Meet our son, Todd

A few months ago when I first moved up north for my job, I found myself in a rather uncomfortable situation. Little did I know, this would be the first of MANY uncomfortable situations. My job requires me to meet with people at their homes and most of them live in rural areas. You never know what you're going to find inside the first time you visit with someone.

One day, I was on one of my very first meetings and went to a cute, older couples house. They were absolutely precious and so welcoming. A lot of the people I meet with are older and have been living in their homes for 30+ years. They always have great stories and a lot of them are just looking for someone to talk to. That's one of my favorite parts about my job, though. I can spend 2 hours at someone's house and we only talk "business" for 20 minutes. It's great.

Well, this particular couple had waited quite a while to have kids. They have one son, Todd and they are SO proud of him. It was absolutely precious. Todd is in his early 30s, I believe. but still lives with them because he has down syndrom. They told me story after story about him and it was cute to see how much they love him. You could tell they are really great parents. They talked about how everyone in their little town knew him and he brightened everyone's day every time people saw him. His dad told me they didn't know how they were going to fit everyone in the church when the day came that he got married because the entire town would want to go. Then...it got uncomfortable.........

The talk about marriage then turned into, "Say, you would really like our son! You should meet him!" Now, before I continue, let me just say that I admire his parents so much for how much they have obviously done for Todd. It was clear that he is the light of their life and I'm sure it must be difficult raising a special needs child. However, I was very unsure of what to think/feel when they were trying to set me up with him. I had NO idea how to react. They were obviously serious and I didn't want to be disrespectful...but COME ON. I mean, really????? It was so awkward. I think I just giggled and started talking about something else....I've tried to block out the memory.

When I told my parents about this I think my dad about fell out of his chair. He thought it was just SO funny. In fact, everyone seems to get a good laugh out of it....except it seems to be at my expense.

At the rate my dating life is going, maybe I should have taken them up on the offer......