The man was wearing a bright red shirt — was it red? Lord, my memory is bad — and he was smoking a cigarette outside the chain-link entrance to a parking lot Downtown, a grin creeping across his face as we walked closer. <\/p>\n
“I don’t know if y’all are married or not,” he said, “and I didn’t want to say anything, but if you’re not, you better be soon!”<\/p>\n
We looked at each other and then down at the ground, laughing and embarrassed. I glanced at my growing belly to see if perhaps it was peeking out more than usual, prompting strangers to contemplate its origin and future.<\/p>\n
“I didn’t pay him to say that, I swear,” I said to my companion, loud enough for the stranger to hear.<\/p>\n
We passed the man, all three of us chuckling. <\/p>\n
“You need to put a ring on her finger,” the man said to our backs. “Don’t let her get away!”<\/p>\n
My companion was smiling as we got out of the man’s earshot. “I think people need to mind their own business,” he said, half kidding.<\/p>\n
“I dunno. I thought he was nice.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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