Granddaughter: \u201cGrandma, how many boyfriends did you have when you were young?\u201d<\/p>\n
Grandma smiled proudly.<\/p>\n
\u201cOh darling, in my time relationships were pure, respectful, and meaningful.\u201d<\/p>\n
Granddaughter: \u201cWow\u2026 so just one?\u201d<\/p>\n
Grandma: \u201cWell\u2026 one for dancing, one for poetry, one for motorcycle rides, one who played guitar, one rich boy for restaurant dinners\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n
Granddaughter: \u201cGRANDMA!\u201d<\/p>\n
Grandma: \u201cWhat? We didn\u2019t call them \u2018boyfriends\u2019 back then.\u201d<\/p>\n
Granddaughter: \u201cWhat did you call them?\u201d<\/p>\n
Grandma smiled mischievously.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe called them options<\/strong>.\u201d<\/p>\n The granddaughter burst out laughing.<\/p>\n \u201cGrandma! You had a whole dating roster!\u201d<\/p>\n Grandma shook her head.<\/p>\n \u201cAbsolutely not. I had standards.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cStandards?\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cYes. Every young man had to bring something different to the table.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cLike what?\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cGood manners. Good conversation. Good dancing\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n She paused.<\/p>\n \u201cAnd preferably a car.\u201d<\/p>\n The granddaughter laughed.<\/p>\n \u201cSo Grandpa was which one?\u201d<\/p>\n Grandma suddenly became very quiet.<\/p>\n \u201cYour grandfather?\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cYes!\u201d<\/p>\n Grandma smiled.<\/p>\n \u201cHe was the one who didn’t have any of those things.\u201d<\/p>\n The granddaughter gasped.<\/p>\n \u201cThen why did you marry him?\u201d<\/p>\n Grandma leaned closer and whispered,<\/p>\n \u201cBecause he was the only one who made me laugh.\u201d<\/p>\n The granddaughter smiled.<\/p>\n \u201cAww, that’s actually sweet.\u201d<\/p>\n Grandma nodded.<\/p>\n \u201cYour grandfather couldn’t dance, couldn’t play guitar, couldn’t write poetry, and didn’t have much money.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cThen what did he have?\u201d<\/p>\n Grandma looked toward an old photograph of her late husband.<\/p>\n \u201cA good heart.\u201d<\/p>\n She smiled.<\/p>\n \u201cAnd apparently\u2026 excellent timing.\u201d<\/p>\n The granddaughter raised an eyebrow.<\/p>\n \u201cWhat do you mean?\u201d<\/p>\n Grandma winked.<\/p>\n \u201cHe proposed before any of the other boys could.\u201d<\/p>\n The granddaughter burst out laughing.<\/p>\n \u201cSo Grandpa won?\u201d<\/p>\n Grandma smiled.<\/p>\n \u201cNo, sweetheart.\u201d<\/p>\n She picked up the photograph.<\/p>\n \u201cHe didn’t win the competition. He was the reason I stopped holding auditions.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n The granddaughter hugged her.<\/p>\n \u201cOkay, Grandma. That was actually beautiful.\u201d<\/p>\n Grandma smiled.<\/p>\n \u201cRemember that, darling.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cRemember what?\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cSometimes the person you choose isn’t the most impressive person in the room.\u201d<\/p>\n She pointed at the photograph.<\/p>\n \u201cSometimes they’re simply the one who makes the room feel like home.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Granddaughter: \u201cGrandma, how many boyfriends did you have when you were young?\u201d Grandma smiled proudly. \u201cOh darling, in my time relationships were pure, respectful, and meaningful.\u201d Granddaughter: \u201cWow\u2026 so just … <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-184966","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"brizy_media":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/readfullstory168.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/184966","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/readfullstory168.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/readfullstory168.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/readfullstory168.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/readfullstory168.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=184966"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/readfullstory168.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/184966\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":184967,"href":"https:\/\/readfullstory168.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/184966\/revisions\/184967"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/readfullstory168.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=184966"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/readfullstory168.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=184966"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/readfullstory168.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=184966"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}