All You Never Wanted (2012)
“Since the divorce from Dad, Mom hadn’t gone on more than a loose handful of dates, but she’d made up this rule that every potential candidate had to do kitchen time so that Alex and I could give her our “starter opinion.”
Translation: ten minutes of eyeballing Mr. Maybe as he nursed his club soda or can of beer while Mom dashed around, getting ready.
Strange to think how Mom was always in a rush those days. Especially for Date Nights. Peeling off her work clothes and hopping in the shower, then... reemerging in her wrong-for-all-seasons navy shirtdress. Leaving us to wander with her date through a dreary forest of topics like Will it rain Saturday? and Have you seen this movie? and What are you up to this weekend?
But Arthur was different. No kitchen purgatory for him. Instead, he sent stealthy town cars to pick up Mom and Pretty Woman her off to the city for dinner or live theater. Weeks went by where Alex and I only knew Arthur as a Google search that showed his one professional photo, round-faced with steel glasses to match his iron-gray hair.MoreLess
Translation: ten minutes of eyeballing Mr. Maybe as he nursed his club soda or can of beer while Mom dashed around, getting ready.
Strange to think how Mom was always in a rush those days. Especially for Date Nights. Peeling off her work clothes and hopping in the shower, then... reemerging in her wrong-for-all-seasons navy shirtdress. Leaving us to wander with her date through a dreary forest of topics like Will it rain Saturday? and Have you seen this movie? and What are you up to this weekend?
But Arthur was different. No kitchen purgatory for him. Instead, he sent stealthy town cars to pick up Mom and Pretty Woman her off to the city for dinner or live theater. Weeks went by where Alex and I only knew Arthur as a Google search that showed his one professional photo, round-faced with steel glasses to match his iron-gray hair.MoreLess
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