Tuesday, June 15, 2010
Germany is "Wunderbar"
Several years ago, (from 1985-1989 to be exact), while in the Army, I was lucky enough to be stationed in Kirchgoens, Germany, with my first wife Delores and our three children, Diana, Cuyler, and Nathan. Germany is an absolutely beautiful country, and was also filled with a great number of beautiful German women, which should basically give you an idea of how Delores is mentioned of as "my first wife". As a family, we had a great deal of adventure there, as it was the first time any of us had been in any other country besides the U.S., and we wanted to make the best of it. One of the first things we noticed, was that the German people had very different beliefs than we Americans did on what they considered appropriate public behaviour. Now don't get ahead of me, cause it's not us that I'm talking about. German people, no matter their age, tend to view nudity in the same way a run-of-the-mill American two-year old does, meaning it's no big deal to them, as became evident the first time I took my family to a swimming pool. I guess that as we first approached the pool, being used to our own country's culture, we weren't paying that much attention to the various stages of swim-wear and non-swim-wear that was being presented to us by the home team, at least not until a very attractive female came up out of the water only a few feet in front of us, wearing absolutely nothing, then grabbed a towel and dried herself off, got dressed and left. Nathan was only two years old at the time, so he thought nothing of it, and may not even remember it. Cuyler, on the other hand, was possibly scarred for life from this ordeal, and is still smiling today. Delores says that the look on Cuyler's face at that awkward moment was one that she'll never forget. "Did you see the look on your son's face", she would ask. "No honey, I didn't", I always replied, because myself, being a highly trained soldier, I found it necessary to keep an eye on the woman, lest she should pull a gun or a knife, or suddenly feel faint. Shortly after the naked lady left the pool area, we started to notice that many other local nationals were naked as well. While this proposed no problem for me, Delores made us leave immediately out of concern for how our kids would be affected. I'm happy to report that this incident had absolutely no adverse affects on any of our children! Nathan is still indifferent, Cuyler is still smiling, and Diana still rolls her eyes alot, but mostly just at me, unless she happens to encounter some stupid person somewhere. As for myself, my left ear is finally starting to heal from this incident, as that is how Delores got me back to the car from the pool, pulling me by the ear and chatting into it, knowing the kids would follow daddy and be ready to go home when he was, or risk walking.
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That is tooo priceless my friend
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