Nana Biography

That was a serious thing with him. And when he had parties at his family‘s house, nobody smoked, nobody drank, nobody did anything. So that he lied to them in a way. He was putting on an act with them. When I first met him , he phoned to tell his mother he had met this wonderful girl. I was right by him with a highball in my hand, and he said, “mother, I met this wonderful girl from Kentucky, and she doesn’t drink and she doesn’t smoke and may I bring her to see you? “ And I said,  “why did you tell that?”  And he said, “well, my mother, you know – “. He didn’t tell me about the religion, my mother doesn’t approve of that and it’s just better if she doesn’t know. And so I went along with him. The minute, the minute he left, and was out of state, and his parents came up to see me, he was in Mexico, and the mother came up, that afternoon, and we sat there, I said, “I might as well spill the whole thing to you. “And I told her this big lie lead. I said, “we always were that way. “ And she said, “that’s my fault. I really made it…” she realized she had put him in that position.

Did you agree with her interpretation? 

Yes, yes. I really do. And I think it was a terrible thing that happened to her because she died of a stroke just about two years later and I think she blamed herself for the whole thing. 

Did you sometimes Blame her too? 

No, I still loved her. She did what she thought was right. He should’ve realized that she was crazy about him and was a wonderful person, and after we were divorced, I took – this is another incident – I took the children out of the Christian science Sunday school, I had a very good friend up here, and she was sending her children to the Unitarian Sunday school, And I thought, “that’s me. “ (laughs). You don’t have to believe in anything if you go there.

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