Last summer my older brother called at the cottage to say he was arriving that afternoon with a +1. “How long will you stay?” I asked. He said “depends on how much you like my new friend”. As he is SWM of a certain age and never married, his +1 have run the gamut over the years. Sometimes half his age, sometimes twice his age (?), always though, very interested in his inimitable ‘je ne sais quoi’ (these are his words).
So, as much as nothing about anything surprises me anymore, he surprised me. All of us, in fact. He arrived with a 9 week old puppy. As big brothers know everything and are good at everything (just ask him), this was going to be a cinch for the bachelor.
