CHRISTMAS PRESENT
The trouble with specialising in divorce cases is that you can begin to spot divorce everywhere even at Christmas time. So it was that I became extremely disturbed when visited by one of my neighbours this afternoon.
“Ran out,” she said, “And on Christmas Eve too. I wouldn’t care so much if it was just us, but it’s the children I’m more bothered about. It could hit them hard.”
Now just as I was beginning to think that my holiday hadn’t started after all, I realised we were on different planets. Certainly I came back to Earth with a bump when she mentioned the word “sellotape.”
“Have you got some I can use? I have to get their presents wrapped?”
“Ran out,” she said, “And on Christmas Eve too. I wouldn’t care so much if it was just us, but it’s the children I’m more bothered about. It could hit them hard.”
Now just as I was beginning to think that my holiday hadn’t started after all, I realised we were on different planets. Certainly I came back to Earth with a bump when she mentioned the word “sellotape.”
“Have you got some I can use? I have to get their presents wrapped?”
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