When my daughter was 14, I got a call from my 85 year old dad to pick up my 81 year old Aunt Mary at Mines Field.
Mines is old school aviation talk for LA Airport (LAX).
Aunt Mary lives in Murano Italy. Speaks teriffic english & a sense of humor and character that is off the hook. Everyone loves Aunt Mary.
Near LAX is (was?) the most fantastic Swim Suit shop in So Cali,, Mickeys.
So naturally my daughter came along, and we'd stop off at Mickeys as long as we're in the area after we pick up Aunt Mary.
Daughter always buys her swimsuits AFTER her first trip to the Colorado River to see what all the other girls are wearing. Get a fix on what's in style first.
"Bikinis don't even start to get good until they hit the $125.00 mark" She says.
This was when the girls wanted string bikinis that just barely covered the essential spots and I wasn't up to speed on that yet, and she knew it.
It wasn't going over very well with me when we rolled into Mickeys. I was suggesting the Tankinis that were in style too,, but my daughter never listens to me and the chill was in the air.
NFW was she wearing a Tankini to the river, and I'm going to loose this battle.
Aunt Mary stepped up to bat for my daughter, and schooled me in what a pain in the azz I am,, and how important clothes are to girls.
"So what if it's a little naughty?
Girls want to be noticed, and with nice cloths on the boys will talk to her."
"You want grandchildren don't you?" - In her sweet accent.
Old school, old world, Euro philosopy.
Oh brother,, I opted out my opinions,, and my daughter with Aunt Mary's help picked out some nice swim suits for her.
Though very skimpy, I lump'd it.
My wife is Swiss, a whole different culture, and this kinda modesty issue doesn't register with her at all. She thinks my views are from another planet.
The next year my daughter visited Venice with Aunt Mary, and a few boys working the shops and restaurants would ocassionally reconize her from the boating forums.
"See how backwards you are?" - Aunt Mary wrote me.
Today my daughter is a wardrobe designer for a movie studio and gets all her bikinis for free from most the MFG's.
Mines is old school aviation talk for LA Airport (LAX).
Aunt Mary lives in Murano Italy. Speaks teriffic english & a sense of humor and character that is off the hook. Everyone loves Aunt Mary.
Near LAX is (was?) the most fantastic Swim Suit shop in So Cali,, Mickeys.
So naturally my daughter came along, and we'd stop off at Mickeys as long as we're in the area after we pick up Aunt Mary.
Daughter always buys her swimsuits AFTER her first trip to the Colorado River to see what all the other girls are wearing. Get a fix on what's in style first.
"Bikinis don't even start to get good until they hit the $125.00 mark" She says.
This was when the girls wanted string bikinis that just barely covered the essential spots and I wasn't up to speed on that yet, and she knew it.
It wasn't going over very well with me when we rolled into Mickeys. I was suggesting the Tankinis that were in style too,, but my daughter never listens to me and the chill was in the air.
NFW was she wearing a Tankini to the river, and I'm going to loose this battle.
Aunt Mary stepped up to bat for my daughter, and schooled me in what a pain in the azz I am,, and how important clothes are to girls.
"So what if it's a little naughty?
Girls want to be noticed, and with nice cloths on the boys will talk to her."
"You want grandchildren don't you?" - In her sweet accent.
Old school, old world, Euro philosopy.
Oh brother,, I opted out my opinions,, and my daughter with Aunt Mary's help picked out some nice swim suits for her.
Though very skimpy, I lump'd it.
My wife is Swiss, a whole different culture, and this kinda modesty issue doesn't register with her at all. She thinks my views are from another planet.
The next year my daughter visited Venice with Aunt Mary, and a few boys working the shops and restaurants would ocassionally reconize her from the boating forums.
"See how backwards you are?" - Aunt Mary wrote me.
Today my daughter is a wardrobe designer for a movie studio and gets all her bikinis for free from most the MFG's.
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