Small Streams

(Oedipal) Dream Date

Saw this ad for a dating service in yesterday's paper: "Modern love means your boyfriend graduated the same year as your son." I know the point is to get everyone to loosen up, but my mind couldn't help but complete the picture: "Maybe it means your boyfriend is your son. Maybe your "boyfriend" was in some way responsible for what happened to your husband. Maybe this brings him such pain that he claws his eyes out. Maybe . . . eeeagh." Anyway, I think you could write a nice little blurb for a TV sitcom: "Accidental encounters lead to disagreement with father, swimmingly good arrangements with mother. Hilarity ensues."