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This evening, I went to eat in a restaurant with my stepmother and my older daughter. As often happens in a gathering with me , some speech and some sign takes place.
About halfway through the meal I noticed an older man of about seventy years having dinner with his wife, but also managing to keep his eyes locked on me.
I admit to being a snappy dresser, and you all know I have good looking earmolds, but I feel a quick perusal should be enough for anyone. So I gave him my sternest look, but he was not deterred.
At last he sauntered toward the front while his wife searched her purse for the tip. Then he came slowly back and sort of paused as he reached us, so we got a good view of what looked like new Oticon Go or some mild loss BTE. Then on back to his table where he picked up his piece of boxed pie.
He told my daughter as he passed us again how sad he would have been had he forgotten the pie.
I thought he really just wanted to show us he had hearing aids too and was part of the club. I think if he had courage he would have raised a fist to the air and screamed "Deaf Power."
No moral to this story, but it is a boring night and he was a cute little old man.
About halfway through the meal I noticed an older man of about seventy years having dinner with his wife, but also managing to keep his eyes locked on me.
I admit to being a snappy dresser, and you all know I have good looking earmolds, but I feel a quick perusal should be enough for anyone. So I gave him my sternest look, but he was not deterred.
At last he sauntered toward the front while his wife searched her purse for the tip. Then he came slowly back and sort of paused as he reached us, so we got a good view of what looked like new Oticon Go or some mild loss BTE. Then on back to his table where he picked up his piece of boxed pie.
He told my daughter as he passed us again how sad he would have been had he forgotten the pie.
I thought he really just wanted to show us he had hearing aids too and was part of the club. I think if he had courage he would have raised a fist to the air and screamed "Deaf Power."
No moral to this story, but it is a boring night and he was a cute little old man.