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Laura Davis letters to her husband Lloyd Davis, November-December 1942

1942-12-11 Laura Davis to Lloyd Davis Page 6

Down at that -- bowling alley George used to get his tongue all the more loosened up after beer to roll out cheap language and wise remarks. Then he'd do all that wise and confidential coaching of you on how you should throw to improve your score. Rose said she didn't used to like to have George drink but said "you'd get used to it after while." If you aren't in a class way above that I'm badly mistaken. I don't know whether George served liquor at his party for you; I imagine he did. I was relieved and appreciated it that you didn't come home stinking any way. Since that night I've never worried that you would when you might as reasonably had a sociable drink there as anywhere. But when you've told me -- like the night I came to the alley after driving in from DM from the convention in April -- that the boys had made a remark about you not drinking I sure did feel bad. I recalled the only thing you ever said to me that George said when you told him we were going to be married "What will you do when you want a snifter now and then?" Neither George nor Rose ever said a single nice thing to me about being a part of the family or of wishing us well. And Mother indicated that George seemed surprised you'd ever marry and that he hadn't been very considerate of the idea let alone enthusiastic. So then the ruckus

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Down at that -- bowling alley George used to get his tongue all the more loosened up after beer to roll out cheap language and wise remarks. Then he'd do all that wise and confidential coaching of you on how you should throw to improve your score. Rose said she didn't used to like to have George drink but said "you'd get used to it after while." If you aren't in a class way above that I'm badly mistaken. I don't know whether George served liquor at his party for you; I imagine he did. I was relieved and appreciated it that you didn't come home stinking any way. Since that night I've never worried that you would when you might as reasonably had a sociable drink there as anywhere. But when you've told me -- like the night I came to the alley after driving in from DM from the convention in April -- that the boys had made a remark about you not drinking I sure did feel bad. I recalled the only thing you ever said to me that George said when you told him we were going to be married "What will you do when you want a snifter now and then?" Neither George nor Rose ever said a single nice thing to me about being a part of the family or of wishing us well. And Mother indicated that George seemed surprised you'd ever marry and that he hadn't been very considerate of the idea let alone enthusiastic. So then the ruckus