Continuing Conversations

So, I am sitting in Huckleberry's, a local, healthier version of Denny's kind of place.
Lots of old people eat here.
Yeah, I guess somehow I got old.
Not sure how that happened.
Too many birthdays?

About 20 feet from me is a couple.
I know, I knew them, but thanks to my stroke - NO clue as to whom they are.
So, I quietly eat and listen to their talk.
And a memory is triggered ,,,,,

If you are a long time reader, I once told the tale of a horridly obese couple trying to convince their normal sized teenage daughter to gain weight!
It seems if she could hit 285 pounds by 18, she would be considered disabled and get social security disability, for life!
Never heard of such a thing!

So, from what I caught of the conversation this time:

Daughter did not make it to 285, she only attained 260.
Had a massive heart attack and died!
They were .... well, death of your only child is a life changing event!

To their credit, they both appear to have lost about half their weight!
Yeah, they still have a ways to go be healthy again.
But they are working on it!
But the poor daughter ... !

*******

At the adjacent  table are 4, twenty something lovelies.
A glass of Rose, one of Red and two Chablis later and the group was not only noisy but also lost their inhibitions!
So, they got off on, "who has the worse OBYGN"?
The leggy blonde won that one hands down.
But not without horrifying all women in earshot!
And she had not even reached the creme de la creme of her tales!

So then, she got down to a tale so bizarre,
That honestly I think she crossed paths with a psychopath!
Yeah, psychopaths worry me because they are very unpredictable, unless you know their motivation!
So, my ears perked up .....

"So, the guy came in to examine me.
I thought he looked really strange, but hey .....
So, we are chatting through the exam and then he suddenly asks me out on a date!
And, well, it has been three years, so I said, Okay."

The other women were a bit aghast, but encouraged her to continue!

"So, we met at (a local bar),
And all he wanted to do was talk about my crouch,
And how wonderful the rest of me must be!"
Lots of murmuring, so I could not hear ...

"Yeah, I excused myself to go to the bathroom.
Yeah, I left my jacket,
Caught a cab and have not been answering my phone or door!
That guy was REALLY creepy!"

A Middle aged woman stood up, approached the table and lectured the bleary eyed crowd on how inappropriate they were for her 14 year old grand-daughter!
Whom was in tears by now!
Quelled by drainiing her mother's hard liquor glass!
Well, while the cat's not watching!

Long legged blonde stumbled off and did not return!
So, the three remaining women, stayed and discussed at how inappropriate that older women was to have lectured them!

Yeay, that was something!!!!!!!!
As for GG, she was on pain meds and heard nothing ...
She might have even not been on this planet ...

*****

And what is a dinner out, without a first date train-wreck in progress?

Yeah, another weird guy trying to impress someone whom had a brain ....

At a certain point she reached quietly into her lap,
Hit a button on her smart phone,
It rang and she pretended to take an "emergency" call.
Very well executed!

So, she excused herself from the table and headed chatting on the phone with her make believe rescuer!
He stayed about 30 minutes more before exiting stage left.
Failing to pay any bill as well!
And he left her coat!

sigh ... people!