This was one of my paternal grandfather's brothers. He was a character, he was a bartender, a gambler, a drunk, and a philanderer. Both of his wives showed up at his funeral. Hence this weeks Sunday Five, characters.
1: Have you met anyone who made a living as a professional (even if illegal) gambler?
2: Have you met a convicted murderer?
3: Have you met anyone who remarried without divorcing the first spouse?
4: Which side of your family, mother's or fathers, had the most interesting characters?
5: In what way are you a character?
My Answers:
1: Have you met anyone who made a living as a professional (even if illegal) gambler? One of my great-uncles was the real pool hustler.
2: Have you met a convicted murderer? A new neighbor moved in down the road on the farm one summer, he stopped by to introduce himself and said, "before you hear it from someone else, let me tell you what happened," he was a very good neighbor as long as you didn't have an affair with his wife.
3: Have you met anyone who remarried without divorcing the first spouse? Two people, as mentioned above both of Dutch's wives showed up at the funeral - they both understood and loved him, the other one was deeply surprised when his first wife found him, and had a big problem with his second wife. It did not end well.
4: Which side of your family, mother's or father's, had the most interesting characters? My paternal grandfather had a couple of brothers that were outrageous characters, my mother's family was quiet and repressed.
5: In what way are you a character? The first half of my life, I tried to do what others thought I should do, the second half I have made my own way in the world - in work, love, and travel - I will have much more enjoyed the second half.
Your answers in the comments.
: Have you met anyone who made a living as a professional (even if illegal) gambler? No
ReplyDelete2: Have you met a convicted murderer? Not to my knowledge.
3: Have you met anyone who remarried without divorcing the first spouse? No
4: Which side of your family, mother's or fathers, had the most interesting characters? Bu far my father's side
5: In what way are you a character? We haven't met yet.....ask Anne Marie
1: no
ReplyDelete2: no
3: no
4: mother's
5: I love hanging with gay people, I knit, I don't watch tv, I like train travel...in other words, I am my own unique character! :)
1-3. No, not to my knowledge.
ReplyDelete4. Both sides had their characters, both good and bad.
5. I don't see myself as a "character" at all. Perhaps others do; I don't know.
I am not attracted to bad boys
ReplyDeleteThey are arseholes
1: Have you met anyone who made a living as a professional (even if illegal) gambler? No, although I had an uncle who significantly supplemented his income through gambling (he even had a preferred bookie).
ReplyDelete2: Have you met a convicted murderer? Not that I know of
3: Have you met anyone who remarried without divorcing the first spouse? Not that I know of
4: Which side of your family, mother's or fathers, had the most interesting characters? Maybe a couple of uncles (who married into my mother's family). One had mob connections and was a bit of a prick... I don't think that made him interesting.
5: In what way are you a character? I honestly don't know. I wonder what others might say (although I don't wonder enough to want actually know).
1. My maternal grandfather played the ponies a lot at Agua Caliente. He wasn't a professional though. It's a good thing cuz he sucked at it!
ReplyDelete2. My ex brother-in-law was convicted of manslaughter in my sister's death. Does that count?
3. No bigamists, but a lot of adulterers.
4. I'm with Debra on this one. If you've seen The Color Purple you get the gist of my mother's side. My grandfather actually looked and talked like Adolph Ceasar.
5. I have no idea, to tell you the truth. I see myself very differently from the way others do. I will sit in a corner in a crowded room, but am long winded in writing.
1: no
ReplyDelete2: no
3: not that I am aware
4: I suspect my father's side as they have the more vagabonds
5: lower-case I suppose .