Old Boyfriends on Facebook

I'm friends on Facebook with the very first boy I thought I loved.  Why?  Because one of my cousins married into his family and there is a community circle of mutual friends and relatives.  Fast forward a few decades.  Just for grins I went back to my diary at the time of my undying love for him (I was 14-15 years old) and reread the passages and read the letters he sent me. 

I did not see it at the time but he was an arrogant prick, narcissist and a womanizer.  His true love was only for himself.  Things have not changed as he loves posting pictures of himself donning a red thong, fake bake tan, and a greased up body holding a body building award.  The expression on his face clearly indicates pain at sucking it in and making each muscle visible in his 6 pack abs. 

Gawd....  he looks ridiculous.  If he only knew how pathetic he looks.  So glad the universe did me a favor and the relationship ended.  A life with somebody that self-absorbed would have been miserable.  

Never 'No More' Lilies

I guess age is mellowing me out.  Try as I might to be bitter and angry all the time, I just can't quite swing it.....  Damn sentimental emotions....This morning there was a bouquet of lilies on the front porch.  The note said, "Never are there no more lilies."

Awwwwwww...  how sweet.  Who would do such a kind, spontaneous gesture?  Come to find out that it was my daughter's very-first -ever boyfriend who left the bouquet.  He's moving across the country and his flight left at some ungodly early hour this morning.  He actually took the time to drive up from Marin in the middle of the night to leave her flowers and a note saying goodbye.  Lilies were a thing between my daughter and this boy. 

We both bawled our eyes out at the breakfast table...