I saw this lady that I know in Wal-Mart tonight.
She was with a new man. That’s nothing new.
I see people all the time who I haven’t seen in a while who didn’t make it with their spouse.
However, this lady is different.
There was a short stint in my life where I had to sell cars to try and feed my family while I was interviewing for another sales job.
Part of my training required me and all of the new salespeople to test drive cars together. It was the companies way of getting their new hires to learn about the vehicles and a great way to role play with another person to explain the features of the vehicle.
I happened to be test driving a car with another young lady one day.
A few days later my wife told me that the lady, who I saw in Wal-Mart tonight, went to her mom (my mother-in-law) trying to get me in trouble because she saw me in the car with “another” woman and was concerned! I believe if my memory is correct, my mother-in-law explained to her that I had a new job and part of it was to take people (even women) on test drives.
It was such a surprise to see her tonight without her husband. I couldn’t help but wonder, if she was accusing me several years ago because she had something she was hiding that made her feel guilty. Does guilt cause us to accuse other people of what we are doing?
I’m not judging her and why she is no longer with her husband, but it sure did make me think!