Well, I think most people have that well-intentioned relative that gives you a gift thinking you will love it, but..... you HATE it. When I was in my early 20s, one of my great-aunts gave me one of those gifts and it was one of her fur coats. Had this maybe been before 1940, I might have cherished it and not been able to believe my luck. Well, the not believing my luck part was true because this was the 1990s! Of course, every time I went to visit her, she wanted me to be wearing this fur coat. Oh great.
One time I went to visit her with my brother and my dad, and we all went out to lunch. Of course, I was sporting my fur coat. While we were all in the car on the way to the restaurant, my brother and I were in the backseat and he kept pointing at me and the coat and making jokes and laughing at me. Also, my aunt was practically deaf, so my dad and my brother would tease me about the coat at a low level that my aunt could not hear. Very clever guys...
Next, we get to the restaurant, and it was all I could do to drag myself out of the car and go out into public and into the restaurant wearing this ridiculous rug. We get into the restaurant, are seated, and wouldn't you know, that the cutest guy was our waiter. Are you freaking kidding me? He is looking at me and smiling and seeing that behind MY chair is an ancient fur coat! We kept looking at each other, smiling and mild flirting throughout the meal and I was hoping, just hoping, to get out of there with just a small percentage of my dignity. Nope. That was not about to happen. I wanted to time our exit while he was "in the back". Just as he was saying his thank you for the tip and about to leave, my aunt asked him if he would be so kind as to take a photo of us, with, you guessed it....me wearing my fur coat! I could have died right there on the spot, but lived long enough to write this story. I would provide the photo, but am not able to find it because I probably destroyed it. I do have a photo of before lunch with no fur coat in sight!
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