Darling Nicky

Don Cornelius was arrested on Friday night for domestic violence. Seriously, Mr. Cornelius? I know you must be mad that Soul Train  was canceled, but you shouldn’t take your anger out on other people! Violence isn’t the way, and only adds to your problems. Looks like being a bitch is one of them…

Okay, I know you think I’m wrong for this but I just do. My grandmother hasn’t had a boyfriend since she dated this man who died from cancer way back when my mother was a teenager, and one day my grandma and I were sitting in the living room watching a movie about romance (I forget which one it was, but I’ll bet it was starring Sandra Bullock) when she says to me, “Nevermind this love stuff. It ain’t never worked out for me. They always leave you.” I never said anything to her or to anybody about it, but I felt really sad that my grandmother felt that way, and just thought that through all that she’s been through in her about 80 years of living my grandma has a broken heart and bitter outlook on love.

Then came the revelation that my grandma sure does spend a lot of times at her friend Charlotte’s house. I’ve never met this elusive Charlotte, but I’ve always heard of my mom or aunts not being able to get in touch with grandma at her house or she was supposed to meet somebody but forgot and was up at Charlotte’s house. I have no idea what Charlotte looks like, what she about, or even where the woman lives, but I think that Charlotte is my grandmother’s lover. I don’t doubt that I’m the only person in my family to think this, and I have never mentioned this to anyone, so I don’t know anyone else’s take on this.

I don’t mind if my grandma is a lesbian. It doesn’t change my love for her, but I would like to know that my grandma has found a life partner to be happy with. And while I do acknowledge that Charlotte might just be a friend, I can’t help think of why two people would possibly want to spend that much damn time together and not be a romantic couple. Grandma is always at Charlotte’s!