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All the pent up emotion overwhelmed me and I began crying. He led me to the couch. “I’m sorry, I just feel like a royal idiot right now.”

“Start at the beginning.”

“Some of the other ladies at my office were planning a girls’ night at a club across town. They really made it sound like any of the ladies from the office could attend. Lots of them were going so I thought, why not? It’s been forever since I’ve been out anywhere and I thought the club would be less intimidating with a group of ladies I sort of knew. When I showed up at the club they were very cruel. They said rude things about me, about my hair and my clothes, and in front of all those people waiting to get into the club. I have never been so humiliated in my life! And to top it all off someone got away with my wallet. I don’t know how I’m going to show my face at work on Monday.”

He was shaking his head. “And what’s wrong with what you’re wearing?”

I looked down at my red flared skirt and white blouse. “Too conservative, too old-fashioned, too middle-aged, too frumpy; take your pick.”