Blush is a very mild term for my wife's physical reaction.Blush is a very mild term for my wife's physical reaction. Although she does Carol's laundry, has seen Carol dressed, and is tolerant, she does not actively interact with Carol. As for my reaction, everything rushed through my mind at once. What did she know, was she guessing, was she just feeling us out, was she maybe even sincere, or was this some sort of trap? I just didn't know and I have no idea of my physical reaction. Lila calmly got up and fixed us all a drink and suggested we talk. My wife tried to ignore or pretend there was no suggestion, and we all just sort of looked at each other. Lila really started the conversation with letting us know she had done the laundry and when folding the clothes from the dryer noticed female clothes were definitely not my wife's size. Although she didn't know what to do with them or who's they were, after placing our clothes in our dressing room she noticed that my closet door was partially open and looked inside. Obviously she noticed some of Carol's wardrobe because there has never been a need to hide them. To my amazement, the rest of the evening was spent discussing, in rather open terms, Carol's existence and feelings of each of us, including my wife's first open discussion of her feelings. Also to my amazement, came the rather surprising acceptance of Lila and my wife of something that was never really talked about prior to this. Lila actually seemed to understand and this seemed to encourage my wife to do so also, even though she found it hard to believe or understand how Lila could be here approving of Carol and all that she had not understood for years. Although we were up most of the night in deep discussion I had to work the next day, and regrettably at the time could not get out early. |