The First Time I went to a Dentist

Lucky me, I was at the dentist again today. And while there the dentist said that if she was doing anything that was causing me pain, just signal her somehow. To which I responded I would grab her, and she said "where was I planning to grab her: The answer went unsaid by me.
But, the question made me think of a story my mother told me about the first time she took me to a dentist in our old neighborhood in Brooklyn. It seems that at around the age of five, she took me to a dentist for my first visit, well she waited outside while I went onto the dental chair with the dentist. My mother says about five minutes later the dentist came running out of the exam room dragging me along by the arm. The dentist than screamed at my mother" Your Son Bit Me" To which my mother  said she asked me "Why did you bite the Dentist?". To which my mother said I answered, " because he was hurting me." At which point my mother said to the dentist. You deserved to be bit and we left that dentist forever.

Part 2 of My First Date with my STBB

As you may remember,I was on a blind date with my STBB, and one other couple, and we were playing pool. After either allowing the other couple to win, or just playing badly, we decided to get something to eat. Parenthetically, I should note that it was on this date that I basically decided two things. One, I had wasted a great deal of time and money bowling, during my high school and college years, when in fact I should have spent all that time and money learning the game of pool. As I got older It turned out that its much more common to play pool than it is to bowl, unless of course your are of polish extraction, of which I am not. Anyhow, the two couples left the pool hall and as near as I remember it, I suggested we go to Nathan's in Coney Island NY. This was geographically desirable and it was a cheap way to end a blind date, at least that's what I thought it was. Little did I know that my date was going to order Lobster Rolls, the most expensive thing on the menu at Nathan's. Anyhow, we went to Nathan's and I spent more on food than I ever expected, and my mind was made up about the second thing I needed to decide on this date. It seems that I decided I was going to marry my date. Looking back, I'm not sure that I actually made that second decision, or somehow my mother and future mother in-law, whom I had not yet met, made the decision for me. In any case it was the best decision I ever made ( or was made for me), because not only did I get my STBB but I also got my best friend for life.