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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;SBSVC, post: 166913, member: 136&quot;]re: Cape May</p><p><br /></p><p>I spent exactly <u>one</u> (very odd) weekend in Cape May, years &amp; years ago (c.1980)</p><p><br /></p><p>My husband&#039;s widowed father had invited my divorced mother to spend a week at a place he had rented in Cape May. He was a very... uh... shall we say, <i>old-fashioned</i> type. </p><p><br /></p><p>He had got it in his head that he should marry my mother, to rescue her from the shame of divorce - and to have someone to clean his house, make his meals, do his laundry, etc, etc.</p><p><br /></p><p>Mom really wanted a beach get-away, but she told my 3 sisters &amp; me, &quot;NO WAY am I going to be alone in that house with that man! One of you will have to be there with me at all times.&quot; (Believe me, I&#039;m making no excuses here for my mother&#039;s behavior here, either!)</p><p><br /></p><p>DH &amp; I were &quot;assigned&quot; the final weekend of her visit. </p><p><br /></p><p>All I remember of the place is:</p><p><br /></p><p>1) a horrendously long Friday evening drive from DC...</p><p>2) exceeding long lines to get into restaurants...</p><p>and </p><p>3) Cape May <u><i>DIAMONDS</i></u> - I still have one in my jewelry box!</p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;m sure that Cape May is a lovely place, but my memories of it are not![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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