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Christmas in Connecticut
Dec. 28th, 2006 06:15 pmI have to report that my first visit to New England was absolutely wonderful and definitely too short. I'm not sure exactly what I expected, but Redding, Connecticut reminds me so much of Northwest Arkansas. Wonderful hills, winding roads, forested with a mix of evergreens and hardwoods. Really pretty even in barren winter with no snow.
I met my son's girlfriends parents and found a warm and generous household and new friends who feel like long lost family. And I thought in-laws were supposed to be difficult. Looks I got really lucky, but knowing what a wonderful young woman Jes is, I'm not at all surprised.
Which brings me to another point - why do Americans insist on calling adult unmarried persons boyfriends and girlfriends? In the UK people refer to live partners as partners, which makes a lot of sense, but in the US I'm afraid that people would come to the wrong conclusion that you're talking about same sex couples.
I met my son's girlfriends parents and found a warm and generous household and new friends who feel like long lost family. And I thought in-laws were supposed to be difficult. Looks I got really lucky, but knowing what a wonderful young woman Jes is, I'm not at all surprised.
Which brings me to another point - why do Americans insist on calling adult unmarried persons boyfriends and girlfriends? In the UK people refer to live partners as partners, which makes a lot of sense, but in the US I'm afraid that people would come to the wrong conclusion that you're talking about same sex couples.
