I fall in love and upset my family |
"Never interrupt someone doing what you said couldn't be done." --- Amelia Earhart. Another person someone knew One more friend of a friend. "I'll never see him again." I believed This first meet was the end. My girlfriends felt differently. I didn't know the man I then saw hit on both of them. Matchmaking soon began. We both visited their home Ate popcorn, drank iced tea. In their third-floor apartment We four would play Monopoly. My boyfriend thought it harmless. Too self-centered to surmise That I could care for someone else, Until I broke it off with him. Surprise! My mother became angry I'd ditched a certain thing. She calmed down shortly Then he bought me the ring. It wasn't for a wedding But that lovely Emerald said That he desired only me That went straight to my head. My snarky sister remarked At a dinner with family That I needed no birthday gift. I smiled."That's fine with me." He proposed a few months later I joyfully said "yes!" No future filled with spinsterhood Engaged to him, I felt blessed. My brother acted pleased for me But then asked, "Who'll look after Mum?" It's a good thing he was sitting down Or he'd have been flat on his bum. I've many stories like this from Before they read the banns. I'd grown,and did what I wanted But that wasn't in their plans. |