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posted by
BC-A
on February 4, 2009 at 10:49 PM
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Wow
you atcually made a trip to the mall interesting. your aunt sounds like a force to be reckoned with
posted by
Luz_Briar
on February 4, 2009 at 7:02 PM
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So many possibilities in that story for cultural discomfort...
Nicely written, Talion. Sounds just like something my favorite aunt would have done.
posted by
Pat_B
on February 4, 2009 at 5:34 AM
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Justi
We most certainly knew she meant no harm by her words and believe me, my aunt was most certainly not offended (I've seen her when she's offended and it's not a pretty sight). We were simply having a little fun at her expense.
posted by
Talion_
on February 3, 2009 at 8:23 PM
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Talion
This is such a well written piece. The repayment for excellent service, helping with a solution to your dilemma and giving you special prices was a sad commentary for one more opportunity for the coming together of the races. The woman you described would have assumed any elderly woman with a much younger man would be his mother and she considers a southern woman's male children to be her boys. She was simply paying all of you a compliment with the same words she would have to white people. I think someone had to dig deep to make anything else of
Boys in that case. I am sorry for all involved in this; even those who do not know anything really bad happened here.
posted by
Justi
on February 3, 2009 at 7:33 PM
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