Posted by d on December 09, 1999 at 20:17:51:
What is making love? (A daydream)
I'm in a hot tub and a precocious 9 year old says to me, in his father's presence:
Can I ask you something secret?
Sure.
He leans over and whispers a soft voice, so his dad can't hear over the hottub noise How do you make love?
Choke. Gasp. Oh-boy. Maybe I better let daddy handle this one.
Okay, okay, calm down, you can do this.
So I tell him how to make love....
First, you find someone you like a lot, like your mom or your dad, or your teacher.
Then you do things for them. You clean your room for them without being asked.
You say "yes ma'am" and "yes sir" when you talk to them.
You ask if you can help do dishes after dinner.
And a funny thing happens.
The person you are nice to is nice to you.
They smile at you.
They tell their friends what a nice boy you are.
They may let you do special things, like stay up a few minutes after your bedtime.
When you've done this for a long time, you've made love.
Sometimes like with mom and dad, the love was there all the time, and you've just made it better.
And he tells me...
So that's what my brother meant when he said my Aunt and Uncle were going to make love on their honeymoon.
And I say...
Yes, that's what he meant.
And I know that I lied:
They had been making love since they met, and will keep making love forever.
I notice the boy's father smiling.