On Monday, July 13, 2020 at 4:45:06 AM UTC-5, Ophelia wrote:
> "Bryan Simmons" wrote in message
> ...
>
> On Sunday, July 12, 2020 at 3:02:50 PM UTC-5, graham wrote:
> > On 2020-07-12 1:34 p.m., Bryan Simmons wrote:
> > > On Sunday, July 12, 2020 at 4:02:26 AM UTC-5, Ophelia wrote:
>
> > >>
> > >> Lucky lad! He wouldn't be spoilt by any chance? <g?
> > >
> > > He is 18, and so independent, and so little trouble in every single
> > > other way. He bought his own car. He buys his own clothes, and has
> > > since he was about 16. He's been doing his own laundry for several
> > > years. The food thing is the only way that he's spoiled, and I like
> > > spoiling people with my cooking. He pushes me to try new things too.
> > > As often as not, the first sentence he says to me every day is some
> > > version of, "What's for dinner?" Often, the first thing he says to his
> > > mother is, "Are you hungry," because she makes him things like crepes
> > > with fresh fruit for breakfast. She is the sweet foods person, and I am
> > > the savory foods person. She's obsessed with baking, and has even taken
> > > master classes from this guy:
> > > https://us.valrhona.com/chocolate-cu...nathaniel-reid
> > >
> > Wow! I wish I could make cakes like that featured in the article!
>
> My wife recently had a birthday, and her sister bought her a cake from
> Nathaniel Reid. St. Louis is a small pond, and Reid is a big fish. My wife
> got another present from her parents, a book called, *Artful Baking*, that
> she requested after having checked it out from the library.
>
> You *can* make great cakes. Baking cakes, unlike cooking, merely involves
> following instructions to the letter, and unlike pastries or pies, ambient
> humidity is not a big issue.
>
> --Bryan
>
> =====
>
> Yes I can understand that Oh I am very sure you will be
> seeing him a lot)) He knows where he is well loved and will be back to
> enjoy a bit of spoiling)
> He is lucky to have you and you are lucky to have him))
> You are all very lucky!!!!!!
> Good luck to you all))))))

He's not going to visit so often because he's "loved." He's going to visit because he enjoys my cooking and his mother's baking and crepes. Yeah, I'll miss him when he moves out, but it's his mother who will really feel a loss. To me, he's already an adult child, an equal and a trusted friend.

--Bryan