do you think it's kinda weird

that my mum seems to be having difficulty referring to Ben as either Ben or my boyfriend...

now i'm wondering if this is some affliction that only affects those who have given birth...in any other person i might think it was jealousy or worse, indifference...but i just can't work it out...

now i realise i have been single FOREVER and so it's kinda weird for anyone in my life to adjust to me having found someone, i get it, honestly i do! and you know why: coz i'm adjusting to it too...and don't get me wrong i'm not having any trouble adjusting to it (on the contrary he seems to have become a part of my day to day life really quickly...) but i am in a period of adjustment...

now my sister is married, and before that admittedly only had 2 boyfriends (the dickhead before her husband, and then her husband), and i'm pretty sure she didn't refer to them as sam's friend...i've even had boyfriends before (yes, yes i know, light years ago) and she's called them by name, so i am kinda stumped about what must be going on now?

and yes, i know it's only been a month, and yes, i know he's a lot younger than me, i'm well aware that he doesn't meet the 'criteria' i've had in my head for years and a small part of me thinks it might be the criteria they expect of someone i'm with (the same criteria my therapist chose to point out to me last week had not exactly been successful...thx toni!). he's met some of my dearest friends, and i've asked him to come to my uncle's wife's 60th (in canberra, where he'll actually get to meet the parents...)...oh my god, i've asked him to something where he will have to meet my parents...am i mad? have i completely lost the plot? am i sure he's ready to be put through that??

sooooo i wonder, when she actually meets him, is she gonna say 'hi ben' or is she gonna say 'hi sarah's friend'??