*Ring Ring*

Me: “Hello”

Voice: “Hello, may I speak with Angela please.”

Voice: “Angela this is Terry your Weight Watcher leader calling and I just want to start off my saying that the purpose of this phone call isn’t to make anyone feel bad at all, but I just want you to know that you are very missed at our Weight Watchers meeting and I just wanted to make sure that it wasn’t anything I did to stop you from coming to our meeting.  I normally don’t call our members when they stop coming to our meetings, but you and Lynn and Holly are really missed in our group and since I only knew your first name, me and the staff here went through our member cards trying to find your last name and phone number so I could call you personally and as you can imagine, we have hundreds of members, so it was tough, but I found it!”

Me: “Awwww Terry!  First of all, please know that I would go out of my way to attend one of your meetings.  Secondly, the reason I haven’t been attending is really a good and happy reason and that is because we’re expecting a baby!  In fact a friend of mine attends another one of your meetings on Tuesdays and she offered to tell you for me this coming week.”

Terry: “Oh I am so happy to hear that because it matters to me how you are doing and I would just hate if there was anything that I did to stop you from coming.”

Me: “Absolutely not and in fact, you can be sure you’ll be seeing me again after the baby comes!”

(….back and forth chit chat ensues…)

Terry: “I am so happy to hear it!  Please pass the same along to Lynn and Holly”