Dear C,
I fear that the fact we can both remember the sitcom, Bewitched (on RE-RUNs, I hasten to add) probably already qualifies us as ladies of a certain age in some peoples’ eyes. Unlike you however, dear C, I find myself concerned not so much with which character I most resemble, but rather, which of Samantha’s two Darrins would play the oldballandchain in the TV movie of our lives? Would it be the affable but long-suffering Dick York, or the affable but long-suffering Dick Sargent? And what is it about the two of them I find so troubling? Is it the way Samantha’s mother, Endora, is always trying to catch Darrin lusting after other women; or simply the fact that I always suspected one of them was gay, and can never remember which one it is? Come to think of it, that’s exactly what I find myself doing with the oldballandchain, although in my case, of course, I would show none of Samantha’s admirable restraint in using my witchy powers to get at the truth. Although, having one husband for shopping, and another to fix things round the house might be the perfect solution after all.
Faithfully,
P.
