So there I was, standing behind my wife waiting for the parade to begin, pain in my back, pain in my feet, knees swelling, and suddenly I was having heart palpitations and feeling like I was going to vomit! It must have been my various meds, taken too close together with not enough real food in me... I don’t know!
I just knew I had to go sit down before I fell down!
So, I excused myself and found a grubby piece of sidewalk next to a building and sat down in a heap.
The parade started and beautiful people walked by me back and forth, some scantily clad, others not so much, I turned my face downwards, I was embarrassed. I felt alone in a sea of humanity, and yet, my wife was only 25 feet away, I hoped she was enjoying the parade! I didn’t want that foolish old man that loves her (me!) to ruin it for her!
Suddenly, a skin tight rainbow pair of legs came toward me.
I’d seen this young lady several times going back and forth with friends of hers in the crowd.
She knelt in front of me and put her hand on my elbow, it was hot, maybe she was on ecstasy, and she looked me in the eye and told me I was beautiful, twice, before one of her friends grabbed her and dragged her away.
To whomever you are, I hope you see this, thank you! You really made an old, worthless man feel good for a moment!
My beautiful young wife takes so much care of me and I feel so much like I am a burden to her... that having a random stranger say a kind thing to me really made me feel better and like I am maybe not so bad, like maybe I am not the total POS, that I feel I am some times.
Thank you young lady, whereever you are, and especially, thank you Wife, for being in my life!
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