A very tired man goes to a local bar for his end-of-the-month "put it behind me" drink and runs into an attractive young woman who has left her home town and boyfriend that morning in frustration over a ten-year romance that has not turned into a proposal.
She introduces the man to an intriguing drink and he gives her some very sound advice after listening to her tale.
Not a romance, and not a soap opera, just a pleasant little story about how fate and timing can bring the right two people together. This short story will not change your life, but might give you a smile of understanding.