Date Night

Tonight was date night at our house.  Eat your heart out ladies...  I had not one, but two men as escorts tonight.  They were both short, dark and extremely handsome.  Our date started with me making them dinner.  We had grilled asparagus, grilled steelhead trout and fresh, sweet corn on the cob.  They both helped me to set the table and then were wonderful company, however, half way through our romantic dinner there was a knock on the door.  One of my older companions friend's who lives next door came over.  I wasn't jealous in the least so we invited her in to visit with us as we ate.

As soon as we were done, we got ready to go to the movies.  Toy Story 3 was the movie of choice and it was a great choice.  My dates scored HUGE brownie points with this movie as it was sort of a chick flick.  I even cried and had two young men to comfort me.   When we left for the movies, I explained to both boys how a woman should be treated on a date.  I dressed up for them, put makeup and perfume on and then made them tell me that I looked lovely.  (Well, Joey's words were "You look okay, Mama.")  Danny told me I smelled pretty.  I then explained that since we were on a date they were to open and hold doors for me and they were to pay for everything.  I gave them both $10.  Danny paid for our tickets and Joey paid for the refreshments.  We sat down in the theater and I had each boy on either side of me.  About halfway through the movie, Danny reached over and held my hand.  I just about melted.  Toward the end where the movie got a little intense/scary, Joey snuggled into my side and I put my arm around him.  At the end of the movie, where it got sappy and I cried, both boys put their arms around me.  When we were done, we went to the arcade and played a few video games before leaving.

After we got home, they went right to bed, but we started to have a thunderstorm so all three of us got into Danny's bed because he has the best view in the house and we just cuddled.  Danny soon fell asleep, so I brought Joey to his room.  As I went to leave, he told me that he'd had a great day with me.  He asked how much I love him and we started our normal game of stating our love for one another.  It goes some thing like this, "I love you more than all the stars in the sky."  And then the next person tries to outdo the other by saying, "I love you more than every grain of sand on every beach and in every desert on the whole earth." And so on...   We always end by saying, "I can't even put into words how much I love you."  And it is so true.  My love for my boys is that deep.

I think that it's important to teach my boys at an early age how to treat a woman.  I may be old fashioned, but I feel that they need to know that women are created different then men and need to be treated differently.  Don't get me wrong, I love to wrestle and play with my boys, but they also need to know that I have an emotional side that needs to be nurtured.  Someday when they are 50 and they go on their first dates, they need to know that men should show a woman she is special by the little things like holding doors, paying for the date, complimenting the woman's appearance respectfully, being polite, etc.  I really don't think that enough young boys are taught those skills today.  You see, I want my boys to wait for that woman that is of exceptional character.  If I expect that, I know that my boys need to be of exceptional character as well.  Developing that character starts early.  So we will go on dates and I will give instruction as to how a woman should be treated and hopefully, they will learn and will someday be able to use these simple lessons from their mom and then teach these lessons to their children.  God willing,  I will be a proud grandmother in the future and will be able to tell my grandchildren about the "date nights" I used to take their dads on.  One can only pray.