Twitter can't handle this story of a woman who thought she was 'too old' for a concert, and then it became her 'fondest' memory
A woman on Twitter took her friend’s daughter out to lunch to celebrate her graduation from college, but the woman was surprised to find out that her friend’s daughter and her friend had bought them all concert tickets. She tried to get out of going with the college-age girls; she told them she was “too old,” and “I don’t want to have a cardiac arrest halfway through.” But they “wouldn’t budge.”
I drove down to New Haven and after lunch, she told me she's going to a concert with her friends and they had bought a ticket for me too.
I tried to weasel my way out.
'I'm too old'.
'I don't want to have a cardiac arrest halfway through.'
'I will drag you all down with me.'— Chachi Chatters (@ChachiChatters) October 10, 2018
Twitter user Chachi Chatters was talked into tagging along with the girls and had an amazing time singing along to the star of the night. “It’s always amazing when you know the lyrics better than the young ones,” Chachi Chatters said.
Eventually, our fearless concertgoing hero drove the girls back to their dorms, but although she was physically exhausted, her adrenaline was pumping. Plus, she was starving.
She found a pizza joint that was popping. “There was a huge group of people and everyone seemed to know everyone,” she said. She chose a counter seat and placed her order.
And that’s when she met her.
I looked at her. I looked at her again. I looked at her for a minute before I remembered I wasn't breathing.
— Chachi Chatters (@ChachiChatters) October 10, 2018
'Lovebud, you okay?' she said with her mischievous smile.
— Chachi Chatters (@ChachiChatters) October 10, 2018
Chachi tried to play it cool while her appetizers came. The nameless person asked her for one of her garlic knots, and she agreed. Chachi declined an offer of the woman’s stromboli, and then a polite conversation ensued.
But instead, she turned to me and asked me if I'd like to join her.
— Chachi Chatters (@ChachiChatters) October 10, 2018
We talked about growing up, kids, health issues, husbands, politics, weather, pedicures.
We sampled each other's pizza.— Chachi Chatters (@ChachiChatters) October 10, 2018
Chachi didn’t discuss the woman’s fame, but at the end of the night, the singer asked someone in her entourage for a pen, and she took the concert ticket out of Chachi’s hand.
The woman’s storytelling captured an audience on Twitter, who admitted to continuously hitting their refresh buttons to find out who the mysterious performer was.
'Love, Dolly Parton' she wrote. pic.twitter.com/zdSyRFKe2f
— Chachi Chatters (@ChachiChatters) October 10, 2018
The performer wrote, “Love, Dolly Parton.”
Dolly Parton then told the master Twitter-storyteller to “drive safe, baby.”
“Some days I wake up and still think it was just a dream. Then I walk to the wall and look at the framed ticket. And I still get goosebumps,” the woman wrote. “She called me lovebud, I tell myself. And my day is made.”
The “Jolene” singer-songwriter, whose nonprofit recently gave away its one-millionth book to children and who recently signed with Netflix to make an eight-part series based on her music, often has fans retelling stories of her kindness.
Another Twitter user shared a story from when she was 8 years old. “My sisters and I flew coach (alone) from Dallas to LAX when I was 8 and my oldest sister 14. We heard Dolly was in first class and “bum rushed her” unbeknownst to the flight attendants. When they came to escort us back to our seats, Dolly said no way … they are staying here,” she wrote. Dolly even bought them ice cream sundaes.
She had a ton of room in front of her.. we sat on the floor and she ordered us ice cream sundaes I remember her calling me cute and kissed me on my forehead. I LOVE DOLLY!!
— 🌊💞 (@gigipotpie) October 11, 2018
Ms. Parton, if you’re reading this, “I will always love you.”
Read Chachi Chatter’s story in full here.
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