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Weekly Contest #28
Looking back, the date?—it was doomed from the start. Shouldn’t I have known it wouldn’t end well? Just by the way he asked!Here is what happened.An old childhood friend contacted me via social media, made the appropriate introduction after not having seen or talked to each other in thirty five years. He then gave the usual invite to meet for coffee. We never did.A month passes, as months do and with it another contact. This time from him stating” it’s my birthday on Saturday and I want you to go to dinner with me.”Notice, I said “ stating”...
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