Dear Queenie,
Over the Christmas holidays last year I stayed with my grandmother while my parents went off island. A friend of hers had Christmas dinner with us because he has no family here.
The whole time he was there they were acting like a couple of teenagers, hugging and kissing and touching each other. It was embarrassing to watch them. And I think he stayed the night because I heard noises coming from her bedroom like my parents make sometimes when they’re doing it.
Queenie, why do old people behave like that? It’s disgusting!—Grandson
Dear Grandson,
They behave like that for the same reason young people do.
I assure you, no matter how old you get, you will never outgrow the need for affection, physical contact and some form of sexual activity.
I hate to use the phrase, because I know how much young people dislike it, but “you’ll understand when you are older.”
