Every now and then in this hectic modern life you encounter somebody who does not look like their name.

I just met a Pearl.

A) I did not realize people were still naming children that…

2) In her late 20s she is way too young to be a Pearl. Pearl is like a grandmother: that lovingly clueless widower who offers you terrible hard candy in a gaudy dish that may haven been an ashtray in a past life you take anyways and will throw out the second she turns around all while hoping God doesn’t judge you for being rude to seniors.

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