She probably is. Thing is, why is it OK for the guy to do all of the running around? The last time she dated was in the early 80s, and she's 72 now, so you can kind of get an idea why she thinks the way she does.

I got to watch her go through a ton of "boyfriends" after her first divorce, and it wasn't pretty. I was constantly running around behind her pointing out why she needed to cut it off with these guys. What was really strange is she kept getting involved with all of these verbally abusive drunks, and that wasn't what my grandfather or my father was like. Guess she was hoping if she went to the opposite extreme she'd have better luck.

Anyway, she's the last person I'm going to take dating advice from. What B. and I have now is working out just fine. Yes, it's a bit of a drive, but considering where I live, and the limited pool of dateable men, it's not exactly a choice I have. Plus he has three rather large dogs, and one of them is, as he puts it, "a pathetic rescue dog" who doesn't like being away from dad for too long. There's no way he's going to pack up three dogs every time he wants to come see me. It's a lot easier for me to load up one, or leave her here with one of the kids. And, he does quite a bit of driving with his job. I think it'd be awfully rude on my part to expect him to do even more driving during his limited weeknight relaxation hours, don't you?