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“Pregnant shoes” Around Christmas time in 1975 I was pregnant with our second child. We didn’t have much money, and there was this store going out of business called Grant’s. Everything was 75 percent off. There wasn’t a lot of stuff left to buy, but my husband went there for my Christmas present. I told him I needed a pair of shoes size 8 and a robe for when I went to have the baby. He went shopping, and they even wrapped the gifts for him. Christmas Eve I opened my presents. The robe was fine, but the shoes were awful! Some young sales girl had sold him a pair of men’s sandals size 11. He said they were “pregnant shoes,” especially for expecting mothers. I couldn’t believe my eyes. They were way too big and weighed a ton! I couldn’t even pick up my feet in them much less walk. I laughed, and I cried. Needless to say, that was the last time my husband went shopping for me. We’ve been married 34 years. Now he just gives me the money. Today it still gives us a laugh. Mary C. Watkins | Aurora, Tideland EMC
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