He seemed unfazed by the fact his dad and my mum were sitting next to us flirting and giggling. He turned towards me during the pre-show ads, asking me questions about myself, offering me popcorn and candy, sharing his story.
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I don’t remember what the movie was, just that Tim sat next to me in the theatre. When my mum suggested she cheer me up by taking me on her date with this new guy she was seeing and his son, I couldn’t find a good reason to say no. I had a month and a half stretching out in front of me with only my mother for company. I was heartbroken and lonely, not to mention suffering from the depression that tended to get me during the short, dark, cold days of midwestern winters. He wasn’t ready for that kind of commitment and I couldn’t stand the thought of a long-distance relationship with this person who I had come to rely on so deeply throughout the previous three years. I’d been talking too much about the future, about what we’d do after graduation and assuming that we’d be together, but “the m-word” as my boyfriend had taken to calling marriage, finally scared him off. My college boyfriend and I had just broken up after he got back from a semester abroad. It wouldn’t have made a huge difference, as I didn’t stay close with many people from high-school, but there were a couple of people I might have hit up had she not moved. “Home” now meant my mum’s new house in a different suburb, further north where I’d grown up.
When she met Mark, I was home from my senior year of college for winter break. It was about two years before my mum started dating. It was a long time coming and when I went away to school, they lost their last reason to stay together. My parents divorced when I was in college.