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Name:
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LonghornBoater
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Subject:
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Ever wish you hadn't asked?
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Date:
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4/25/2013 10:58:40 AM
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MY NAME iS MARY, AND i
WAS SiTTiNG iN THE WAiTiNG ROOM FOR MY FiRST APPOiNTMENT WiTH A NEW DENTiST. i
NOTiCED HiS DDS DiPLOMA ON THE WALL 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 SOME 30-ODD 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 WiTH PRiDE.
"WHEN DiD YOU GRADUATE?” i ASKED.
HE ANSWERED,“iN 1975. WHY DO YOU ASK?”
”YOU WERE iN MY CLASS!” i EXCLAiMED.
HE LOOKED AT ME CLOSELY. THEN, THAT UGLY, OLD, BALDiNG, WRiNKLED-FACED,
FAT-ASSED, GRAY-HAiRED, DECREPiT, MiSERABLE, SOB ASKED... "WHAT DiD YOU
TEACH?”
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