Man: So, how is school going?
Katie: Fine? (At this point I am thinking to myself, "How do I know this man?" Turns out I didn't know him.)
Man: School is going fine? That is good to hear.
Katie: Yeah, school is fine.
Man: What grade of school are you in?
Katie: What grade? Um... (Trying really hard to think what a sophomore in college technically would be, but there had been a long pause, so I just answered...) I am in college.
Man: You're in college? Really?
Katie: I sure am.
Man: Oh, what are you going to major in?
Katie: I'm not sure yet. I have switched my major a few times now, so I am not sure if I have decided.
Man: Well I think that you should major in something that is math based, so probably something with computers.
He talked for a really long time about his own major, and what he thinks I should do with my life. So I am just going to jump ahead to the end of the conversation.
Man: (He looked over at Chris at this point) So, you must be her boyfriend.
Chris: No, I am actually her husband.
Man: Her husband?? (He then looked back at me just to double check my age, which at this point we are convinced that he thought that I was 17 or 18.) Well that's even better. You make sure that she doesn't end up in Cosmetology. Unless you own your own shop there is no future there.
Chris: I don't think we need to worry about that.
Man: That's good to hear. Well, I'll let you two go. That is your life lesson from a stranger today.
Katie: Okay.
This is the point that our fries luckily were done, and so we just left.
Chris and I talked about it for a little bit after it had happened, and we're still not sure who he was, or why he started talking to me. Also, I know that I look younger than I actually am, but I know that I don't look like I am still in high school. It was a bizarre experience, but it now makes for a very good story.
Thank you random man for giving advice when it was neither asked for or needed! Loved the story though!
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