Spending-the-Weekend-at-the-Cottage-of-your-girlfriend’s-parents Checklist
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-Toothbrush
-Socks
-Plenty of Boxers
-Shorts to put on over the boxers in the morning when you get out of bed
-Running shoes
-A willingness to ignore your basic political convictions
-An extra bathing suit (in case the one you left behind earlier in the summer was mistakenly taken by girlfriend’s uncle, which at first seems OK because they were both red, but when you realize your medium has been switched with his extra large, is troubling on several levels)
-Imodium Ad, the biggest box they sell
Not to bring
-Your own pillow (only dandy lily-boys care about their neck, allergies)
-Awesome drug-store aviator sunglasses
-Off-beat sense of humor