a bit too thin?
Inspired by some of the comments on this thread: https://answermug.com/forums/topic/138890/could-a-very... moreOr is that spreading the whole mixed relationships idea a bit too thin?
Inspired by some of the comments on this thread: https://answermug.com/forums/topic/138890/could-a-very-sexy-and-very-flirty-woman-convince-randy-d-to-eat/view/post_id/971410~
This is not just about your teenage years, it’s any time that you were a minor.
In my upbringing and in my parents’ household, especially due ... more
This is not just about your teenage years, it’s any time that you were a minor.
In my upbringing and in my parents’ household, especially due to the times back then, it was unspoken yet truly understood that there wouldn’t be any such shenanigans nor any type of that nonsense going on, so don’t even entertain the thought. Heck, I was always the nerdy bookworm geek kid anyway, so I wasn’t really attracting anyone’s attention anyway.
When I was between 8 and 13 years old (I can’t remember exactly when this happened), my younger brother “stole” two separate “girlfriends” from me on two separate occasions, and for more than a decade or two, it really bugged me.
Caveat: they were two of the many girls whom I liked a whole lot, I had crushes on, I thought were very pretty, and had mutual feelings from them both before my brother happened along, but they were not truly girlfriends in the sense that we wer... less
