I was playing bridge one day at my weekly Friday game, and my friend Lorraine came to our table. Lorraine is a beautiful woman of around 85 years of age, inside and out. She told us about her experience at dinner the night before. It gave me hope that are truly good people in the world.
Lorraine stopped into a local restaurant for dinner. She was alone. She was sitting there, waiting for her meal to arrive, when she noticed a couple (probably in their 40's) looking at her. She didn't think anything of it, but a few minutes later the couple came to Lorraine's table. They said they had run out of things to talk about, to each other, and would she like to join them and have dinner with them. She thought that was very nice.
Lorraine and the unnamed couple had dinner and drinks together, talked for two hours, took pictures of each other, and the couple picked up Lorraine's check for dinner. She said she had not spent such a pleasant evening in a long, long time.
What a lovely thing for this couple to do! They saw an older woman sitting alone having dinner, and thought they might enhance their lives, and the woman's life, by having her join them. They certainly did that. Next time I'm out for a meal, see a single person alone, I may do the same thing. Yes, there really are some good, kind people in the world.
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