Ghetto girl or hillbilly cousin for a daughter in law?
Well, one of my biggest fears regarding my son was his choice in girlfriends. I've mentioned her before a while ago. Whether wrong or right I just didn't want someone that's too streetwise, too loud and brash like women you see on Jerry Springer. Now I'm ending up with a hillbilly cousin for a daughter in law. Well, if he decides to marry her. But hear me out.
My son was asking if we have any hillbillies in our family and I had to laugh because we do come from this tiny town in Kentucky I will not lie and that's not to say all inhabitants from tiny towns in Kentucky are full of hillbillies but, well yes that's a little bit of the mix in my family. I told him no though. Why? Maybe because I don't think of us like that.
Well, she said she has hillbillies in her family, that her grandfather was a Hatfield. I told her my great great grandmother was a Hatfield! You could've blown us all over with a feather we were so shocked. Not my son though because he doesn't keep up with family stuff like that and apparently because he doesn't care if he's possibly dating his cousin.
I asked where her great grandfather was from and she said Kentucky. Not only was he from Kentucky but from a town two hours away from the tiny town where my family's from. I'm pretty sure we're related. In some manner at least. It quite amuses me, it's such a Kentucky stereotype.
Now I don't know if that would really bother me if I found out I was dating a distant cousin but it gives me pause. I thought about it when we were watching Real Chance of Love, I think Real is gorgeous and yes I watch that show but only by accident and - well, why justify? I really, really like Real. So Rabbit, my favorite, was saying one girl was ghetto and I jokingly said to my youngest daughter, “Well, my biggest fear was getting a ghetto daughter in law but now I'm getting a hillbilly cousin instead.” it was a joke of course and I laughed. She didn't. She now thinks it's not a big deal. They're different colors she said. What's that have to do with anything if you're still related I wonder?
Honestly, what really matters is what a person is like inside. I've always taught my son that looks don't matter. I'm glad he took that to heart even if I end up getting a hillbilly cousin for a daughter in law. That still amuses me. She's not ugly mind you, attractive and nice and certainly not a hillbilly just perhaps not your typical girlie girl which is fine. Let me add that I've grown to like her after all the mess a few years ago and I didn't even know we might be related.