September 7, 2012
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(written on 16 May 2013)
"Now take a picture of me and my mother!" said Daniel. so I obliged and you see the result above. Yes, Marie, the Kid's mother, arrived this evening and Daniel went to pick her up from the airport. I saw the two of them approaching the house at around 7pm. Thanks to Facebook it's not really a surprise anymore when you first meet someone face-to-face. I'd know what Marie looked like for years now, but of course I had no idea what she would be like when I'd finally get to meet her in person. Turns out she was really nice! It clicked between us (or so I'd hope to think) from the get-go. The fact that we are just about the same generation did help as well of course. There was a generation connection where with the Kid I often feel a generation gap (or ravine, rather.)
We went out for dinner to an Indian restaurant very close to where I live (actually quite possible the closest restaurant to my apartment) but it's a bit in a side street so I wasn't sure if we'd be the only ones there. Fortunately there were other people there as well and it was very nice to catch up with Marie, for once talking about Daniel, who was there as well of course, rather than with him. I found it very important to stress to Marie as well that Daniel is a friend but that there is no romantic or even sexual thing going on between him and me. I know that some of my friends already suspect or suspected that but especially towards his mother I thought it very important to be quite clear about the fact that there's nothing going on between Daniel and me.
After dinner, Daniel and Marie went out for drinks in town and I returned home and prepared the sleeping arrangements. This was going to be... ehm... interesting. Daniel is of course sleeping on his air bed in the corner furthest away from my bed... but what about Marie. My double bed actually consists of two mattresses so that was the solution. I dragged one of the mattresses towards the cupboard where the TV is, and it just fitted there. With the curtains closed, I would still have privacy on my side of the curtains and Marie and Daniel would be in the space on their side. Creative decorating, it's called.
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