Just Jack: The Date

We frequent The Spur regularly. Well, it’s actually called The Silver Spur, but when you know it as well as we do, it’s just The Spur. And ever so often, in between bites of food, Jack will look over at me and say, “So Rebekah, how is your love life?” The first time he asked me that, I almost lost all the food in my mouth, but decided to just laugh instead! He really wants to know. So I try to keep him updated with that area of my life.

He wants the best for me, and that includes finding me a good guy. And he has no qualms about pointing out a potential suitor. At the hardware store, the doctor’s office, anywhere. I give him an ‘A’ for effort and usually just laugh off his suggestions, because even if one of these gentlemen looked promising, what am I supposed to do? Leave Jack in the aisle and go chat this guy up? No.

One day, while driving to a doctor’s appointment, I decided to tell him about a recent date I had had. I summarized the guy and the date on a whole and told him things went really well. He was a great guy, our conversation was seamless, and he was even taller than me! Yahtzee! After my brief explanation to Jack, I paused and waited for the inevitable response. He sat there for a few moments, formulating what I knew was going to be a great comment. “Well, Rebekah, I guess the main way that this affects me, is that someone else is coming along and taking my 25 year old date! I mean, I guess I knew this was a possibility all along, but I don’t want to share you!”