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The original was posted on /r/talesfromretail by /u/TeenagemutantPharmT on 2023-07-28 05:46:36.

Usually the stories I bring home from work are frustrating or otherwise negative but working in a job where I interact with a large quantity of many different kinds of people, you meet some incredible people sometimes.

I met this older gentleman at work the other day. He needed help finding something for his girlfriend he said. He explained to me she was about to have surgery and he went out to pick up something for her. I gladly helped him find what he needed and offered to check him out to save him some time. He thanked me and I walked him to the counter to pay for what he got.

After I scanned his item I remarked on how kind it was to come to the store for his girlfriend. And he just smiled at me and told me how much he loved her. And I could see it in his eyes. In his smile. How they lit up when he talked about her.

“I really hope she’ll marry me one day”

That’s what he told me as I bagged up his stuff for him. And it made me smile.

“I’m sure she will”

I told him. He seemed like such a sweet person. He told me he would be nursing her back to health for the next six weeks and he hoped he could wear her down by then. I wished him luck and sent him on his way with a smile on his face and a hopeful spring in his step.

And I don’t think I had ever seen love before. Not like that.

And I felt myself tear up. Because all I wanted was for someone to love me like that. I think maybe that’s all anyone wants. And not everyone is lucky enough to find it.

Everyone talks about how sweet young love is. And maybe they’re right. But I want the kind of love this man had. The kind they write songs about.

Because that kind of love never grows old.