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YOU?!

There's this woman I used to know. Let's call her Ms. D. She is a really awful human being, truly. A typical encounter with her would doubtless include something along the lines of this: "Kate, I really like your hair today! It looks SO much better than it usually does!"

Yeah.

It didn't stop there, and actually got much, much worse. Any compliment, if she deemed you worthy of complimenting, was followed by a jab. Let's just say I haven't missed dealing with Ms. D in the several years since I last had to.

The other day, I ended up in a room with her, and then a friend of mine who I really was happy to see. I told my friend I'd gotten engaged, and he was all, "CONGRATULATIONS! That's wonderful!" and gave me a hug.

The commotion brought Ms. D from across the room. "What? What happened? What's going on?"

"Kate got engaged!" said my friend.

Ms. D looked at me, clearly shocked. "YOU?!" she asked, incredulous.

"What do you mean, 'ME?!'" I asked, laughing. I mean, you have to laugh, right?

"You! You are getting married! I never would have imagined! Congratulations!" And then she hugged me.

HILARIOUS! So, so typical.

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