We had spent the morning at an outdoor festival. It was October, but still very warm and sunny out, an absolutely gorgeous day to be outside. Even so, my intense dislike of crowds got the better of me, so he...

It was supposed to have been a pleasant evening. I had dressed up for him, and we had made plans to go to dinner and a show. Fortunately, we hadn’t made reservations or bought advance tickets, because we never left...