Tony joined the family for Shabbat dinner last night. I’m really glad he came. It seemed like he had a good time. He is really a funny character. During the meal when Aunt Lisa was trying to set up Julie, Tony turned to me and said, “Tell Aunt Lisa that I’m available.” Tony’s a really nice guy, but Aunt Lisa is trying to find Julie a JEWISH boy. She’s quite good at picking non-Jewish boys on her own. Plus, we are 13 and Julie is 22. That should say enough.
Also, I felt kind of bad that I couldn’t give him milk to go with his brownie. I mean, I guess I could have because he doesn’t keep kosher, but I didn’t think it would be appropriate since we keep kosher and we were eating a flashic meal. Dad tried to explain the laws of kashrut and its purpose. For example, we were able to eat those brownies after a flashic meal because they were parve. But I’m sure it was confusing to him. I can only imagine. I could tell mom was feeling kind of uncomfortable with the situation too. With all the food she prepared, he asked her for the one thing she could not give him. Awkward! Poor mom!
But I think Tony really enjoyed himself and I tried to reassure mom that it was fine. He asked if we had dinners this big every night. Mom said she would love it if we did but that it was too hard to arrange it with each family member having a different schedule. Tony kind of ignored her answer and continued by asking each member of the family how much he/she exercised each day in order to avoid obesity.
Wow, I am so glad that your friend enjoyed himself, and that he was so enthralled by little ol' me. Poor kid never knew a mom could cook so much. He told me that his favorite Lean Cuisine was asian style pot stickers. Kid has not had a nourishing meal all his life.
ReplyDeleteI cannot believe he asked if I exercised! HA