T Maki wrote:

If I were to relate some of what I experienced, you would insist
that I was making it up. My own imagination is insufficient to
construct such things.

My wife is (among other things) a novelist. Before her first novel
was published, she was a student in several fiction writing workshops.
Her habit is to mix real life stories in with her fiction, and when
other students would critique her work, they would INVARIABLY pick out
something that came from real life to criticize by saying, "That's just
not credible--it would never happen in real life." I mean, INVARIABLY.

I for one would love to read what you experienced, though it belongs in
its own thread under a different title. Please consider writing it
down and posting it here, or in some other appropriate place--and in
the latter case, please let us know where you've posted it.

--best regards

(This may be a duplicate posting due to a Google server error; if so,
please pardon.)