BenF: My two best friends were Hank and Eddie. Hank had a girlfriend. Eddie had a girlfriend. I had no girlfriend. So. Eddie approached me one day and said, 'Would you like to join us with a blind date?' So I said, 'Sure, why not.' In those days you wore a suit and a tie when you went on a date.

BerniceF: Right.

BenF: I didn't have a suit to my name. So, I bought a suit to match the tie that I had.

BerniceF: Did it have apples on it?

BenF: It had apples on it, yes.

BerniceF: I remember that.

BenF: I was very nervous. And, uh, she was so pretty.

BerniceF: I remember that day very well. And, no, you weren't pretty. I remember Jeannette and I going into the ladies' room and she says, 'Well, what do you think?' "He's nice.' You know, what am I, I didn't know.

BenF: We walked out into the cold night air.

BerniceF: And, I took your arm.

BenF: I was thrilled by that, you know...
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