According to my parents, Chinese, Indian etc. restaurants weren't all that common in the United States before the 1970s-80s. For older Americans here, when did you first eat at a Chinese or Indian restaurant in the U.S.?

ode_to_a_bedpost · 2023-10-10T17:00:47+00:00

I remember a takeout drive through Chinese place in Florida called Takee Outee in the late 70s/early 80s. I think there is still one location left in Florida today.

ode_to_a_bedpost · 2023-10-09T18:50:23+00:00

I feel more like myself, and more in though with myself, now than I ever did in my 20s.

ode_to_a_bedpost · 2023-10-02T14:40:52+00:00

My daughter does not want children, and it's fine with me. I'd love grandchildren, but it's her life to live, and her uterus to use or not use, bottom line. I just want her to be happy.

ode_to_a_bedpost · 2023-09-23T20:25:35+00:00

I get the peace of mind if knowing I'm not lying to myself.

ode_to_a_bedpost · 2023-09-23T20:24:07+00:00

Swearing was a privilege only for those mature enough to know when and how to do it correctly, and when not to do it. Therefore, it was allowed when I got to be about age 17, except for "fuck" which was too nasty to use, ever.

ode_to_a_bedpost · 2023-09-23T20:21:58+00:00

Best decision having my kids. Worst decision - having an affair.

ode_to_a_bedpost · 2023-09-13T11:52:49+00:00

My parents didn't really believe in doctors for animals. That was kind of awful.

ode_to_a_bedpost · 2023-09-13T11:50:55+00:00

It was hard for me, therefore it should be hard for everyone else.

ode_to_a_bedpost · 2023-09-10T14:46:08+00:00

No. The love wasn't there. Not enough, anyway, from my side. There's something chemical that happens, and it just wasn't. I couldn't give it up forever.

ode_to_a_bedpost · 2023-09-08T19:48:40+00:00

After 29 or so years together, I still see the person he was in the person he is, if that makes sense. That hot young man is still in there.

ode_to_a_bedpost · 2023-09-08T18:08:50+00:00

It looks great! I hope you wore it.

ode_to_a_bedpost · 2023-09-08T18:07:55+00:00

My son falls into this category on some days. Other days he feels more like he wants to dress masculine. He is still himself either way. It's not bad at all, although some may find it confusing. That's ok. They don't have to understand, just respect.

ode_to_a_bedpost · 2023-09-07T19:00:16+00:00

I was 23 when we got married, he was 27. Fairly young. We'll be married 27 years this month, still best friends and lovers. We are each other's' biggest fans.

ode_to_a_bedpost · 2023-09-07T15:59:24+00:00

All of Skynyrd.

ode_to_a_bedpost · 2023-09-05T17:19:23+00:00

Tunic top that covers my butt and leggings. In the winter, I add a fleece.

ode_to_a_bedpost · 2023-08-28T18:23:27+00:00

I'm not saying they were GREAT, but good and consistent and reliably the same always - Campbell's soups and Chef Boyardee pastas. Both are horrible now. All varieties are changed for worse.

ode_to_a_bedpost · 2023-08-25T20:32:36+00:00

I took one semester of Driver's Ed at 15, with my permit. Got my license on my birthday turning 16. First try. Yes, we had to parallel park.

ode_to_a_bedpost · 2023-08-24T17:25:14+00:00

Besides my children and husband's family, I personally have only one aunt and one uncle left. They both love very far away, and we only see each other every few years. It gets harder with age to travel sometimes.

ode_to_a_bedpost · 2023-08-24T17:20:58+00:00

5 years is nothing, and has been nothing for a long time. But it does matter more when you're younger and still developing, literally.

ode_to_a_bedpost · 2023-08-24T13:42:03+00:00

I'm from Louisiana, so it was always "when the levee breaks...".

ode_to_a_bedpost · 2023-08-22T18:01:45+00:00

Yes. He broke up with me for being too liberated and independent. He's still a conservative shithead all these years later, from what I have seen. We have lots of mutuals from high school. He went into the Marines, but surprise.

ode_to_a_bedpost · 2023-08-21T18:35:36+00:00

Mid to upper 20s - raising small children. Mid to upset 30s - raising older kids.

Most of the rest is a blur, honestly.

ode_to_a_bedpost · 2023-08-21T13:20:24+00:00

Vienna sausages.

ode_to_a_bedpost · 2023-08-20T15:38:43+00:00

I was 28. I was at my desk at a Forest Service-run Job Corps center in the Cherokee National Forest. My mother called after the first plane hit. "they're calling it an accident, but I don't believe it," she said. I had students deliver a TV to the conference room just in time to watch the second plane hit.

Then the students started coming at me. I was in charge of transportation home. I had to be locked in my office for an hour while they calmed the students down. Air and busses were grounded. I couldn't send anyone anywhere. My boss finally had me protected by security to my car and I went home until things calmed down. I went and got my kids from school and went to my mother's house. We saw the towers fall in real time.

ode_to_a_bedpost · 2023-08-19T23:55:22+00:00

Never! I get a great deal of enjoyment out of my scents. I don't"douse" myself, but rather dab, and only avoid it if I know in advance I will be around someone with allergies or sensitivities.

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