NEVER JUDGE A BOOK BY ITS COVER!!

I was recently watching a fascinating documentary about people who lived double lives. One was a lady, who by day worked as a conservative teacher in an elementary school, and by night was a stripper donning a whip. She carried out this double life for ten years until the club where she worked closed down. The staff at the school were 'stunned' when she revealed her secret life to them. (Personally, I would have kept it to myself!!)

Then there was a girl who when her boyfriend broke it off , she told him she had terminal cancer, with only 6-12 months to live. The boyfriend took her back and proposed to her. The public heard about it and began to donate gifts to the couple. Everything from the honeymoon, to the rings, clothes, and money towards their wedding, was donated by the public. The girl pretended to go to the hospital each day for treatment, but would never let anybody go with her. She had typed a false letter to the boyfriend from the hospital confirming her diagnosis. She continued to fool everybody, even her friends, until one day her boyfriend got suspicious and the girl confessed. The public was outraged. The boyfriend (now husband) was livid, her friends were stunned. She had fooled them all!

Brings to mind those serial killers you read about, who by day lived normal lives, and often were married to women who suspected nothing. Angels by day, devils by night!

So was I ever shocked last Saturday night... I was invited to join a group of wild women friends for dinner in a German restaurant. We were wonderfully entertained by a smiling German man, wearing lederhosen, and playing his accordian. Tables were being tapped, boot shaped beer glasses were raised in typical Octoberfest fashion. Everybody was clapping their hands. Suddenly, out on to the dance floor hopped my Postman (what??) This fellow is always so serious and never smiles. He was dressed in very short Lederhosen and dancing with all the pretty maids. So this is what he does by night!! And what a very different personality I saw. By day frowns and by night smiles.

The moral of the story - never judge a book by its cover! Or alternatively, there are  two sides to every story!!

Love,

Patricia xxx