mirroring
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[ A friend of ]
[ mine ] ]
fell into a deep depression after
[ [ his ]
… wife left. ] ]
[ [ We ]
… didn't know what to do for him; ] ]
he seemed to be losing his mind.
[ [ He ]
… is the most gentle soul ] ]
and
[ we ]
never thought they made a good couple anyway. Months passed,
[ our friend ]
slowly revived and
[ we ]
began introducing him to
[ friends of friends, ]
women we hoped might make him happy. But after each encounter—sometimes he'd take them to the theater, other times dinner—
[ [ he ]
… would grow angry ] ]
[ at us, ]
or
1. distant,
or
2. withdrawn,
or
3. belligerent,
4. sarcastic.
[ He ]
[ would say ]
[ we ]
were taunting him,
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« trying to fix him up with the mirror-image »
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[ of his wife— ]
the way this one wore
[ her hair, ]
or that one rolled
[ her "r"s, ]
or the other one's deep laugh.
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We had no idea what he was seeing
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in his dates.
[ We ]
[ had gone out of our way ]
to set him up with women who shared
[ no apparent resemblance ]
to
[ his ex; ]
nevertheless, after each encounter
[ he'd return fuming, ]
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[ eyeing us ]
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with suspicion—wasting a week after the date staring into the cosmos.
[ Finally …
[ we ]
… stopped trying ]
to find him a mate. Then miraculously, one day
[ [ we ]
saw ]
our friend garbed in
[ his old radiance. ]
Upon
[ Questioning
[ him, ] ]
[ he
[ admitted ] ]
that
[ he
[ met a woman ] ]
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[ the night before ]
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and felt for the first time
[ since his wife left ]
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« a deep sense:
1. of peace,
2. a rush
3. of calm »
(The Story of Being Invisible)
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[ had filled him ]
from the moment
[ their
[ eyes met, ] ]
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he said. He said
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that
[ [ he ]
… was dining with …
[ her ] ]
tonight and
[ [ he ]
… invited us ]
to join
[ them. ]
[ We ]
were thrilled and accepted the invitation.
[ [ We ]
… couldn't have been more surprised ]
when
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[ the woman, who looked like the doppelganger of our friend's ex, ]
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walked through the door. During the meal
[ [we ]
… stared ]
in disbelief as the
[ two glowed ]
and gushed.
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The next morning
[ our friend ]
woke us by phone saying
[ [ he ]
… had just received a call ]
from the police who informed him that
« [ [ his ]
… wife had died ] »
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[ the night before ]
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in a fatal car crash.
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He believed it was Providence.]
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