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A high school girl had her first summer job, working at the candy-counter of a department store. One day a young man bought a penny sucker from her and left. She'd never met him before, but she knew who he was. He'd been a star athlete at her high school a few years before, had recently graduated from college with a degree in electrical engineering, and started a career in the engineering department of the local utility company. He was very bright and ambitious with a great career ahead of him. He was also quite handsome and considered the most eligible young bachelor in town by most of the local girls.
A few minutes later, the handsome young engineer returned to her counter holding his candy in one hand and the cardboard stick it had once been mounted on in the other, complaining that she'd sold him a defective piece of candy and demanding a refund of his penny. She told him she couldn't refund a penny. He argued with her about it and when she still refused, he told her she should either refund his money or go out on a date with him. She said there was no way her mother would let her date a 22 year old to which he replied, "We'll see about that" and left. All of this made the young woman a little angry. She knew he could get a date with almost any girl in town and certainly wasn't interested in some teenage girl. She felt he'd just been teasing her.
An hour later when she finished her shift and started to walk the few blocks home, she found the young engineer waiting for her. He said he was going to drive her home and talk to her mother. Whatever he said to her mother apparently worked, because an hour later the candy-counter girl and the young engineer were having burgers and milkshakes at a local restaurant.
In the spring of 2009, the handsome engineer and the candy-counter girl went on a three week cruise of the Mediterranean to celebrate their 50th wedding anniversary. Several years earlier they took their 3 granddaughters out for a dinner of burgers and milkshakes exactly 45 years to the day after that first date... and took them to the same restaurant. It's in a much newer building, but at the same location and still owned by the same family.
Over the years, my dad steadfastly denied pulling his penny sucker apart as an excuse to come back in and ask for a date (and nobody believed a word of it). My mom always said she should've just given him his penny back.
Yesterday, with my mom by his side holding his hand, my dad passed away after a brief illness.
A few minutes later, the handsome young engineer returned to her counter holding his candy in one hand and the cardboard stick it had once been mounted on in the other, complaining that she'd sold him a defective piece of candy and demanding a refund of his penny. She told him she couldn't refund a penny. He argued with her about it and when she still refused, he told her she should either refund his money or go out on a date with him. She said there was no way her mother would let her date a 22 year old to which he replied, "We'll see about that" and left. All of this made the young woman a little angry. She knew he could get a date with almost any girl in town and certainly wasn't interested in some teenage girl. She felt he'd just been teasing her.
An hour later when she finished her shift and started to walk the few blocks home, she found the young engineer waiting for her. He said he was going to drive her home and talk to her mother. Whatever he said to her mother apparently worked, because an hour later the candy-counter girl and the young engineer were having burgers and milkshakes at a local restaurant.
In the spring of 2009, the handsome engineer and the candy-counter girl went on a three week cruise of the Mediterranean to celebrate their 50th wedding anniversary. Several years earlier they took their 3 granddaughters out for a dinner of burgers and milkshakes exactly 45 years to the day after that first date... and took them to the same restaurant. It's in a much newer building, but at the same location and still owned by the same family.
Over the years, my dad steadfastly denied pulling his penny sucker apart as an excuse to come back in and ask for a date (and nobody believed a word of it). My mom always said she should've just given him his penny back.
Yesterday, with my mom by his side holding his hand, my dad passed away after a brief illness.
