Giving Up Wine
I was walking down the street when I was
accosted by a particularly dirty and
shabby-looking homeless woman who asked me
for a couple of dollars for dinner.
I took out my wallet, got out ten dollars
and asked, 'If I give you this money, will
you buy wine with it instead of dinner?'
'No, I had to stop drinking years ago', the
homeless woman told me.
'Will you use it to go shopping instead of
buying food?' I asked.
'No, I don't waste time shopping,' she
homeless woman said. 'I need to spend all my
time trying to stay alive.'
'Will you spend this on a beauty salon
instead of food?' I asked.
'Are you NUTS!' replied the homeless woman.
I haven't had my hair done in 20 years!'
'Well, I said, 'I'm not going to give you
the money. Instead, I'm going to take you
out for dinner with my husband and me
tonight.'
The homeless Woman was shocked. 'Won't your
husband be furious with you for doing that?
I know I'm dirty, and I probably smell
pretty disgusting.'
I said, 'That's okay. It's important for him
to see what a woman looks like
after she has given up shopping, hair
appointments, and wine.
Thanks to Mary G.,
Cambridge, Mass
