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About My Girlfriend...

I’m occasionally humbled by the insight a total stranger can have into my life, and my family. One such occurrence happened last month.

My grandmother recently started telling everyone about the woman I’m dating. Unfortunately, I’m not dating anyone. She was referring to a lovely young woman who is my friend and nothing more. This woman had come over to watch a DVD, so we were in my room for several hours. Using my Uncle as a baseline, my grandmother assumed I’m having sex with her, since my Uncle doesn’t have any female friends; just women he has had, or wants to have sex with.

This is not the first time she has assumed I have a girlfriend. On the rare occasions when a woman has called and asked for me, she assumed it was my girlfriend. On one occasion, she told me that my girlfriend had called while I was out. I tried to explain the problem with this to her, but she said “you don’t have to lie to me, it’s nothing to be ashamed of.” In family relations, few things are more frustrating than when family members believe lies, but think you’re lying about the truth.

So we had a discussion about how I’m not hiding women from her, and how when I get a girlfriend she will know immediately. This conversation ended with her snapping at me and saying “Fine, I won’t tell people you have a girlfriend.” So I was frustrated that my conversation was for nothing. She was now more firmly convinced that I had a girlfriend, and I was hiding her.

That’s what I thought until someone on the interweb pointed me to the possibility that she wants me to have a girlfriend because she thinks it will make me happy. Funny how some random person can change your perspective on things.

posted by SumThing @ 8:16 PM