Maybe A Good Man

 Good men can be hard to find.  What I enjoy most these days is the company of my wife.  I read an article this morning that said a good man doesn't care about her make-up or the few extra pounds.  He won't care about the baggy swesas (she doesn't wear baggy sweats) or about her appearance.  I care mostly about the company of my wife.  I care that my smoking a pipe doesn't bother her, as she knows how relaxing it is for me to smoke a pipe.  If I'm alone on the lanai, I might smoke my Old Professor for a bowl with my third cup of coffee for the day, which is usually decal.  

But these days a pleasant conversation with her is more important than anything else.  And at my age, this seems to matter most.  Her personality is attractive and it doesn't bother me if she is attractive to other men.  After all these years I'm not worried about losing her.  But when I am alone with my pipe, I don't mind being alone.  My wife and I always have something to talk about.  And this matters to me more than anything else.  She enjoys my company.  

Being able to talk about anything is important.  But even when we don't talk, I enjoy her company.  And too, I have always enjoyed the company of women.  A good man feels comfortable in his own skin.  By that I mean these days I am always comfortable unless I feel my pipe is bothersome to others.  Then I care and maybe too much, but that is the pipe smoker in me.  I've always cared how others feel about my pipe.  

Even when I did smoke in our house, my wife would remind me I've smoked enough.  But outdoors it didn't matter.  I know when I've smoked my pipe enough on most days.  But I've had to learn to be a gentleman and maybe I learned this the most while living in NY.  But the fact is a gentleman prefers the company of a woman, which in my case is with my wife.  But there have been times I preferred the company of a woman over a man.

My thinking is that every household needs a woman's touch.  Men and women are just different, not just physically.  I'm trying very hard not to be sexist, but men and women are different.  I don't know about same sex relationships, so I can't address this.  But I've always enjoyed the company of women, maybe more than men.  But these days I'm more appreciative of my wife.  I might not eat if not for her.  And I'd probably be a slob, if not slovenly.  

But I'm enjoying my pipe with or without my wife out here with me.  My pipe always keeps me company.  But my wife is better company as after all these years I appreciate.  Whatsmore is that she often enjoys my pipe, which today is my La Roma Valerio pipe with some Autumn Evening.  Maybe she doesn't enjoy it as much as I do, but at least she doesn't mind it.  Thank you for your time and Peace to each one of you.

Dave