The next time I saw Nadine was two weeks later when she and her husband brought in their old trailer to get an estimate on its possible trade in value.... Her black hair was loose and it swirled around as she again browsed the parts counters and the displays of after market truck accessories. Hidden behind the counter she couldn't see me squeezing the hard on she had given me as my eyes followed her around the room. Finally her husband came and got her and they left. Once again I wanted nothing. Society haddetermined that a switch in roles with age was a fair and beneficialtrend. In fact most women made these changes in their attire soon aftermarriage and certainly professional styles were far more sedate thanyears ago.Society was quick to recognize the change as well. In fact a whole newjargon evolved to describe the older man who had changed to a feminizedappearance as a result of low testosterone. They were no longer calledMr. Jones, but Msst. Jones. Officially they were now lomen,. "We went in the house and greeted Mom, and then I took my books downstairs and went back up to my room to change. Rich and Charlie had already done so and were headed out as I went in. Ursus thought, I take it that by the customs of your age group and subculture, Kirsten Kennedy just sent the message that she would be amenable to being more than just friends with you, at least tentatively.I parsed what Ursus just said. I believe so, I thought back, but I'm new to this stuff, and I can't be 100%. " I held up the 'MJLF' sign and smiled at him. "Well, what do you think, Honey? Does this still apply to me?" Very funny, Mom," he replied. "Of course it does. I just had no idea that the next time you and I were together that we'd all be ... together." Is that O.K., Sweetie?" I asked."Sure. It's a little different, but it's fine with me if it's O.K. with Meg."Megan had led Hubby to an easy chair against the wall across from the edge of my bed. She sat him down in the chair and she was.
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