Look what the cat dragged in! (TL) - Act 2

[tigerlily78]

Today H, son and I went to a movie together. Son acted a little strangely when we first sat down in the theater. Put his hood up, leaned his head down on his arms on the seat in front of him. He sat like this through all the previews. I almost thought he was crying or fighting tears. Asked him what was wrong, if he was okay. I got the "I'm just tired" response. We got the the movie at 10:40am, pretty early in the day to be tired. I'm a little worried he might be depressed, he has had some depressive states before in the past.

Movie was good, I think we all enjoyed it. Son and I read the books, H hasn't so the ending seemed very abrupt to him. I explained that in the book I think there was a little more bleed over into the next situation.

We had a nice lunch together, very much like old times. H did at one point ask son what was wrong with him in the movie theater. Son says, "everyone was asking me if I was okay and it was annoying." Son didn't seem to understand that no one asked him what was wrong until AFTER he had his head down in the theater for several minutes. Boys/Men ... why does talking about what's bugging you have to be so darn hard?!

H and I did grocery shopping together this afternoon. I mentioned that spending the afternoon with him had really improved my attitude, and that I was even feeling a little frisky for some reason. He laughed it off and said just hearing me say that made him "uncomfortable in my pants." H ended up picking out wine and champagne at the grocery (totally for his own benefit, it was not for "romance").

He poured us both some bubbly while I was finishing putting the groceries away. I thanked him for pouring and told him he made a good pick, that I liked the flavor of this one a lot.

When he left this evening I got a hug, I am sure I initiated it with a gesture, but he doesn't refuse. It was a long enough hug, son came into the kitchen and joined in.

When H was getting ready to leave I saw he had a book with him. I asked, "Ahh, so you are going to read that one?" He asked why, had I read it. I had. He asked for my impressions. I told him from what I remembered it was okay, but I thought the ending was weak. It's not the sort of Sci-fi I really like. I mentioned another book upstairs in a stack that I thought was much better (and had recommended a few weeks ago when he was looking for something to read), but that it was up to him to decide what he was in the mood for. The sci-fi book or the other book, which is more like a medieval/fantasy fiction. He went back upstairs for a few minutes and in the end came down with the book I recommended. I dunno... maybe I shouldn't have said anything. I just felt it was worthwhile to let him know I noticed he was reading something and I was interested.