This morning I saw the little brother of a kid that I grew up with.  I have long since forgotten the little brothers name, but he is still very recognizable to me, and outwardly appears to be one of the most laid back and relaxed human beings that I have ever seen.

Anyways, the little brother is probably around 24 years old now and he was walking hand in hand with his girlfriend.

Seeing them together made me realize that there are some truths to the old saying that men date women that remind them of their mothers and vice versa with women and their fathers.  This since the girlfriend is the spitting image of his mother.

I’m not talking about a younger version spitting image, I’m talking about a girl who is in her early 20s that looks like she is pushing 50.  Everything about her screams I’ve had four kids, am a soccer mom, I don’t have time to work out or pick out clothes that are flattering to my body - I’m a mom - she even sports the long perm circa 1983 - 1987 that soccer moms of Brooklyn had.

Seeing them only made me wonder how did he find that girl.  Out of all the women in the world where and how did he find one around his age that is outwardly pushing the end of middle age while sporting a long perm  circa 1983 - 1987, and the only logical reason I could come up with is that he is dating a cousin from his mothers side. 

As the saying goes incest is best, but in my mind incest is gross, and I’m sure that they would agree. 

So I’m figuring that they really are cousins and that they have found a way to skirt around the whole disgusting incestuous relationship thing, and have decided that they really aren’t committing incest since she is his cousin on his mothers side - if its in the same family but without the same last name -  it’s not incest. 

That’s there motto - I assume.