How Old Do You Look?

Daniel W.

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Have you been guilty of looking at others your own age and thinking...
surely I cannot look that old? You may enjoy this short story.


While waiting for my first appointment in the reception room of a new
dentist, I noticed his certificate, which bore his full name. Suddenly,
I remembered that a tall, handsome boy with the same name had been in my
high school class some 30 years ago.

Upon seeing him, however, I quickly discarded any such thought. This
balding, gray-haired man with the deeply lined face was way too old to
have been my classmate.

After he had examined my teeth, I asked him if he had attended the
local high school.

"Yes," he replied.

"When did you graduate?" I asked.

He answered, "In 1971. Why?"

"You were in my class!" I exclaimed.

He looked at me closely, and then the son of a gun asked, "What did you
teach?"