Issue Four... Relations...

It is true that one cannot live in a vacuum. There are always others that follow the individual. Even if you love a woman, or women if you happen to be in Utah, there are always the others… waiting… I call this issue Relations.

Irish Cream has a family. Members of this family include the rather curmudgeonly father Whiskey, the outgoing brother-in-law Tequila, the caring sister Coffee, the soothing mother Milk, the good-natured bother Rum, the stern grandmother Vodka, and Absent, that odd old uncle no one likes to talk about. All in all, a nice group of people, a very “up” bunch. They always accept you, they always love you, they love to party with you, they don’t care about the details of your job, future, or doubt you… if you love Irish Cream, that’s good enough for them!

Now we move to a woman’s family. She generally has at least a set of parents, and generally siblings thrown in for good measure. These people have a tendency to skeptical, touchy, or otherwise conspiring to sabotage any relationship. By way of evidence, allow me to present common humor. How many jokes do you know that begin “so my mother-in-law comes over,” or “and then her mother says,” and let’s not forget “take my mother-in-law, please….” Try inserting any of Irish Cream’s family into those jokes instead, I’ll wait. Did it work? Of course it did not. Why? Mostly because Irish Cream’s relatives don’t talk, they just offer joy.

So, in the Issue of Relations, yet another clear victory for Irish Cream.