Jenny and Jake know…

So breaking News.  Natural20 has decided to tell her children.  And her husband has agreed.  That's what she told me last week.  She said that she could not stay with me because, her son had been waking up early and had started climbing into bed recently again and she was tired of lying to him.  He is 12.  Her daughter is 15.  They were planning to do it today.  But her husband had a busy Saturday, and dates on Thursday and Friday, so the decided to tell them last Wednesday.  …

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So I am single again! :(

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No not really.  Really it was tougher than they thought it would be, but it is going to be okay.  Her son was the least okay with it and her daughter the most okay with it.  After it was all said and done, her son requested that I not come over anymore.  I was expecting that.  But Natural20 told him that that would mean that she would not be spending as much time with him; if I were at the house, she would be there and she would be spending more time with him.  His response was too cute: I retract my earlier request.

Her daughter, she thought would be most likely to be cool with it, but had unexpected reservations.  She said that she felt that she no-longer knew her parents.  When she was asked if I was allowed to hang out at their house, she stated that she liked me, so it was okay.  So…, so with her husband out on a date, she asked me to come over and have dinner and watch a movie with her children.  And to give them a chance to ask questions, any questions.  I also wanted to give them a chance to set ground rules.  

The dinner was takeout because children could not be pried off their screens and he had thirty minutes with nothing to do in a car…!  Then to her house and the test.  Her daughter asked her Natural20 why I was acting strange and shy, so that was a good sign.  She then proceeded to mock fight me, a battle to seek dominance!  Oh, is that what this is?  As I picked her up, she is bigger than Natural20, and then I said, okay tour turn, she declined as I am bigger than she is and well, she would have difficulty picking her mom up.  

We ate with gusto, her younger turkey son did not react any differently towards me, he has always been standoffish towards me, so this is no change. Then they had no questions at all.  And there was no in to ask about ground rules.  And then her daughter dropped the family bunny on me and we went to watch a movie downstairs.  The bunny was licking my ear and making me laugh, so her daughter took the bunny away from me.  The bunny was also firming my beard.  Then her daughter dropped her feet on my lap and stated foot massage!  Which is odd because she never did that before and it was something that her mother always did.  

I think they need names.  They are Turkeys according to Natural20.  Male Turkeys are called Toms, Female — Hens, Male juveniles— Jakes, Female juveniles— Jennys, so I will call them Tom, Jake, and Jenny— this is not their real names, so it is good.  

We watched True Lies, with Jake on his own, Natural20 and I snuggling, with Jenny's feet on Natural20's lap, and with my hands in Natural20's hand or Jenny's foot and occasionally my other hand around the back of Natural20, had Jenny's Han in mine.  It was like we were a bunch of puppies curled up on a couch.  Near the end, Jake joined us.  

After the movie, jake went to bed and Jenny and I had a pillow fight over Natural20, most of the blows hit her, but ended with Jenny wrecked and off to bed and Natural20 very very happy.  Jenny referred to me as 'your boyfriend' at one point which showed how strongly Jenny had integrated our relationship into her mind and her world.  Things look good.

There will be another bump in the road in the future, probably when they notice a ring on my finger, or one on hers, possibly tomorrow, as the ring is in and has been resized.  Then will be a whole conversation about how one day I hope that we can marry, when the bigamy laws are relaxed.