In 2018 my mom took her kids on a vacation (yes, me included). It was rare to have all of her kids in one setting and for a week to boot. I’m the youngest (58 at the time), my elder brother, ten years older than me with two in between.

We found that we all have the exact same sarcastic sense of humor. The teasing and bantering was a blast. There was also plenty of quality one on one time with each other that we hadn’t had in years.

One evening I was having a heart-to-heart with my eldest brother. His wife had passed four years earlier and I asked him if he was interested in getting married. I should have rephrased the question as, “Are you interested in remarrying again?” … or something like that.

The next day while we were all having lunch together my elder brother announced to everyone at the table that a woman was coming on to him the evening before. There were comments by everyone as to who this interested mystery woman was.

My other brother made a snide comment, “Was it Sarah?” My elder brother replied, “Yes, she asked me if I wanted to marry her.” Ugh.