“Yes, I did,” he said seriously. “Nobody treats my wife that way. Nobody.”
“I love you,” I said.
“I love you too. And I’m proud of how you handled everything. You showed more class than all of them combined.”
“I had a good teacher. You’ve always treated everyone with respect, regardless of who they are.”
“That’s because everyone deserves respect,” he said, “until they prove they don’t.”
As we ate dinner that night, I reflected on the lesson learned. It doesn’t matter what you wear, where you live, or what you drive. What matters is how you treat people. Kindness costs nothing, but cruelty can cost everything. And sometimes the people who think they’re most important are actually the least significant of all.
That’s how a woman in a simple dress taught an entire wedding party that you should never judge someone by their appearance. Because you never know who you’re really dealing with—and more importantly, because it’s simply the wrong way to treat another human being.
