The Step-out, Step-in Quandry

When I was young, my mother and father had a weekly Saturday night date.  They very seldom missed this date.  It consisted of parking their car early in the evening in front of the town’s movie theater. They would then watch and comment on every person that entered or left the theater, and also those that who just walked by.

Their comments went something like this:  “Do you know that fellow?  Yes, He’s Maude James’ son.  Is he the one that was sent to prison last year?  Yes, he was released early because of good behavior.  Do you know that young women?  Yes she’s the Goodrich girl who had to marry the Olson boy.”

I sat in the back seat of the car eating an ice-cream cone and only half listening to the conversation in the front seat.

But I do remember one comment above all others.  I suppose I remember it because I was completely confused by the answer.  A young women who was obviously going to become a mother in the near future walked by and my father asked, “Do you know that young women?  Yes, her parents are Mable and Mike Majors.  Who did she marry?  She’s not married; She just stepped-out of her step-ins one time to many.

It was several years later that I finally understood what my mom meant by her answer.