{"id":56317,"date":"2025-03-22T12:09:21","date_gmt":"2025-03-22T12:09:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pulsperry.com\/?p=56317"},"modified":"2025-03-22T12:09:21","modified_gmt":"2025-03-22T12:09:21","slug":"a-woman-spoke","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pulsperry.com\/?p=56317","title":{"rendered":"A Woman Spoke .."},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"512\" height=\"640\" src=\"https:\/\/pulsperry.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/image-1008.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-56331\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pulsperry.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/image-1008.png 512w, https:\/\/pulsperry.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/image-1008-240x300.png 240w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 512px) 100vw, 512px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>ugh the ambiance. She flung herself into a nearby seat, oblivious to the discomfort she caused.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We tried to ignore her, focusing on our meal. But in a wild gesture, her fork sent a glob of marinara sauce flying\u2014straight onto my mother\u2019s dress.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>She smirked. \u201cOops.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>No apology. No concern.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Mom, ever gracious, dabbed at the stain, swallowing her disappointment. But I wasn\u2019t my mother.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I leaned in. \u201cExcuse me, you just got food all over my mom.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cAccidents happen,\u201d she shrugged.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I swirled my wine glass. \u201cJust like accidents happen when drinks spill?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Before she could retort, the manager arrived. \u201cLower your voice or leave,\u201d he said, his smile cold.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Justice had been served.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/pulsperry.com\/?p=56252\">also read&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ugh the ambiance. She flung herself into a nearby seat, oblivious to the discomfort she caused. We tried to ignore her, focusing on our meal. But in&#8230; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":56331,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pulsperry.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/56317"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pulsperry.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pulsperry.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pulsperry.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pulsperry.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=56317"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/pulsperry.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/56317\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":56332,"href":"https:\/\/pulsperry.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/56317\/revisions\/56332"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pulsperry.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/56331"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pulsperry.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=56317"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pulsperry.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=56317"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pulsperry.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=56317"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}