PhotoHunt - Furry

"Try it on" she said, hopefully

"Look, it fits perfectly" I said, sceptically

"It looks good on you, matches your hair" she said, animatedly

"It is gorgeous" I said, fatefully

"Then you must have it" she said, determinedly

"But ... but ... it is so not me ..." I said, helplessly

"It could become you" she said, theatrically

"I would never wear it, where would I wear it?" I said, wonderingly

"I don't care what you do with it, wear it shopping, use it as a throw, cut it up into a teddy bear and a hat, give it away ... but it is yours" she said, finally

"I don't know about this" I said resignedly

And so I ended up with a fur coat.

It would have been insulting, finally, to not accept this generous offer. My friend was clearing out her late mother's house, and really wanted me to take this home. Getting rid of the three floors of a lifetime's collection of antiques, art, clothes, was an emotionally charged task for her I knew, and it was becoming awkward, my resistance.

And so even in this bitter cold, I have not been able to bring myself to wear my new 40 year old fur coat outside.

But it is the warmest coat.
And the loveliest.

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