Primula Baggins wrote:It's so satisfying for a mother.
That reminds me of something from late 1990/early 1991 when I was still singing with the Sacramento Opera Chorus. We were rehearsing Offenbach's Les Contes d'Hoffmann when I was activated to serve in Operation Desert Storm. (I was serving in the USAF Reserves while working on a teaching credential at CSU Sacramento at the time.)
Well, Goldberry, her mom, and my mother all went to see the performance despite the fact that I was in Germany. There's a scene in the opera where there's a (simulated) orgy. Later, after my return from overseas, my mother told me that she was happy that I wasn't able to perform in that opera.
Belle nuit, ô nuit d'amour,
Souris à nos ivresses,
Nuit plus douce que le jour,
Ô belle nuit d'amour!