PP: 35-36 — There’s an old (150 years?) needlework framed ten feet down the hall from this computer which instructs in blue: Do Right and Fear Not.
Mr. J.C. Smith, Woods Boss of Woodstock Island Hunting Club, used to say, “We don’t need no Rulebook. I got one Rule: Do Right, and you can hunt here; Do Wrong, and you’re gone!”
Okay, I know I have done got preachy now, so let’s just go ahead and say what ought to be the Rule: Love, real love that stretches out a long way ahead of you both, belongs to go before — sex! That would be in the Bible, Bubba, if you want to look it up. And this’un too: “Having sex” sounds like something ordinary and occasional, like “It’s Friday, take out the garbage, Bubba.” But “Making Love” puts a different light on the actual act, doesn’t it? Keep the Main Thing the Main Thing in your marriage, Bubba, and chances are it won’t get broke.
“I THINK I love you, Betsy,” is what I said that night she accepted my Drop. I was so naive that if she had asked me exactly what I meant by that, I probably would have hidden in the car trunk. Yet 56 years later, I’m still learning what Love means. Every time she walked in a room where I was, I fell in Love all over again. Every morning when I woke up — always before she did — I tried to ease up the covers for a peek at her body. Every night when we went to bed, I was silly with anticipation!
Okay, my kids don’t need to read this next paragraph or so.
We had three Bedtime Rules: 1) We always went to bed together; no “I gotta finish this chapter,” or “I want to watch the next show.” One of us might stay up a little later, or not watch the next show, but the Rule was the Rule. 2) We always went to bed (gulp) nude…nekkid…no clothes…nary a stitch…however you want to say it in your house, it works. The Woman You Love is glorious to see in the altogether, and if you had some disagreement before supper, it will seem pretty insignificant now, won’t it? 3) Cuddling is always The Best! Whether y’all Do It, or don’t Do It, the best part of your day is holding a beautiful bare woman whom you love under those covers. I cannot testify about the woman’s holding of her man, except to say that half the time, Betsy would beat me in whispering, “This is the Best Part of my day!”
Do Not Let The Romance Die In Your Marriage!