GIVING UP WINE I was walking down the street when I was accosted by a

particularly dirty and shabby-looking homeless woman who asked me for a

couple of dollars for dinner. I took out my wallet, got out ten dollars

and asked, 'If I give you this money, will you buy wine with it instead

of dinner?' 'No I had to stop drinking years ago,' the homeless woman

told me. 'Will you use it to go shopping instead of buying food?' I

asked. 'No, I don't waste time shopping,' the homeless woman said. 'I

need to spend all my time trying to stay alive.' 'Will you spend this on

a beauty salon instead of food?' I asked. 'Are you NUTS !' replied the

homeless woman. ' I haven't had my hair done in 20 years!' 'Well,' I

said, 'I'm not going to give you the money. Instead, I'm going to take you

out for dinner with my husband and me tonight.' The homeless Woman was

shocked.. 'Won't your husband be furious with you for doing that? I know

I'm dirty, and I probably smell pretty disgusting.' I said, 'That's

okay. It's important for him to see what a woman looks like after she has

given up shopping, hair appointments, and wine.'

Quoting from [delaynomorehai]:


GIVING UP WINE I was walking down the street when I was accosted by a


particularly dirty and shabby-looking homeless woman who asked me for a


couple of dollars for dinner. I took out my wallet, got out ten dollars


and asked, 'If I give you this money, will you buy wine with it instead


of dinner?' 'No I had to stop drinking years ago,' the homeless woman


told me. 'Will you use it to go shopping instead of buying food?' I


asked. 'No, I don't waste time shopping,' the homeless woman said. 'I


need to spend all my time trying to stay alive.' 'Will you spend this on


a beauty salon instead of food?' I asked. 'Are you NUTS !' replied the


homeless woman. ' I haven't had my hair done in 20 years!' 'Well,' I


said, 'I'm not going to give you the money. Instead, I'm going to take you


out for dinner with my husband and me tonight.' The homeless Woman was


shocked.. 'Won't your husband be furious with you for doing that? I know


I'm dirty, and I probably smell pretty disgusting.' I said, 'That's


okay. It's important for him to see what a woman looks like after she has


given up shopping, hair appointments, and wine.'

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