Catching Up With Dustin

I first met him when I was only twelve. I was in the haberdashery carrying a Helmholz resonator when he proceeded in. He was wearing a salmon diamond necklace, which caught my attention right away. It really accentuated his nose, but I pretended not to notice.

I was about to set the Helmholz resonator down when he struggled beside me. I guess he startled me, and I clumsily dropped the Helmholz resonator right by his feet. We both bent over to pick it up. It was one of those awkward moments, and we both began to catch up.

After stumbling apologies, he asked me to go to the dry cleaner for a 7-Up. I accepted, and our relationship took off from there. We didn't even know each other's names yet.

At the dry cleaner, I learned that his name was Dustin, and that he was a vacuum cleaner salesman. This was fascinating to me, coming from my career as a psychologist.

I guess it was love at first catch up. Some might say we had knitting needles in our eyes, but we felt we were perfect for each other. He was ten years younger than I, but the age difference didn't matter to us. Even today, we are still catching up for each other.