VeraBlue
Executive Chef
So, most years since my husband and I seperated christmas has always been spent the same way. I always do a big christmas eve dinner, and then, on christmas day the kids and I would go to his girlfriend's home for dinner there. It was fine enough, but, honestly....I don't really care for hanging out with her parents and her brother. They just don't fit in with the 1313 Mockingbird crowd. Kinda stuffy, ya know.. But, I just love her husband and his boyfriend. The boyfriend is also in the foodservice business and if nothing else, we can talk shop for hours. We also exchange gifts, myself, the husband and the boyfriend.
I didn't go this year because this year Lou didn't go home to have dinner with his brother's family. He stayed here instead. My daughter did go for dinner and returned a short while ago with gifts for me from the husband and boyfriend.
One was a very nice cocktail bag with ostrich feathers. Gay guys always give girls the coolest gifts. Nothing general about it. Living so close and working in NYC, I've had more than the average amount of gay guy friends. Always, without a doubt, the fancyiest, froofiest gifts you can imagine. And always just right, too. But, there was another gift, too....
A suede coat with fur trim. Imagine my shock when I opened this large gift bag and noticed a suede coat with fur trimmed collar. I asked my daughter if she brought home someone's coat by accident. She assured me they handed her the bag to give to me. So.....I try the coat on. Oddly, the buttons are on the wrong side. They are on the guy's side, if you know what I mean. Then, I put my hands in the pockets...and discovered a receipt for gas and cigarettes from a gas station in CT, near where the boyfriend lives. More shock, and lots of laughter. Apparently, my gay friend didn't care for the coat and passed it on to me. Admittedly, it's a little feminine, even for a gay guy. So, I called to thank them for the gift, but not after I phoned my ex husband, who'd just had christmas dinner with them, to tell them of my pocket discovery.
Ah, what was I supposed to do, eh? I really dig them and who cares if it's been on someone else's back. Nice gesture, I say. My childhood friend and his boyfriend are coming for dinner this Monday. I should invite my exhusband's girlfriend's husband and his boyfriend. I bet it will be a hoot.
So....did anyone else get anything unexpected??
I swear to god, you cannot make this stuff up.
I didn't go this year because this year Lou didn't go home to have dinner with his brother's family. He stayed here instead. My daughter did go for dinner and returned a short while ago with gifts for me from the husband and boyfriend.
One was a very nice cocktail bag with ostrich feathers. Gay guys always give girls the coolest gifts. Nothing general about it. Living so close and working in NYC, I've had more than the average amount of gay guy friends. Always, without a doubt, the fancyiest, froofiest gifts you can imagine. And always just right, too. But, there was another gift, too....
A suede coat with fur trim. Imagine my shock when I opened this large gift bag and noticed a suede coat with fur trimmed collar. I asked my daughter if she brought home someone's coat by accident. She assured me they handed her the bag to give to me. So.....I try the coat on. Oddly, the buttons are on the wrong side. They are on the guy's side, if you know what I mean. Then, I put my hands in the pockets...and discovered a receipt for gas and cigarettes from a gas station in CT, near where the boyfriend lives. More shock, and lots of laughter. Apparently, my gay friend didn't care for the coat and passed it on to me. Admittedly, it's a little feminine, even for a gay guy. So, I called to thank them for the gift, but not after I phoned my ex husband, who'd just had christmas dinner with them, to tell them of my pocket discovery.
Ah, what was I supposed to do, eh? I really dig them and who cares if it's been on someone else's back. Nice gesture, I say. My childhood friend and his boyfriend are coming for dinner this Monday. I should invite my exhusband's girlfriend's husband and his boyfriend. I bet it will be a hoot.
So....did anyone else get anything unexpected??
I swear to god, you cannot make this stuff up.