\u201cWell, he’s at least 16 years older than her. Please pass the salt.\u201d<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
“Mother always said, ‘There’s no fool like an old fool.'”<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
\u201cAll I can say is poor Anne. Did you use real mayonnaise or is this salad dressing?\u201d<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
\u201cMayonnaise. I don’t quite follow you about Anne. They divorced over two years ago.\u201d<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
\u201cYes, but the kids. They still get together with the kids. What happens now? Him running around with a younger woman. Are these the lavender cookies you were talking about?<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
\u201cHmmm. I guess but I think they get together at different times. And yes those are the cookies. I picked them up at the bakery this morning.\u201d<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
\u201cWhatever, they both still live in this town. He and that hussy could walk into a restaurant and Anne could be there. Is there pepper on the table?\u201d<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
\u201cWell, I suppose but Anne wouldn’t necessarily\u00a0be alone. Really is she rarely alone?\u201d<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
\u201cWell, I don’t blame her. Did you see her latest?\u201d<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
\u201cSo tall.\u201d<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
\u201cJust enough silver along the temples.\u201d<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
\u201cOh, we are horrible gossips.\u201d<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
\u201cYes, yes, we are. This salad, I think, just needs a touch more pickle.\u201d<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
\u201cYet, I don’t know what he is thinking. She is so young.\u201d<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
\u201cDo you see how she can’t take her eyes off him? She follows him with her eyes whenever he’s in the room.\u201d<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
\u201cThey’ve kissed in public. Kissed, not pecked.\u201d<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
\u201cO mercy, did mothers hide their children’s faces\u2013pass the ketchup, please.\u201d<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
\u201cSure. No, you know how people are nowadays. I guess they’ve set a date, at least they’ll be married.\u201d<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
\u201cAlready? Mercy.\u201d<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
\u201cYes, Anne told me herself. Kids are all attending. I think she’s hurt she didn’t get an invitation.\u201d<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
\u201cWell, I don’t quite understand that. Why would you want to watch your husband marry someone else?\u201d<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
\u201cEX husband, dear.\u201d<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
\u201cWhatever. They still knew each other in Biblical proportions. Pass the cake, please. Is there cream for the coffee?\u201d<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
\u201cOh dear, we are horrible gossips.\u201d<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
\u201cYes, yes, we are.\u201d<\/p>\r\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
\u201cThey’ve kissed in public. Kissed, not pecked.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2230,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[6,2,3],"tags":[11,35,34],"class_list":["post-81","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-short-story","category-flash-fiction","category-short-fiction","tag-amwriting","tag-plays","tag-sundayread"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"amp_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lydiaink.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Gossips.jpeg?fit=1408%2C768&ssl=1","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lydiaink.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/81","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lydiaink.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lydiaink.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lydiaink.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lydiaink.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=81"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/lydiaink.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/81\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2231,"href":"https:\/\/lydiaink.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/81\/revisions\/2231"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lydiaink.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2230"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lydiaink.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=81"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lydiaink.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=81"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lydiaink.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=81"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}