Celebrating Independence Day

I dunno how many other women have brought boyfriends home to meet the parents for the first time. I haven't done it much since my parents are rather nutzo and to date haven't really cared for anyone I wanted to go out with. Yesterday didn't seem like it'd be any different, but then things took a turn for the better.



I haven't been dating P. for very long, but things just seemed to click between us. We started our relationship on a scathing sense of humor and an eye for ribbing one another. It's been difficult, but knowing that he cares as much as he does has made it easier to swallow the insults as easily as I dish them out myself.

Anyway, he'd been over my house before on several unsupervised visits. No, I'm not 16, but I do live with my parents. No worries.. it was while they were vacationing.

Anyways, yesterday my white boyfriend in his white Taurus pulls up in front of the house and steps out into the all-black ghetto neighborhood. Needless to say, things looked a little strange for everyone involved. But my parents were unbelievably gracious for the most part. I was shocked by the facility with which they handled the situation. Everyone except my dad, of course. Since he's been diagnosed with diabetes, he's expecting everyone to fuss and fret over him. So he basically whined and complained about his current situation in front of P. at their first meeting. I was rather mortified, until I got over it.

I'm dating a boy with a Jewish heritage and it seems like my mom was trying to force-feed him just like a Jewish mother would. (No offense to any Jewish moms out there). It was funny, and Phil ended up going home with a plate full of barbecue, spaghetti, and baked beans. I found it rather hilarious, too :).

It was good for us to spend time together in a family-oriented environment. From that, I've begun to realize just how much this aspect of life appeals to him, and that makes him appeal to me that much more. He's really very sweet, and if he can get my very choosy parents to dig him, so much the better.

After he left, I sat down with mom to find out how things went. She said, "I'd feel better about him if he had a job and his own car. Do you like him?" I almost didn't know what to say. That she had so little to dislike shocked me beyond belief, lol.

So, all in all, things are looking well for me and P. I hope we stay together. I think I finally might want to adhere to a commitment this time, but we'll see...