Sunday, August 13, 2006

Josh's grandparents are in town. When I walked into the Anderson's house this morning Mrs. Anderson, Josh, and his grandparents were standing around the kitchen and his grandmother was saying, "boys his age are only thinking about sex." I just looked at Josh and he rolled his eyes. Then his grandmother turns to me and says, "Nicole, do you think Terry is too old for Lauren?"

I just looked at them and said, "You know, I think I left something at home." There was no way I wanted to be apart of that conversation.

Mrs. Anderson grabbed my arm and said, "It's okay, honey. You don't need to answer that. Mother, leave Nicole out of this."

Josh's grandmother kept it up, going on about how she thinks Terry is too old for Lauren, and that he's more experienced and Lauren is going to get hurt. Josh looked incredibly uncomfortable. I think he was afraid they would turn on us since he's two years older than me.

I think it's different though. I was a senior when we really started dating - not a junior. And Josh is two years older than me - not three. And Josh isn't the type of guy to make me feel pressured to do things I'm uncomfortable with. I'm not sure Terry is that type of guy.

I think Terry's a nice guy - don't get me wrong - but I know he's a lot more experienced that Lauren and it worries me. I know it worries Josh and Mrs. Anderson too but neither of them were really getting into it with his grandmother.

Anyway, after her diatribe about Lauren and Terry we all went to a food festival. Josh's grandfather likes to cook so we went to a cook off and then had lunch. It turned into a really nice day once all was said and done. I love Josh's grandfather. Josh always told me how cool his grandfather was but I didn't really know him until today. He's the type of guy who just says it like it is, but does it in a gentle way. I really enjoyed talking to him. He's so smart and wise. We talked a lot about Sarasota since they live down in Bradenton during the winter.

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