Wednesday, August 08, 2007

Parlez Vous Francais? What Would You Say? or Love in the Slow Lane

Jac's mama' arrived from Montreal about 2 hours after my flight from Detroit. He tells me that he "has custody" of her for the next 3-5 months. His genuine surprise occurred when I said "good for you"! instead of "Your mother will be staying with you for 5 months???" Later in the night, he offered for me to teach mama' English and she can teach me Francais.

We shared some Montreal beer at my place, a short drive to the old part of town, and a semi-embarrassing experience when we both wore the same exact shade of red shirt. A fine-dining French restaurant that I didn't know existed, a martini on the rocks, sans olives, foie gras, wine, caprese salad, smoked duck, filet minon, port and two gran marnier soufflés with raspberry sauce on top.

A walk around the boardwalk, holding hands, talking about the past, about the future, about kids, parents, expectations... short drive to my house, two more hours of talking... now snuggling on the chaise in the most non-sexual, but also the most respectful and most romantic in present history.

More talking, some South Park, more snuggling, and I walked him out to his car. What impressed me the most is that Jac suggested that we take things "really slow".

Why is being shown respect the greatest thing that's happened to me in months? Why is it that not being treated like a piece of sexual meat even registers on my radar? No matter what the answer... I can tell you that I like being Jac's innocent princess.

1 comment:

Jenny said...

Sis. Does his mama' not want him dating? Is he testing you to see if you'll go psycho and stalk him?

Just wondering!