Howard nodded glumly and Anita continued, “I thought so! In a way, I’m glad you did. Can you imagine what might happen if they asked for your identification? If you tried to write a check with a forty-year-old’s picture on the Driver’s license, they’d call the police immediately! I guess that’s why you left it at home.”
“Yes,” Howard said despondently, “I thought about what you had said about me driving the car and realized that if my Driver’s license couldn’t be used to drive, then it couldn’t be used to cash checks either. The same goes for credit cards. I meant to take the cash from my wallet, but somehow I forgot it. Anyway, it doesn’t make any difference. We came here to buy the things you need, not things for me.”