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ear Acquaintance,

I see you sometimes at the clinic. I want to smile and say good morning but you always look away.

I know it’s hard. It’s a fertility clinic after all; no one wants to be here. But why do you make it harder for me — and for you?

I wonder if you were behind the phone call I received yesterday. “Hello” said the receptionist. “Someone from your community is coming for an appointment just before you. Do you want to change your timing?”

“What?” I exclaimed. “Why?”

“Because they said they don’t like meeting people from the community when they come and we were wondering if it also bothered you.”