06-26-23 I prefer Former
When my Dad died and we were sitting with his widow, my second step-mother, she said that the term ex-wife was not to be used. She preferred previous wife as it didn’t take away from the relationship they had. That always stuck with me. I refer to Bill as my first husband. For him to refer to me as First Wife takes on a different meaning in an area where there is a large polygamous community.
Saturday I was sitting with Bill and Deanne, two very good friends to me when a man joined us and after chatting for a while about classic cars and shows, Bill said I was his exwife. I laughed and said, I prefer.. former.
Today this rang in my ears when I left the office to take my jeep to Bill’s garage to throw it up on the hoist and find out why my brakes have been behaving badly. We were well into it when I asked if it was safe to step under it to tie up some wires that were hanging. He said yes and I said, “and that was when Bill killed his exwife”. We had a good chuckle. About an hour later while we were working on the electrical, trying to get my horn, and hopefully wipers, working, he managed to give himself a jolt and burn and said, “and that was when Marnée killed her exhusband” I had a good laugh then. We did not manage to get the horn or wipers working but the right front tire no longer jams up and we know that we need to do adjust the left front one as well now. It is 80% better than it was. I promised to bring him some Vancouver Island micro brew beer back with me.
After that I tried to clean the mechanic smell off me and took in the season preview at Key City. It is a shame it wasn’t better attended but there are a few shows that I am looking forward to. I already have tickets to two of them, Finger Eleven and Dogman the Musical.
This morning started with crepes prepared by Gene and Jonas and bacon courteous of Bill. It was a gathering to say goodbye to Jonas who is returning to Germany today. We all will miss him. He is a good one
triumphgal 