AllFreeNovel
Share Us
“Yes, that's what I tell you and I completely agree with it. But at the same time, there is a lot of wonder to be found in the arms of a man. I would never want you to not feel that part of life. You can’t hold out forever, so you have to find the one worth plunging head-first. Trust me, though, you don’t want to avoid that for too long.”
“What are you saying?”
She sighed and then just spelled it out for me. I guess that’s what I needed.
“I'm saying that being with a man can be one of the best feelings that you probably will ever feel in your short life. I'm not saying to give it up to just anybody, but I am saying that you shouldn’t wait forever. We only get to be young and desirable in youth once. When women wish for their youth back, it has nothing to do with what they see in the mirror, and everything to how men make them feel.
“Don't waste it, Betty. I would give anything to have men look at me the way they did when I was young. Your beauty is power.”
I didn't really know what to think of mom's expert advice. It was clear that she was working out some of her own issues on me and even though that was obvious, maybe she was on to something.
After the day with mom going shopping and getting advice that came out of left field, I didn't know what to think. My morning with Nick was back on my mind, and I had to wonder if I had made things worse than they really were. I shouldn’t have run off like I did. It was a defense mechanism, but I wanted to see Nick. We needed to talk, and I hated to admit it, but it looked like I hadn’t been fair to either one of us. If I was to listen to mom.
Was I really missing out on something so great?
