People Greeter Alex, who I’ve known since he was Alex #1 in Produce, sat down next to me with his bowl of chocolate ice cream and promptly asked, “So, Brandi… when are you going to get engaged?”

And I laughed and answered, “when I find someone I like enough to get engaged to.”

He liked my answer, “That’s the way to look at it!”

“It’s funny, Anthony’s always asking me when I am going to get married,” I told him, “and he doesn’t seem to think, ‘when I meet someone I like that much’ is an appropriate response.”

Alex shook his head, “You know where you need to go… the community college. That’s where the guys who are thinking about their future are.”

I just giggled, and nodded, and then excused myself- my lunch hour was just about over. I didn’t have the heart to remind him that I am in my late thirties.