Is virile behavior effeminate?
The City by the Sea normally has a local public holiday in May, but that was in the middle of the first lockdown so it was postponed until today. The first hot day of the year, so I spent it mostly reading under the ceiling fan.
The reason for the public holiday today is the Melbourne Cup. My mother's friends are being a bit naughty: they were having a Cup Day afternoon tea party, which my mother declined to attend as we are still under some lockdown restrictions, including only two visitors at a time to a house. This apparently led to some words between my mother and the friend hosting the party. I mean, I am obviously biased as one party to that argument is my mother and the other is a kind of an old bag, but even taking that into consideration, I think my mother is right.
Anyway, my mother and I bought slices of fancy orange-and-almond cake and had our own little afternoon tea while watching the Cup instead.
The reason for the public holiday today is the Melbourne Cup. My mother's friends are being a bit naughty: they were having a Cup Day afternoon tea party, which my mother declined to attend as we are still under some lockdown restrictions, including only two visitors at a time to a house. This apparently led to some words between my mother and the friend hosting the party. I mean, I am obviously biased as one party to that argument is my mother and the other is a kind of an old bag, but even taking that into consideration, I think my mother is right.
Anyway, my mother and I bought slices of fancy orange-and-almond cake and had our own little afternoon tea while watching the Cup instead.