"What college did you go to?" the man asked when he ordered his next drink. He was well-dressed, and I noticed him and his partner, a woman I guessed to be a little older than him, the second they walked into the bar. It was a quiet night, and having worked here for years to help Mom pay rent, I knew that these two were new to the area. I liked them immediately and was glad it wasn’t busy. We struck up a conversation abou...