Loving the Almost-In-Law

The Forever Fiancee and I have been together for almost 14 years now. And during that time, my relationship with her mother, the Almost-in-Law, has varied from supremely shaky (she once demanded I scavenge a cat-urine-soaked chair out of a neighbor's trash) to downright motherly (she indulges my craving for coconut monkeys).

However, I'm happy to report that we've now reached a glorious new high. Yesterday, the Almost-In-Law sent me a well-packaged box of vinyl, 20 albums from the good ol' days. Some were hers (Loggins & Messina) and some were the FF's (Duran Duran's Carnival, a Japanese import). Kid Lulu and I immediately fired up the Victrola, dancing around to DD's Girls on Film and .38 Special's Hold on Loosely.

We had a blast, of course. And I got a kick out of Lulu studying the album art, much of which, as you can see here, is ridiculously sublime. I especially like the cover of Billy Squier's The Tale of the Tape, in which the '80s rocker looks like he's trying to seduce whomever destroyed his collection of vintage porn.

My daughter and I also enjoyed the liner notes for the Berlin album. The Forever Fiancee, presumably as a preteen, had underlined in blue ink the name of her future husband: bassist John Crawford. I was wicked jealous and immediately feathered my toupee.

So thanks for the swell gift, Almost-in-Law.

And if you send 20 more, I'll totally forgive you for the La-Z-Boy drenched in cat pee.

Comments

[John Crawford]

Hate to correct you, Sean, but the FF underlined my name last year -- long after the two of you met.

I find it reassuring that after all these years I can still take her breath away.

[SoManyJs]

Daly - did you dance around to the Squier vinyl like this?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pNY5_MlOIuQ

I have to think that unless you upgraded your glue, there is no way your toupee would survive those moves....feathered or not.