The Barista and the Rich Man

He's old, she's young, he's well off with adult kids, she is a single mother of 3. Yesterday he went with her to apply for food stamps. I am so glad that my friend is opening the eyes of this 50something friend. She works hard and like she said she is "the face of poverty stricken America" I love to see this breaking down of barriers between social classes. She has gained insight into his life as well, and both have turned out less judgmental of the other "kind" of person. Another eyeopener? Yesterday my husband brought me the baby to nurse while I was working. He sat in the car for a few minutes in shock to see me filling up my arms and working my way through my second cord of wood. Later he told me "You don't see this in my country, I was thinking 'I need to stop her and do it instead, but she's working, but how can I let her do this?' " And the great reward was that after all this arguing for the last year about what a woman "should" be, he made a few references to me being a "real" woman last night while he was giving me a massage Maybe there is hope for us with regard to our differences in gender expectations. I wear a skirt occassionally, and he tells me I look beautiful in pants occasionally. Ahhhh, compromise. It is the only thing that makes marriage last.