This is something which happened while attending a Diva Las Vegas event, a dinner at a wonderful restaurant called Roy's. Not something though to post in a travelogue thread, this was a moment which deserves it's own place, and distinction of being my first "happenings" post related to my trip and something which I'll never forget.
There were 12 of us at the dinner. I was the last one out of the bar, paying my tab. Everyone was pretty much seated and the waiter was handing out menus as I walked to the table (we were sat at two rounders of six each). I noticed a couple sitting at the round table to my left, probably in their early-30's tops. He was perhaps a little intimidating, at least visually, big ole biceps, tatoos, shaved head if I recall the details correct. She was very pretty and was sitting in a place where I could see her face. As I sat down, I overheard her say these things (paraphrased of course)...
"I can't imagine how hard it would be to be like them..."
"They aren't doing this because they want to, it's because the have to..."
There was a third comment as well but I cannot recall it at the moment. Bottom line, I have never heard such an out-of-the-blue empathatic comment coming from a direction from which we normally would get a chuckle or sneer. Was she simply stating her opinion based on what she saw? Did he say something and she was setting him straight? All I knew is that later in the dinner when I shared what I had heard with my table I was moved to a few tears of joy.
I had to thank her and when she got up to leave, I did just that. She replied "for what???" and I told her that I overheard what she said to her guy when we arrived. She then said "Oh my gosh, I hope you weren't offended" and I told her just the opposite, that it was a beautiful comment, so opposite of what we might typically overhear in such a circumstance. She then said "Well people are just f#%@ing a#@holes, you all are fabulous" and gave me a little high-five.
Such a little act of kindness, like I said, something I will always remember.
Originally Posted by deja true
