Brent Hartinger ([info]brentsbrain) wrote,
@ 2008-04-03 17:02:00
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So several months ago, Michael and I were relaxing in the hot tub at the YMCA, talking about some kids of our friends. A woman overhead us and leaned over and, thinking I was talking about my own kids, said to me, "There is no way you're old enough to have kids!" Having just turned 43, I was, shall we say, over-the-moon that she had mistaken me for someone that much younger.


Then Michael and I watched as she talked to some of the other folks in the hot tub, and it became clear that she had some sort of learning disability.

Michael's been teasing me about it ever since (to which I have responded, "Just because she's disabled doesn't mean she's blind!")

Well, today I was out walking, and I happened to pass a wedding cake shop. I stopped to look at the fake wedding cake display in the window. An older woman was passing by, and she looked and me and said, "Honey, you're far too young to be getting married. Wait five years at least."

Once again flattered and over-the-moon, I came home and told Michael, to which he responded, "She probably was blind."

But I'm choosing to think (a) she wasn't blind and (b) Michael, who went gray years ago, is just jealous. ;-)


It's all cool,

Brent Hartinger


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[info]horcrionebay
2008-04-04 01:34 am UTC (link)
Well if she were blind, she wouldn't have seen you at the window, right?

(Of course, her eyesight might not have been up to par, but we'll just not mention that...)

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[info]brentsbrain
2008-04-04 02:33 am UTC (link)
Yes, let's do ignore that, shall we?

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[info]azang
2008-04-04 02:10 am UTC (link)
Wow, that's gotta feel like a getting a book contract.

And Michael, I know how you're feeling. Call me, I have ideas, we can teach him a lesson! ;)

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[info]brentsbrain
2008-04-04 02:34 am UTC (link)
We're going to dye Michael's hair this weekend, just to see how he looks.

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[info]azang
2008-04-04 03:01 am UTC (link)
You'll have to post a picture.

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[info]treebreeze
2008-04-06 01:34 pm UTC (link)
Too funny!

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(Anonymous)
2008-04-07 03:33 am UTC (link)
does anyone actually know what colour hair you have now? you shave it all off do you not? you could be pure white and no one would know...

ah, the vanity!

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[info]brentsbrain
2008-04-09 07:02 am UTC (link)
It's still reddish, what's left of it!

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