In the seven decades of my life, I have spent quite a bit of time trying to figure why some people act as they do and say what they say. Most often, I can figure it out, but some times, I am just stumped. Today, I was stumped.

I was leaving Walmart (yes, I spent too much time in that store, but it is less than ten minutes from my house) and an old BF was coming in the door. We dated at least 8 years ago and I had last seen him (also in Walmart) several months ago. He looked at me and said, "You cut your hair" in a rather disappointed voice.

My hair is down to the bottom of my derriere and longer than it was when we were dating. He could not even see my back to gauge how long my hair is. I said, "No, I did not cut my hair."

In all seriousness, he critically replied, "Yeah, you did."

I stretched the back locks out to the side--almost three feet of them--and repeated, "No, I didn't cut my hair." Still serious, he said, "I think you did." At that point, he needed to talk to someone who works at the store and I left.

What WAS that about? A power play? It is not the first time a man, including him, has contradicted me in such a manner about an aspect of my life that he knew nothing about. He did have a stroke several years ago, but his eyesight is not impaired!

I suppose that he does not understand why, when I first saw him about a year ago after not seeing him for several years (he was married during that time, but his wife left him--his fifth wife), and he took my hand and said, "I've missed you, been thinking about you, and would like for us to take up where we left off," that I turned him down. I easily figured out why he wanted to get back together--no secret there!