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What a widow with 0111d010 good , old days, lira and hex
goes through* It"s tough being mother would have fought it ,
both a•' momma and a! poppa• out, with !Sequent appeals to
I'll be glad when my''we fin- me W frorri -each, side, . and both
iahes ter college course, gets, ' sides . ignoring ; my rational
home,. and can fight it out :with compromise. Now, I have to
Kim on the old.•basis, no. holds take the decisions, lay down
• ferocious threats, and tears hours: and try to force the Idd
enough . to wash the kitchen to eat some breakfast.
floor.
Last weekend I nearly gave
my wifea heart attack, After
.spending most of the weekend
screwing up my courage, h.grit-
ted my teeth, tooli a good, •stiff
pelt ' of Walker's Special Old
nerve tonic, and announced
gravely:
"Dear, I've got something to
tell you about Kim. Now don't
get all upset. Everything will
probably work out for the
best."
"She's . not!", she shrieked.
Oh, my God!"
"I'm afraid she is," I said,
sombrely. "But you've got to
face the facts. You can't keep a
kid in the nest forever. These
things happen in the best of
families. There are some
things in this day and age that
we may not approve of. But
Well, with hindsight, I'll ad-
mit I was pretty stupid. •But
after my wife had flown three
times around. the living -room,
without ever lighting, it
emerged that we were talking
.about different things.
She thought Kim was preg-
"', pant. All I was trying to do
was tell her something even
worse, that Kim had, after giv-
ing me a real feminine, logic -
less, charming con job, joined'
a "group." She's beeninvited
to play the organ and sing, in
one of those shouting, belting,
deafening groups that are driv-
ing every . adult over . 30 out of
his little old square mind.
This is just a sample of the
troubles I have. My wife thinks
that classical music is it, and
groups are for the well-known
birds. Kim thinks a young per-
son is missing a vital, terribly
important experience ifshe
doesn't ever belong to a group.
I think — weIl, never -mind.
Not to mention cheering her
up when she's down, cooling
her down when she's all up-
tight, telling her to pick up her
clothes, and roaring at her to
put the lid on the jam bottle
and put .it away, after break-
fast.
And she'll read this column
and say, "Youu, don't like me,
do you Dad? I'm just a nui-
sance to you. I wish Mum was
here."
And I'lI say, "Stop feeling
sorry for yourself. Did it ever
occur to you to do the dishes?
I wish Mum was here too.
She'd straighten you out, you
little bum."
And she'll say, "Oh, you
think I'm a little bum, eh?
Well, thanks a lot. That cer-
tainly makes a person feel
wanted!'
And I'll say, "Bum, schlum.
Get the carrots ready for the
stew and then get at your
homework.',
And she'll snap, 'That's all
you think about. Carrots.
'You're getting more like a
school -teacher all the time.
Pompous and arrogant."
And I'll shout, "You get up-
stairs and get at your home-
work and stop being so lippy
or I'l'l give you a thick ear."
Knowing *I wouldn't dare,
she flounces out, goes up and
,works off her repressions -with
the guitar and .a couple of.
shouted freedom songs. And .. I.
work off mine by getting the
carrots ready and inviting her
down to dinner.
But we get along fine. She
knows her place — head of the
household, and. I know mine — .
foot of the household.
I'll be glad when Mum gets
home. At least she knows a
head from • a foot, which is
something in these troubled
times.
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