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\ud83d\ude32 That evening the restaurant was full of guests: laughter, toasts, the clinking of glasses. Everything looked festive and solemn\u2026 until the doors swung open and I walked into the hall in a terry bathrobe and house slippers with pink pom-poms.<\/p>\n

The waiter, seeing me, was at first bewildered: was it a prank, or had some crazy woman decided to sneak into the banquet? But I calmly said:<\/p>\n

\u2014 A table under the name John Anderson, please. We\u2019re celebrating our anniversary \u2014 fifteen years.<\/p>\n

They led me through the whole hall, and I could feel every gaze piercing my back. The slippers slapped against the parquet, the robe swayed slightly, and the pink pom-poms bounced with every step.\"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

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\ud83d\ude32 That evening the restaurant was full of guests: laughter, toasts, the clinking of glasses. Everything looked festive and solemn\u2026 until the doors swung open and I walked into the hall in a terry bathrobe and house slippers with pink pom-poms. The waiter, seeing me, was at first bewildered: was it a prank, or had…<\/p>\n

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