In the Spirit of Turning 40

HAVE YOU EVER BEEN GUILTY OF LOOKING AT OTHERS YOUR OWN AGE AND THINKING, SURELY I CAN'T LOOK THAT OLD. WELL....

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 SOME 20-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 MY HIGH SCHOOL .

"YES. YES, I DID. My Alma Mater, " HE GLEAMED WITH PRIDE.
"WHEN DID YOU GRADUATE?" I ASKED.
HE ANSWERED , "IN 1986. "
"WHY DO YOU ASK?"
"YOU WERE IN MY CLASS!", I EXCLAIMED.
HE LOOKED AT ME CLOSELY.
THEN, THAT UGLY,
OLD,
BALD,
WRINKLED,
FAT ASS,
GRAY-HAIRED,
DECREPIT
SOB ASKED......

"WHAT DID YOU TEACH ??"

Comments

Anonymous said…
THAT IS THE FUNNIEST THING I'VE HEARD IN A LONG TIME!! BAMABELLE'S HUSBAND.
Ohhhhhhhh, Charnita! You have had me laughing out loud this am. Certainly he had been in the back inhaling laughing gas prior to your visit. You look fabulous dah-lin.
I wish I coulda seen his face with his foot stuck in his mouth, or was it in his....well you know?
Anonymous said…
ahhhhh...what a shock he obviously got when you told him..'no we graduated together!!' clearly you look 100 times better and younger than him....he's probably a grumpy old man..
Bama Belle said…
OK so my husband made his first EVER blog comment and it was HERE! Too funny girl!You do not look 40 more like 30! Rock it on!