I had a doctor's appointment and was sitting next to a guy a little older than me in the waiting room. He mentioned his wife had died a few years ago.
"Any kids?" I asked him.
"Three, two sons and a daughter," he replied.
"So that makes you a single father of three," I said.
"The youngest one just turned forty," he protested.
"So what? You are still a single father of three children," I said.
"But my youngest is forty years old!" he shot back.
"Okay, I said back. "It doesn't matter how old they are you are still their father and you are a widow. That makes you a single parent of three children. Why not hop on the single parent's bandwagon and see if you can cash in? You can't nor should you cheat the government but I'm sure there are any number of privately funded single parent bennies you can latch onto."
I could see the mental gears turning in his head as he sat there silently thinking. My name was called and I got up. As I was getting ready to follow the tech he looked at me and spoke and with a snicker he said, "I like the way you think."
No comments:
Post a Comment