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The, Feral Beast Who Lives Of A Hill

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“Sidehill Gallagher” feral beast who lives in a hill, or a slur used against Irish in 1930’s New York? Either way, what happends when a Gallagher starts to date the Dean’s daughter? My Uncle John, my father’s older brother, and my Aunt Thellen have been married together for thirty-five coming up on thirty-six years. However, they were not always together and they did not always know one another. When my Uncle first met his wife it was their freshman year of college. They were on a retreat in a state park, it was just a small group over a weekend. They knew who each other was, but other than their first impressions they were strangers. His first impression of her was that she was a very pretty and smart girl. Thel’s first impression of John …show more content…

He walked right up to her and, “kissed her on the mouth!”
They hung out over the summer and bonded even more. They joined “The Traveling” a singer ensemble. They continued doing stage productions and continued to pair up for the dance practices they had. Soon he “spent time trying to figure out how to spend time with her.” It only took him a while longer to figure out he no longer wanted to do that. “I didn’t want an excuse to see her, that’s when I thought I was dating that gal.” That was when they started to date, in the spring of 1976.
Thel liked him because, “when John talked to you he talked to you, he asked me what I felt and why. I had to teach him how to small talk.” Since thirty-nine years is a bit far to remember every detail, John believes that his first actual date with Thel was to a dance. He took her to a dance at a barn, “the music playing was ‘70s stuff ya know…romantic stuff.” John felt at peace with the world that night dancing with Thel. He said he was, “so delirious I could fall asleep on my feet, just wrapped up in her arms.” That’s when he had the first realization that he not only liked her, but loved her as well. When you love someone you try to keep the relationship moving forward, less it stop and die. So naturally the next step for them to take was the meeting of the parents.
Meeting the family is always a big step, no matter how you look at it. Meeting my family, or as we call

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