What happens to two normal adults when all the children are gone? They quit censoring themselves and they start watching "Game of Thrones".
I realized this morning while sitting with Pat reading the Saturday "Edmonton Journal" that our language has completely deteriorated to the point that we sound like we are in the oldtimer's hockey dressing room. Who knew that without kids around we could fall so far?
And that's not the worst part - we watched Season 1 of "Game of Thrones", completely absorbed and got over the embarrassment of all the full frontal nudity & sex quite quickly. In fact, we were at a total loss when the last episode finished and couldn't think of what we would do until Season 2 is out. We downloaded Season 1 of "Downton Abbey" and it is intriguing, but I have to tell you, not quite as absorbing without all that sex.
With children in the house we behaved quite well - checked our language, censored what we watched, made sure we showed them how to wash dishes and didn't subscribe to cable (who wants to listen to kids fighting over what channel to watch!). I blame our complete turn-around on when the children left home, when we bought a house with a dishwasher, when mom came to live with us for 6 months and we subscribed to cable so we could watch the Winter Olympics with her. When mom moved back to Ontario, we kept the cable and we were hooked following tv series we didn't know existed before.
Without kids home to disapprove we make all sorts of jokes with "sexual" innuendos, laugh at our quirky selves, shamelessly spend quiet moments together, and swear a "blue streak". My mother would be shocked! So would our children. Pretty soon our home will be deemed too "riske" for visits.
For now, Pat and I are enjoying each other's company and the relative calm that comes when you lighten up and relax. We have entered our 2nd childhood, cracking each other up with all our bathroom humour. Funny how it becomes funny when you aren't trying to "set an example". Thank goodness we still have enough public contact that we are able to practice "respectful" behaviour regularly.
If you plan to drop by, give us some warning and we will make sure we use our "we have company" manners or "the children are home" manners. If you surprise us, I can't guarantee we will be able to switch that quickly.
Have a great day everyone - ENJOY every moment and lighten up - at least in private!