once or maybe twice my mother said disapprovingly to my sister "you look like aunt weese." of course it was said disapprovingly, as was just about everything my mother said to my sister (which oddly enough caused me some suffering as a child, and still does, my sister being my idol and my hero).
we puzzled over that for years. we did know that aunt weese was one of daddy's mother's sisters, but other than that we knew nothing about her, not even what she looked like. i'm pretty sure her name was Louise, as i have since met a woman named Louise who is called Weezy.
was mom referring to her manner of dress, or her hair, or was she stout, or buxom? did she make funny faces?
it's a great joke now that there is nobody to explain it to us. if my sister's hair is sticking up, or she's wearing something odd or she's feeling insecure, i'll tell her "you're just like aunt weese!"
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