Nobody puts grandma in a corner. - Dirty Dancing, 1987 (revised)
The woman who cuts our hair and knows both Dave and me and knows our story insisted we watch the PBS series "Last Tango in Halifax." It's a British series about Celia and Alan who secretly longed for each other in high school, meet again after 60 years and decide - almost immediately - to get married.
But, of course, they have families, and, of course, the families have the same kind of problems that most families have - infidelity, interracial/gay romance, alcoholism, money issues, and teen pregnancy, to name a few. And this all comes together in the first 48 hours after Celia and Alan meet.
Here's what's interesting. Nobody is particularly happy with these two old people falling in love. Nor do they have time to listen to details. It makes them uncomfortable. These middle aged kids with their, important, busy, crisis prone lives are used to having mom and dad sit in the corner waiting and available. Not getting on with new life.
But here's what Celia and I had to decide. Nobody puts grandma in a corner.
(If you have Netflix you can watch "Last Tango in Halifax" from the beginning. Otherwise, it's on PBS on Sunday nights.)
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The woman who cuts our hair and knows both Dave and me and knows our story insisted we watch the PBS series "Last Tango in Halifax." It's a British series about Celia and Alan who secretly longed for each other in high school, meet again after 60 years and decide - almost immediately - to get married.
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| Celia and Alan in Halifax |
But, of course, they have families, and, of course, the families have the same kind of problems that most families have - infidelity, interracial/gay romance, alcoholism, money issues, and teen pregnancy, to name a few. And this all comes together in the first 48 hours after Celia and Alan meet.
Here's what's interesting. Nobody is particularly happy with these two old people falling in love. Nor do they have time to listen to details. It makes them uncomfortable. These middle aged kids with their, important, busy, crisis prone lives are used to having mom and dad sit in the corner waiting and available. Not getting on with new life.
But here's what Celia and I had to decide. Nobody puts grandma in a corner.
(If you have Netflix you can watch "Last Tango in Halifax" from the beginning. Otherwise, it's on PBS on Sunday nights.)
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