Ask Amy: Woman feels the tick tock biological clock
Dear Amy: Recently, shortly after my 75th birthday, my wife and I got on a plane to visit our 32-year-old son, who lives at one of the fancy watering holes on the East Coast.
He has a financial business but has yet to make his mark. Nevertheless, he has a taste for fine dining.
One evening he took us out to a restaurant that has great food and equally elevated prices, where he was recognized by the maître d and proceeded, as the grand seigneur, to order special dishes for the table.
During the conversation, he said he had eaten there "hundreds" of times in the past six to eight years.
Well, the check arrived and was presented to him – and he proceeded to push it across the table to me.
I was speechless, but I paid without comment.
How would you describe our son's behavior, considering the circumstances and his extensive history at this establishment?
I would describe it as "disgraceful."
Am I off-base?
– Daddy not Dearest
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