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Funny Encounter at the Thrift Store

sylviatexas1
9 years ago

I volunteer at a thrift store that benefits Baylor Hospital.

The other day, an elderly man came in to donate his late wife's clothes.

I was the 'extra' person on duty, so I went to help him unload at the back door, & I felt so sorry that he'd lost his wife that I started chatting, asking him what I hoped were upbeat questions.

turns out he's 88 years old, was married to her for over 30 years (they both had been widowed when they married, when they were in their 50's), is still able to take care of his home, knows the importance of getting out & not getting isolated, but he has *no* plans to re-marry.

He said,
"I'm not interested in getting married again.
I have no interest in *kissing* a woman ever again.
They may have let their dogs lick them on the mouth."

so I knew right then that there was no future for the two of us...

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