It's A Small Town After All....

On Saturday Jamey and I divided and conquered some things we needed to get done. Basically that meant he took Samuel to get a haircut, lunch and browse through Home Depot while I took Riley to lunch and get groceries.

I have said before that I attract old people and the very weirdest of fellow shoppers/diners/pedestrians/etc. Well, Saturday's lunch experience reconfirmed that fact.

Riley and I were sitting in our town's somewhat crowded Wendy's on Saturday and a little old man made a beeline for our table and started making conversation with Riley first and then I was hooked. He sat down the table closest to ours and continued to chat with me while his wife was in the incredibly long line at the counter. Midway through the conversation we made formal introductions and continued to chat until his wife came to the table with their lunch and then she joined in as well. A few minutes later it was time for us to go and we said our goodbyes.

When he told me his last name it was a somewhat familiar last name....maybe a surname of a cousin of a cousin or maybe a family acquaintance so I asked my mom if she knew who he was. She said that he and my grandmother were an item years and YEARS ago and that she had known him her whole life. I laughed out loud. The old stinker was charming and obviously he had wooed my grandmother a lifetime ago and on Saturday he had his sights on her granddaughter and great granddaughter and didn't know who he was talking to.

Our town is growing so fast that sometimes I can go to 6 different stores in one day and not see a soul I know or that even looks familiar....but then there are days when I sit beside and have a conversation with someone from my grandmother's past....her first love perhaps???!!!! I thought it was pretty cool and I could see what she probably saw in him he was a very warm genuine person and I am glad I met him.