As a kid there were a lot of things I had no clue about. I thought the little country neighborhood I grew up in was perfect, everybody got along and liked each other. It wasn't until I became an adult and long moved out of the neighborhood that at least four of the homes on our street had cheating spouses. I never knew that my dad (without knowing) helped one of the spouses lovers get his truck out of the ditch before the husband came home. Dad said he didn't realize what was going on until two days later suitcases were being thrown into the driveway by her soon to be ex husband. I never knew that the neighbor about eight houses up the street shot a .38 at another neighbor on the other end of the street with all of us kids playing in the yard. Dad had to go to court over that one. I never knew one of my uncles had cheated on my aunt for a big part of their marriage. They're still married to this day but I remember them coming out to the house on the weekends with my cousins. It was so much fun. We played, ran around and had a blast. Never did I ever think (as a kid) that my uncle would do anything like that. To be honest, at age 8 and 9 years old I didn't even know stuff like that happened.
But lord how becoming an adult removes the blinders you had as a child. Sometimes I wish I would have never found out stuff like that.
But lord how becoming an adult removes the blinders you had as a child. Sometimes I wish I would have never found out stuff like that.
