Mrs Ding gave me a dress from her wardrobe, as she no longer had any use for it. She’s the old lady I’ve been visiting on Sundays to massage her bad back and aching legs, then cook and eat lunch with her.
The following week, she asked if the dress fitted. I said, “It does, but I had a bad skin rash last year, which left some big scars on my legs. The dress is not long enough to cover them, so I won’t be wearing it.” She said, “In that case, you can wear it when you next go to Singapore.” Huh?!??!
(London, 2018)
*See also Sanity-challenging conversations: 2 and Sanity-challenging conversations: 3
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