06-17-2017, 04:34 PM
Some of you Juliette sympathizers remind me of a conversation I had years ago with a coworker.
This coworker had two kids with the woman he was living with for years and loved her very much. One day he shows up to work all huffy and puffy because his own mom referred to his kids as BASTARDS. In my wisdom of being over 20 years or so older than him, I said, let’s talk about this.
I asked, why are you upset that she referred to them as bastards. He said, well it’s a derogatory term to use on her own grandkids. Well I agree, it is derogatory but do you know the actual meaning of the word” bastard”? He replied, yea its bad. My kids are no good, low lives. We go on line and look up the actual meaning of the word.
Bastard.
1) A person born of parents not married to each other
2) 2 An unpleasant or despicable person.
I told him, as you can see in the 1st definition. Your mother is correct. In the old days, having kids out of wedlock was frowned upon and they were called bastards. To distinguish offspring of married ones.
I asked him why didn't he marry her? He said; we never got around it.
Today it might not be frowned as much but the definition still stands!!!
By definition, the character Juliette behaved as a whore!
This coworker had two kids with the woman he was living with for years and loved her very much. One day he shows up to work all huffy and puffy because his own mom referred to his kids as BASTARDS. In my wisdom of being over 20 years or so older than him, I said, let’s talk about this.
I asked, why are you upset that she referred to them as bastards. He said, well it’s a derogatory term to use on her own grandkids. Well I agree, it is derogatory but do you know the actual meaning of the word” bastard”? He replied, yea its bad. My kids are no good, low lives. We go on line and look up the actual meaning of the word.
Bastard.
1) A person born of parents not married to each other
2) 2 An unpleasant or despicable person.
I told him, as you can see in the 1st definition. Your mother is correct. In the old days, having kids out of wedlock was frowned upon and they were called bastards. To distinguish offspring of married ones.
I asked him why didn't he marry her? He said; we never got around it.
Today it might not be frowned as much but the definition still stands!!!
By definition, the character Juliette behaved as a whore!
You know you are OLD, when you see the Slide Ruler you used in college selling in an ANTIQUE SHOP!!