Workin' It

I'm going to start keeping a running post including all the sweet and entertaining compliments I receive from my elderly patients. I'll update it periodically as some good ones come around. There have been some real doozies that I don't want to ever forget. Here goes.

1. "You sure are sweet. Are you single? I have a real nice nephew I'd like to set you up with. Of course, he might be a little old for you. He's 62. What do you think?"

2. "Did you know there's a song out there that I think was written about you? It goes something like, 'Honey, can you please a man the way your body says you can?'"

3. "You remind me of the good Lord Jesus. You wash up people's feet real good!" (This was said by the same guy in number 2. He has also invited me to dinner several times, saying that he hates to think I might be lonely on a Friday night, so if I don't have a boyfriend by the next time he comes in, he'd like to invite me over to have his wife cook for all of us.)

4. "Well, aren't you just plumb cute?" . . . And then later, "You're just so dern cute!" . . . Even later, "You're just the plumb cutest thing I ever saw." (Needless to say, he's my new favorite.)

5. Female patient with severe dementia: "Whoa, I just saw a good-lookin' man!"
    Daughter: "No, I don't think you did . . . Where did he go?"
    Patient: "Right there!" (pointing directly at me.)

6. "I heard your voice on that answerin' machine, and I said, 'Well, that's my sweetheart! I better call her back!'"