On occasion, I'm invited to dinner with Matt and his co-workers. About once a month, a lady comes down from the Philly office to meet with Matt and the manager of the plant next door. I like her and we get along well.
At times, we get off on tangents talking about our mutual interests and I wonder if we've completely left Matt behind. I begin to feel a little self-conscious that he may not be enjoying himself as much as he would if we stayed on other topics of conversation.
Most recently, Matt's boss invited me to join them for dinner after work since he knows I've been helping out with some filing and other administrative support over the past month or two. I was glad to be included. Knowing they'd already had all day to talk and catch up, I jumped right in asking all I knew to ask about his interests.
As it happened, I stumbled upon a couple of his interests I wasn't aware of previously. He has a huge garden that he planted and maintains. His wife isn't into it so much. He also enjoys cooking.
It didn't take long before he began sharing a few of his favorite recipes. He talked of all the variety of ways he uses the vegetables from his garden. Knowing he tries to make healthy recipes, I was ready for him to pass a few of his favorites along to me. :)
In the end, I was a little uncertain of how much Matt enjoyed our dinner. The gardening and cooking chatter isn't normally his kind of thing. When I asked him, Matt said with a sweet grin on his face, "I'm glad you bonded."
I'm glad Matt works with genuine, caring, hardworking, good people.
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