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Very sweet - but didn't Jonathan start out in a truck?- the next paragraph he's in a car?

But ignoring that - very sweet. And Martha is very much like Lois - headstrong and independent and just a touch insecure...

Well you can tell it is certainly from a different era in time. Now there is no way a woman would get in a car with a man no matter how cute without thinking he might be a killer. But life was more innocent back then. Sigh...

Yeah, nowadays, I would think it pretty creepy that a guy would pick you up from the side of the road (however harmless that may be), and then ask you out at the end. But, back in the old days , I think this is a sweet way for Martha and Jonathan to have gotten together.

This was fun. At first, my mind kept trying to make this Lois but I knew that there would be no brother. Fortunately, the appearance of Jonathan cleared that up pretty quickly.

As far as getting into a vehicle with a stranger, I tend to think this is a combination of the times and the setting. I still remember growing up in a *very* small town in the rural southern US where when we would go over to visit, we would just walk into the people's house and yell "Hello" if the front room was empty. I never saw that anywhere else but I did live it. So, I didn't find it particularly odd that Martha got into the truck with what seemed to be a nice stranger.

Bob

Bob's right about the setting. I had to cure my hubby of that when we moved to suburbia. I warned him about neighborhood watch organizations and he insisted that it didn't matter since he waved to the neighbors.

Anywho, I thought this was very sweet. I can just imagine how conflicted Martha must be at being stood up.


Elisabeth
PS I like the title.

I also remember a time when we left our homes and our cars unlocked, walked into each other's houses, and accepted rides from strangers. Those days are gone.

Very nice story, and yes, the title is perfect.