the homeless woman

a woman was walking down the street when she was accosted by a particularly dirty and shabby-looking homeless woman who asked her for a couple of dollars for dinner
the woman took out her billfold
extracted ten dollars and asked
“if i give you this money
will you buy some chocolate with it instead of dinner”
“no”
i had to stop chocolate years ago
the homeless woman replied
“will you use it to go shopping instead of buying food”
the woman asked
“no”
i don’t waste time shopping
the homeless woman said
“i need to spend all my time trying to stay alive”
will you spend this on a beauty salon instead of food”
the woman asked
“are you NUTS”
replied the homeless woman
“i haven’t had my hair done in 20 years”
“well”
said the woman
“i’m not going to give you the money
instead
i’m going to take you out for dinner with my hubby and myself tonight”
the homeless woman was astounded
“won’t your hubby be furious with you for doing that
i know i’m dirty
and i probably smell pretty disgusting”
the woman replied
“that’s okay
it’s important for him to see what a woman looks like after she has given up shopping
hair appointments
and chocolate”