I don't know why, but when I was younger it bothered me that my mother had a boyfriend and he'd come over late at night and they'd go into her bedroom and shut the door. I was never sure what they were doing in there. I was pretty stunted regarding all things sexual. Anyway, one day I stuffed fresh batteries in my portable Panasonic tape recorder and went outside. I plugged in a microphone and dangled it by my feet as I walked around in the dry leaves. My bedroom was right over my mother's, and late one night, after my mother and her boyfriend went into her bedroom and closed the door, I opened my window and tore a hole in the screen. I had this large metal loudspeaker wired up to the tape recorder, and dropped it through the screen on a length of wire. I stopped right about where I thought her window was, then pressed play. I don't know if they ever heard my footsteps. She never said anything about it. Not sure what I got out of it, either.
I was pretty stunted as a youngster as well and I am glad I had no idea what was going on when my mom started dating after her divorce.
ReplyDeleteI hear you. If I'd had a clue I'd have had more fun trying to disrupt their activities. He always came over later at night and brought lobster dinner, then they'd leave everything out and retire to where the magic- or whatever it was- happened.
ReplyDeleteHaha, I was stunted as well, and without trying to be an amateur psychologist, it's probably why I ended up living as a thrill seeking hedonist in adulthood.
ReplyDeleteHmm, "thrill seeking hedonist"- so not me. Funny how different we all end up.
DeleteThat's funny. I never liked my mom having boyfriends over either. I fed one guy canned dog food a few times and told him it was corned beef hash. He was mad when he found out what it really was. lol
ReplyDeleteMmm, I love corned beef hash. I think my father made us eat dog food a time or two growing up.
DeleteI am so glad my parents never divorced. My kids never saw me date anyone didn't think was going to stick around in my life. Tinkerbell is still one of my best friends and Billie and I were together for eight years.
ReplyDeleteYou know who else never divorced? My mother's boyfriend. Yep, he was married the whole time. Fun times...
DeleteThank you for commenting on my blog. Boy what you did must be every parent's nightmare!
ReplyDeleteEvery parent's nightmare, I'm sure. In fairness, though, the upbringing I struggled through wasn't exactly the stuff of dreams. Oh, and thank you for visiting and commenting as well.
DeleteVery creative. A tape recorder once inspired me and my best friend... I should blog about it. :)
ReplyDeleteOh, do tell! So many stories...
DeleteI guess my mother was too old school to have anyone over and sitting here thinking about it now, I wonder how I would have reacted if she had brought someone home. When she and my father got a divorce (I was a teenager then), I remember feeling happy when she started going out. But that happiness might have been only because it meant she wasn't keeping such a close eye on me. I always had places to go and people to see. My mother attempted to cramp my style, but failed miserably :)
ReplyDeleteAs did mine, though it was because she had 7 of us to worry about. I got away with way too much if you ask me. All that responsibility lead to some, uh, wild teens.
ReplyDeleteI don't know what my Kiddos thought about me Dating during the Years I was a Single Parent. Luckily I Married The Man when they were only 3 and 7 so he was the only Dad they ever knew and he not only raised them as his own, but then we've raised Two of our Grandchildren too and he's been 'All In' even tho' Parenting surely is the most difficult job on the Planet and we'll have been doing it for 50 plus consecutive years by the time we get this last Grandchild Raised. She's 15 now, so we're seeing Light at the end of the Tunnel. She's just praying we don't drop Dead during Pandemic before she gets Grown, so she's very protective of us like a Mother Hen. *LOL*
ReplyDeleteThat's awesome about her! I adopted two of my kids when they were tots and I'm all they've ever know as a dad, and I wouldn't change it for the world.
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