’Cause where we’re from, college football alliance is something like religion. “The Cliffords. . . they’re Presbyterian,” you might say about an entire, extended family, “and Tech fans.”
But maybe it’s more like ancestry. Us, for example-- we’re Scottish and Irish and some Cherokee on my maternal grandmother’s side. And we’re UGA fans (though I didn’t go there, and most of my family didn’t either), but we’re Auburn fans on my paternal grandfather’s side.
And on a Friday night, when I said, “Oh, tomorrow’s Game Day,” Ted said, no it’s not, because to him Game Day is Sunday.
So he cares about professional football and he doesn’t play golf and he’s never had a Christmas tree.
“If you ever live with me, you’ll get to have a Christmas tree.”
“Oh yeah?”
“Yeah. You can put whatever you want on it.”
“Whatever I want?”
“Yeah.”
“Jew-y things?”
“Yeah, if you want. We always had a Star of David on our tree.”
Which is true because one Christmas Eve my dad brought home two department-store presents, one in in red and green with a Christmas ornament, and one blue and white with a Chanukah ornament. They turned out to be gloves for me and my mom, but they didn’t fit and we returned them.
~beatrix
3 comments:
beatrix, you should have a column. dead serious. a fucking hilarious column that is read by tens of thousands of people every day.
it would be like sex and the city.
only funny and readable.
I agree! A column...that everyone would read. And you need to go back to the beginning. Seriously. Because people need to understand what you went through to find Ted. And why he is so perfect for you.
the beginning? you guys don't know nothing about the beginning.
~b
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