TV GUIDE: All in the Family (Edith Bunker)
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Every time I see Edith Bunker, I can hear her New York accent and her trademark: “Awwwchie” in my head. Not only was she a lovely woman, but she also deserves a medal for putting up with Archie's shit. No, strike that. She deserves a cape, a golden tiara and an invisible plane, because she is a gerdamned superhero. She doesn't even blink an eye when Archie calls her a dingbat! I can tell you this: My husband had better have all his affairs in order before he even thinks about calling me a dingbat.
One time, in answer to my question, “How do I look”, (a trick question because everyone knows the answer should always be: “amazing”) …. But my husband looked at me and said, "fine". (Rude!) And he said it in that way that doesn’t mean "fine" as in "fine china" or "fine dining"... Nope. He said it in the way that the dog-in-a-burning-house meme says, "it's fine. I'm fine. Everything's fine" which clearly means it’s the opposite of "fine" and I've been referring to him as "my first husband" ever since.
But Edith was the personification of a sweet, grandmotherly-type. She’s also the kind of lovely neighbor who brings you vegetables from their garden in the summer, and Christmas cookies in the winter. (Meanwhile, I’m the kind of neighbor who, when the doorbell rings, disappears faster than pizza at a frat party … seriously, my super power is being able to vanish faster than the proverbial fart in a windstorm when I hear a knock at the door).
I’m not saying I’m nothing like Edith, in fact … I can be very similar to her, if you catch me on a good day. I’d even go so far as to say, the majority of people who know me, would refer to me as kind. Sure, some might add the phrase: “of a bitch” to the end of that statement, but you can’t please everyone. Unless you’re Edith. 😇