9 Chickweed Lane by Brooke McEldowney for January 27, 2010

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Gran says, "The thing about my generation is that we were brought up to expect certain proprieties in courting… We held hands on our doorsteps and kissed goodnight with our mouths closed… We became engaged, we married, and then we learned intimacy. It's what we believed and expected and thought we deserved." Gran says, "When Bill was with me, he could never be anything but the perfect gentleman." Gran says, "But every once in a while I wished he could at least try."