Will You Marry Me????

It takes all kinds to make the world go 'round!!!!!! Today was a somewhat interesting afternoon in terms of a few conversations that I engaged in. After church, I decided to stop and get lunch at Subway (by the way, do you ever notice how STINKY you smell once you leave the place??? That Subway smell lingers, I mean LINGERS, in your clothes, your hair, your car, you name it - everything smells like Subway. I really wish that they would incorporate a drive thru service because I do enjoy their subs, but on more than one occassion I've opted out of going to Subway for the mere fact that the smell will be with me ALL day! My apologies for getting off task - must be my ADD acting up again. Makes conversations a bit more interesting at least to me anyway - not sure that other people can say the same thing. ANYWAY.......upon exiting the aforementioned restaurant, I was walking by a bus stop and a gentleman stopped and introduced himself to me. I in turn reached out my hand and introduced myself. Let me preface this story with the fact that I typically would not engage with a random individual standing at a bus stop (unless I was also waiting for the bus and was in the mood for some idle chatter). After the pleasantries were out of the way, this man told me that I was the most beautiful woman in the world (beauty is TRULY in the eye of the beholder) and that he wanted to marry me! I was taken aback and said, "Excuse me." The man repeated what he said (trust me, I wasn't doing it to flatter mayself - I was more flabbergasted that a complete stranger would say this to me). After he expressed his deepest desires for me, he proceeded to ask me if I was married (that should have been the first question...), if I had any "keeds" (kids in case you might not have understood that word), how old I was, how old my mother was (what does that have to do with anything, unless he was looking for an EVEN older woman than me) and finally whether or not I was pregnant. Now for many out there in this world, marriage and pregnancy do not necessarily go hand and hand. Unfortunately, it's all too common in our society today to see so many unwed mothers (especially teen mothers) . Hey, call me old school! I really don't care! I believe that one should be married BEFORE the kids come onto the scene. He again told me that he wanted to marry me and I said "You don't even know me....." Needless to say, I turned down his proposition. For some reason, I don't think the marriage would have worked out!!!!!!! After I declined his offer to marry, he asked if I would give him a ride to Someplace on Silver Spring Avenue - NOT!!!!!! As I walked across the street, I kept thinking that he is one of God's creatures and that I should see this gentleman as God sees him. Besides the fact that the man had NO upper teeth and had several missing teeth on the bottom row, he really wasn't my type.
Across the street from this same corner where I was propositioned not once, but twice by "Walter" there was a man standing in front of a Catholic church holding up a sign that said that Catholics would not be saved nor would Lutherans. After my first conversation I thought, " What the heck, may as well hear what this guy has to say". Can't be any crazier than the previous conversation. I politely listened to what this man had to say about how he came to Christ after living in sin (he was a womanizer, was into porn, etc). He gave his life to Christ back in 1990 so he has been preachin' about the Lord for a good 18+ years. I asked him if the priest that I had seen walking into the church before my arrival onto the scene had an issue with him standing in front of the church. Apparently not because the "Padre" just waved at him. We chatted briefly and we both went our separate ways. I got into my car and drove off - just another day in the life of a girl living in "Zuba-town". Can't get much better than that!