naamahdarling:enoughtohold:‘Wanna go for a ride and raise a little hell?’: Great-grandmothers celebr
naamahdarling:enoughtohold:‘Wanna go for a ride and raise a little hell?’: Great-grandmothers celebrate 50th anniversary as a coupleJean Baker and Sharon Colter’s romance started 50 years ago in a Toronto parking lot, and it’s still going strong in a small house in Winnipeg’s Minto neighbourhood.In 1966, Baker was 26 years old, a single mom to two toddlers, and it was her first time visiting a gay bar.“I sat at the bar for over an hour and a half. Nobody said hi to me. I felt really annihilated,” said Baker, now 76 years old. “I backed my car out of the parking lot and was heading out of the street, and I saw this lady, who was walking like John Wayne — she has this big stride on her — and I thought, ‘Well, I’ll ask her where girls meet.’”But Baker got cold feet and ended up circling the lot three times to try to come up with something to say.“I never did any pick-up lines in my life. I was always on the receiving end of pick-up lines,” said Baker. “I rolled down the window … I said, ‘Wanna go for a ride and raise a little hell?’ I don’t know where that came from. It was just right off the top of my head.’”With a little coaxing, Colter agreed, and 50 years later the pair are great-grandmothers living in Winnipeg.“It’s been an adventure, and it’s still an adventure,” said Colter.Read the rest.That is a GREAT pick-up line. -- source link
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