Mom told me that when she was a young woman, women still
wore corsets for special occasions. They were married in 1958, so I’m
guessing it was 1956 or 1957 that she boarded a train in New York , with her beau Richard Boyce Jr.,
to meet one of his relatives.
She was very nervous, of course. And, since she grew up in a German Lutheran
family, she had had virtually no experience with “standard” Italian dinners.
Additionally, since her manners were (and are) impeccable, I’m sure she didn’t
want to give the impression that the food wasn’t good. So she had a substantial
helping of the first course, not realizing it was the first of many courses.
By the time the dinner was over, her corset was a private
torment to her.
(can’t imagine why!!!)
And she remembers nearly getting sick on the train ride
back, due to the combination of having eaten wayyyyyy too much and a corset
that was now wayyyyyy too tight.
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