Hub's Infidelity

Vacation week. I slipped away to visit my mother and I was suspicious before I left. He had been spending an inordinate amount of time with her. She does have a lot of interesting qualities. She is black, Dutch and well seasoned and she can cook! Sounds dangerous and she is. Yes... he even has a nickname for her and doesn't mind me knowing it. Her name? Black Beauty (he actually gave her this name- no joke) and she is a Dutch oven. Since he became a scout leader and attended a meeting where Dutch Oven Dan-who has dozens of the cast iron cuties, spoke rapturously about them, he has been obsessed. While I was out of town, the two of them spent both evenings together. The pizza experiment didn't work out too well (burnt and soggy at the same time), but the pork and chicken nights were apparently heavenly. I swear he spends more time with her than he does with me- cooking together and I am not even going there with the constant oiling of her fabulous patina. He even dries the thing in the oven on a low setting after using it in case there might be a wittle bit o' wawa on her. I can't compete. AND she is strong and reliable according to the tag. Every man's dream. I guess I am lucky he doesn't have dozens- though I think I spotted him trying to revive Old Rusty from his younger years