First Date

I am going to start this off by saying this is terrible.  I should not joke about this subject, but I just can't help it.

That being said, here is the story:

As most of you know, my mom became a widow just over 2 years ago.  My dad passed away after suffering a long illness.  She was an Air Force wife for over 30 years and took care of him during his retirement.  Mom was previously married to my real father, but there was little dating in between marriages.

So when she decided to start looking for someone to go to dinner with her I was very proud of her.  She had not had a real date in 45 years!  She joined  E-Harmony and started chatting with some potential "friends."  She found someone on line that was in the Air Force and could relate to her experiences.  They decided to start talking on the phone and eventually met for a date.

The date was wonderful until... he said that he was going to hear in a few days if he had a malignant brain tumor.  Mom called him a couple of days later and left a message to see how he was doing.  He called back and said that he did have brain cancer and he could not see her anymore.  He said that a "friend" had come back into his life since he found out that he had brain cancer.  He said that since they were "friends" again it would not be fair to her to continue to be "friends" with Mom.

Let's think about this, the first time she does go out on a date in 45 years and he has cancer and dumps her?!  This could only happen in our family.  Please do not get me wrong, brain cancer is in no way funny, but again, what are the chances?

A week later she found out that she needs to have another back surgery.  Apparently she has some screws that are loose.  Again, I could not make this up!