2018.02.05 03:55
The Story of Another Woman
A little while ago I started seeing another woman. Actually, it was my wife’s idea.
“You know you love her,” she told me one day, completely out of the blue. “Life’s short, you should give her more of your time.”
“But I love you, dear,” I replied.
“I know, but you love her too!” she said.
The other woman whom my wife wanted me to see was my mother. She had been a widow for a few years now, and because of work and my kids, I didn’t get to see her very often. I called my mother that night and asked her to join me for a movie and some dinner.
“Did something happen? Is anything wrong?” she asked.
You see, my mother belongs to the generation that thinks that any phone call after 7 pm can only mean bad news…
“I just wanted to invite you for dinner and a movie, just the two of us. What do you think?”
After a few second, my mother simply said: “I’d like that…”
I drove over the next evening after work to pick her up. It was a Friday night, and I had a feeling I hadn’t had in a long time – the kind of nervousness you get before a first date.
When I got there, I saw that my mother was also excited and nervous. She was waiting outside, wearing her beautiful old coat, her hair all done up and had the dress she wore for her and dad’s last anniversary. Her face was lit up with a bright smile.
“I told my girlfriends I’m going on a date with my son tonight and they were very excited for me!” She told me when she got in the car.
The restaurant we went to was not the fanciest, but the staff were incredibly friendly. My mother held my arm and looked like the first lady! We sat down, and she asked me to read her the menu (“My eyes are not what they used to be” she said). Halfway through, I looked up and saw she was staring at me with a nostalgic smile on her face.
“When you were a child, I was the one who read you the menu.”
“Then allow me to return the favor, mom”, I said.
We had a lovely conversation, not about anything in particular, just sharing what’s going on in our lives and eventually we spoke so much that the conversation just trailed off…
“I’ll go out with you again, but only if you let me pay next time!” my mother said.
When I dropped her off at her house, I felt genuinely sorry to see her leave. I hugged and kissed her and told her how much I loved her. When I came home later that night, my wife asked how the date went.
“It was wonderful, thank you for suggesting it!” I looked at my wife and added “Much better than I could ever have imagined”.
A few days later, my dear mother passed away from a heart-attack. It was very quick and there was nothing anyone could do. A short time afterwards, I got a letter from the restaurant we went to that last time.
The letter read:
I’m quite sure that I won’t be able to make it to our next date, so you and your wife can enjoy each other’s company like I did with you. I paid for your next meal here in full and I want you to know just how much that night meant to me!
I love you,
Mother
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2018.02.05 05:12
2018.02.05 07:53
Lovely, lovely! I liked it very much. We all have tendency not to expess enough
love to the most intimate person. Thank god he did it before she died.
2018.02.05 10:26
Thank you for sharing the story, WM,
which warmed my heart.
It is in a way a sad story reminding all of us
how blind all of us are in seeing reality correctly
in this fast moving world as you stated.
2018.02.05 11:40
2018.02.05 13:12
우리 아들들은 철없이 제 애가 생겼을때야 비로서 어머님(부모님)의 사랑을 알게되지요.
그때가 되면 벌서 어머님은 시들시들 늙어가시고 효도하고 싶어도 시간이 없거나 너무
짧아 평생 가슴알이를 하며 후회하게 되지요. 가슴이 뭉클한 아름다운 이야기 입니다.
나누어 주셔서 감사합니다. 김소월의 시로만든 유주용의 '부모'를 보탭니다. 규정
2018.02.05 21:28
Thank you for sharing the story. Baekhyo
2018.02.06 01:49
Thank you for sharing the story of another woman in a gentleman’s life.
It reminds me of the things I should practice more and often.
How often the thoughts remain in me, seldom reaching out!
2018.02.18 01:31
여행에서 돌아와 이제야 이런 좋은 글을 읽습니다.
감사 합니다.
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As we see in the Winter Olympic, the world is running so fast, fast enough for us not to even catch it.
Well, let it run in an endless rat race.
However, let's slow down a bit and think about ourselves deep inside.
Here comes a good story for us.
It reminds me of something that I regret not having done.
Please pause a little and read the story. Thanks.