“My wife’s jealousy is getting ridiculous. The other day she looked at my calendar and wanted to know who May was.” ~ Rodney Dangerfield
Yesterday I was reading about personality traits of snakes. No, not the slithery, jaw unhinging, swallow-a-possum-whole kind, but the Chinese astrology symbol for 2013 — the “Year of the Snake” kind.
My dad was born in 1929, so he falls into the snake pit, so to speak. The snake is described as a somewhat jealous creature — a characteristic rarely exhibited by Dad — and reading about it brought to mind a story Mom shared with me quite a few times. This one was short, sweet and always amused me, so I thought I’d share it today.
When Mom was twenty (about a year after she married Dad, and two years before I came along) she was selected to model the hot new collection of bikinis for a local department store fashion show. Mom was suiting up backstage, making herself runway ready with all the other female models. As the show was about to begin, Dad, suddenly possessed by old-fashioned Italian virtue, sprung from the sidelines and implored his young bride to skip the show.
(ITALIAN LESSON: Jealous – Geloso)
The audience was mostly women, but for some reason the green-eyed monster made a cameo that day, and that little monster didn’t want all eyes ogling Mom’s goodies! Mom left showbiz that day, but as you can see in this photo of her getting creative with Dad’s bandannas, she would’ve been a knockout on that catwalk!
So, what makes YOUR green-eyed monster come out to play?
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What a great story, you have such wonderful memories of your family. Thank you for sharing them with us.
My husband really isn’t the jealous type, he’s born in 1958 lol maybe that was the year of the rat, however, the shades and blinds are always drawn in my house because, I tend to lounge around in tee shirts and I guess he thinks the neighbors have their sights set on our windows. I keep telling him nobody is watching and if they are all they could see is a full moon over New Jersey. Lol have a nice day (:
What a great story! No green eyed monsters in my house.
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@ Barbara:
That’s good – they can get ugly sometimes, I’m sure.
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@ Rita: haha – cute comment. yeah, you never know nowadays who is watching – or even filming you!
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Wow, your mom was a knockout. I can see why your dad got a bit possessive. I used to get jealous around boyfriends until I dated a guy who was so jealous that I realized it’s not at all flattering. This guy was extreme. Then I gathered up some self-confidence and that helped too. Fun post. I love the Rodney Dangerfield quote.
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Your mama rocked that bikini! I can see why dad was jealous.
Hope your Valentine’s Day is filled with sweet treats and silly stuff, Lee.
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Thank you Style Maniac! And a very sweet VDAY to you too!
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@ Steph:
Thanks for the nice comment, and glad you slayed that green-eyed monster! See you in the posts!
That is a funny quote
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Funny – for many men, Lee’s dad’s reaction is perfectly understandable, but for me, I see it quite differently. In fact, quite the opposite. If other men are checking out my wife, it reflects what I already know: she’s a beautiful woman. How is that a bad thing?
@ Andrew:
Thanks babe!
Awww you sweet thing you
xoxome
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