Sunday, January 4, 2009

"AGEING GRACEFULLY"

'AGEING GRACEFULLY'

HAVE YOU EVER BEEN GUILTY OF LOOKING AT  OTHERS YOUR OWN AGE AND THINKING, 'SURELY I CAN'T LOOK THAT OLD?' WELL... YOU'LL LOVE THIS TALE FROM A WOMAN!!

I WAS SITTING IN THE WAITING ROOM FOR MY FIRST APPOINTMENT WITH A NEW DENTIST.

I NOTICED HIS DDS DIPLOMA, WHICH BORE HIS FULL NAME.

SUDDENLY, I REMEMBERED A TALL, HANDSOME, DARK-HAIRED BOY WITH THE SAME NAME HAD BEEN IN MY HIGH SCHOOL CLASS NEARLY 40 YEARS AGO. COULD HE BE THE SAME GUY THAT I HAD A SECRET CRUSH ON, WAY BACK THEN?

UPON SEEING HIM, HOWEVER, I QUICKLY DISCARDED ANY SUCH THOUGHT. THIS BALDING, GRAY-HAIRED MAN WITH THE DEEPLY LINED FACE WAS WAY TOO OLD TO HAVE BEEN MY CLASSMATE.

AFTER HE EXAMINED MY TEETH, I ASKED HIM

IF HE HAD ATTENDED MORGAN PARK HIGH SCHOOL

'YES. YES, I DID. I'M A MUSTANG,' HE GLEAMED

'WHEN DID YOU GRADUATE?' I ASKED.

HE ANSWERED, 'IN 1968. WHY DO YOU ASK?'

'YOU WERE IN MY CLASS!' I EXCLAIMED.

HE LOOKED AT ME CLOSELY.

THEN, THAT UGLY, OLD, WRINKLED, BALD, FAT, GRAY, DECREPIT S-O-B ASKED, 'WHAT DID YOU TEACH '?


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