I suppose Minjeer Nathan van der Stevejinck doesn't quite fit the Neels Ideal...yet. But he's soooo close. I'm sure Mevrouw Rebekah van der Stevejinck would agree.He's tall. Check. He's large. Check. Lint fair hair. Check. Beaky nose. Check. Ruggedly handsome. Check. The hands of a surgeon. Maybe. He only has a few places where he falls a wee bit short:
- He is about 7 years too young...but he'll grow out of that.
- He is violently allergic to pet dander...hmm...he could still rescue puppies and kittens...but then he'd have to find another home for them.
- No accent, Dutch or otherwise.
- He's already married.
- Unfortunately, he is not fabulously wealthy. Yet.
Already married? Since when is that a barrier. All we need is for Mevrouw to suddenly leave him and die in a plane crash with her lover...But I'm pretty sure she won't. ;0)
ReplyDeleteHe's got the look, definitely!
ReplyDeleteVery nice. Is he dancing with a Betty in that picture? Definitely need the family tree in order to keep all your "mijnheers" apart.
ReplyDeleteAs we know, Betty Neels did branch out into non-Dutch heroes. Alas, despite having not one but two Brit Hubs, neither one even comes close to the Neelsian ideal: Tall (check), fair hair (no), blue eyes (one yes, one no), surgeon-like hands (close-enough), fabulously wealthy (one yes -- the one I divorced, natch!, one not-so-much), bookish (yeah, I guess), distracted (um, yes), own great cars (no), good with animals (one yes, one no), etc.
Okay, so they're actually closer than I realize. But really, no. If you met them, you'd know. Lovely chaps, but not Betty Neels-worthy.
Let me introduce you to my short Mexican code-monkey, Betty Magdalen.
ReplyDeleteMinjeer Nathan is my #3 child. He has one older brother and an older sister, then 3 (yes 3!) younger brothers.
ReplyDeleteIf Nathan's a Neels-worthy hero, what brand of heroine would I be?
ReplyDeleteWith your moxie, most definitely an outlier.
ReplyDeleteIf all the van der Stevejinks are getting together for Christmas, could you stage and film a short Neels scene starring Nathan and Rebekah? Tuck a little tinsel over Nathan's ears for silver at the temples, and he's perfect!
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