It was Father’s Day a few years back and we were at a family Bar B Q at my brother-in-law’s home. His Dad was there (a very wealthy man) and he admired the wrist watch I was wearing. “That’s a great looking watch”, he said. “How much does a watch like that go for?
The watch happened to be a Movado knock-off! I was a little embarrassed, after all, the cost of a real Movado would mean nothing to him and so I answered, “Joe, what kind of question is that for one gentleman to ask another?”
“Excuse me”, he said and that was the end of it.
The next Father’s Day we were back at my brother-in-law’s and Joe was wearing a magnificent Rolex, obviously brand new and with a diamond to mark each hour. For the moment, I forgot about last year’s incident. I was really impressed and told Joe what a magnificent watch he was wearing. After all, he could afford it so why not get it for himself!
“You like it?”, he asked. “Twenty bucks at the flea market! You gotta be nuts to spend more that that for a watch!” He was so proud of his “find”. I never mentioned my Movado knock-off…didn’t want to appear to be outdoing him.
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