Not much is going on right now, aside from the upcoming party at my house this weekend, and the fact that Lady Starfish is currently in town. (She and I are having a blast, by the way.)
So today, I thought of a random, small-world story to tell you about my dad, WLF.
Since The Czarina lost both her parents at age 21 and did not meet WLF until she was about 27 or 28, my dad always assumed he never met his in-laws.
Or did he?
When I was in middle school, my parents went into Richmond for the day. They returned home to tell me and my siblings a fairly incredible story. At some point in the day, they had some time to kill between errands. The Czarina decided to show WLF all the houses in Richmond where she lived when she was growing up. They pulled into this one neighborhood.
"Oh. I know this neighborhood!" WLF exclaimed.
"You do?" said Czarina.
"Yeah! One summer, when I was in college, I had a summer job as a Fuller Brush salesman. I went door-to-door, selling stuff to housewives. This was one of my neighborhoods," he explained.
"You know," replied Czarina, "my mom used to buy all kinds of stuff from the Fuller Brush man. Which summer was this?"
It turns out that the summer my dad spent as a door-to-door salesman was one of the summers that my mom lived in that neighborhood. They thought, "Hmm. That's interesting."
Then they turned the corner. "There it is!" said Czarina. "That's where I used to live!"
WLF said, "I remember selling stuff to that house. They were one of my best customers."
I wonder what they thought of my dad. I wonder what he thought of them. You never know who you meet sometimes, I guess. Little did they know...
Weird, huh?
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9 comments:
Great story!
that is sweet and **spooky**
Pretty cool!
are you a slut
I like that, it's kind of romantic and interesting, thinking you meet your future in-laws before you meet your future wife.
If your dad can remember how did your grandmother look like, wouldn't it solve all the mystery?
I'm sorry, I didn't see your main character sidebar earlier. :(
That is pretty awesome! By the way, good luck with the weight loss! I am currently trying to drop 40 lbs as well, and its hard as crap! I think I may look into the "support groups" that your using because I refuse to go to Weight Watchers EVER. AGAIN. Keep up the good work, I'll be kicking my ass for eating that Reese Cup.
That is pretty freaking cool. Great story VB!
Creeeeepy.
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