The Evolving Definition of the Word "Partner"

So... Babcia signed the three of us up for a "Jewelry Making" class at the local library. Quaint little library. The library I used to go to with my grandfather. Adorable really. So we get there after work one day, and the three of us sign in and sit down and the lady who's teaching the jewelry making class goes through her spiel (a word that I always thought was SCHPIEL...learn something new every day..). It was all ladies in the room, and ladies of all ages I might add. For once we weren't the youngest. I'd say ages ranged from 17-80 years old maybe?

There were three ladies next to us. The first thing I noticed was this:

Tattoos: One thing that does NOT get better with age.

 It was two ladies of roughly the same age and then a younger woman and they seemed to have come together. As the lady who was running the workshop was walking around and helping everyone make their bracelets and earrings, she stopped by their table and was talking to them, and of course, I was eavesdropping on the conversation. I'll try to explain the conversation without confusing you...

Lady running the workshop: "Ok, know I see resemblance... who's related??"

Younger Woman: "Yep! She's my mom (points to older woman #1)

Older Woman #1: "She's lucky enough to have two moms!"

Lady running the workshop: "How wonderful! Did you know, I made 700 rainbow necklaces for this year's PRIDE parade in NYC and sold them ALL? (continues conversation...)

So it all was apparent to me. The younger woman was the daughter of the one lady who had a female partner.

Now. My grandmother got in the car, and although she was actually the one sitting the closest to them, she did not eavesdrop like I did. So I decided to bring up the awful looking ankle tattoo first, and then started talking about how the lady running the workshop had made 700 necklaces for pride. Babcia finally started questioning how I knew all this and I told her that the ladies sitting next to her were lesbians and that she was talking to them about it and I was listening...

THEN THE LIGHT GOES ON... 

"THEY SAID PARTNERS...I thought they were BUSINESS PARTNERS!" -Babcia

Oye.

Xifaxin and Xolair,
Justine