why can't it ever be a guy i want?
what exactly does one do when one thinks a 55-year-old divorced ukrainian is interested in her?
the problem is that i'm nice. and he's so quiet and shy and alone. and he likes that my mother is interested in his (and any, really) culture, and that i'm interested in seemingly everything.
i guess i don't know that he's interested in me, but he's always smiled at me differently than he smiles at the rest of the kitchen people. and today when he was looking for a coffee cup and i found one for him (which has happened before), he touched my arm as he thanked me (which has not happened before). he then proceeded to follow me around talking to me the entire time that i was cleaning up the dining room (which is a long time for a guy who doesn't talk). and he kept (seemingly nervously) running his hands through his hair the whole time. and i couldn't help but think, 'oh no. i've seen this coming. and i've done nothing to prevent it. oh no.'
it could just be that he's lonely and needed someone to talk to today. but i don't know. it didn't seem like it. and i don't know that he'd ever ask me out or anything, but if he did, i'd feel really bad saying no, but there's no way i could say yes. oy gevalt.
the problem is that i'm nice. and he's so quiet and shy and alone. and he likes that my mother is interested in his (and any, really) culture, and that i'm interested in seemingly everything.
i guess i don't know that he's interested in me, but he's always smiled at me differently than he smiles at the rest of the kitchen people. and today when he was looking for a coffee cup and i found one for him (which has happened before), he touched my arm as he thanked me (which has not happened before). he then proceeded to follow me around talking to me the entire time that i was cleaning up the dining room (which is a long time for a guy who doesn't talk). and he kept (seemingly nervously) running his hands through his hair the whole time. and i couldn't help but think, 'oh no. i've seen this coming. and i've done nothing to prevent it. oh no.'
it could just be that he's lonely and needed someone to talk to today. but i don't know. it didn't seem like it. and i don't know that he'd ever ask me out or anything, but if he did, i'd feel really bad saying no, but there's no way i could say yes. oy gevalt.
posted by melilotnfosco | 5:34 PM
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you better come up with something just in case! ;) (and boy, do i understand your title -- not that it's ever been a 55-year-old divorced ukranian for me, but still. i can relate)
there's nothing wrong with telling him you're much too young for him.
but how would i say that? nicely, i mean.
oh my!
Well, you could say that you are flattered but that you're only looking for someone closer to your own age- that you'd like to have a family.
25 years is a whole lot! That's the difference between me and Katie! Just wrong!!
saying i'd like to have a family would be a big fat lie, though.
but adding that i'm flattered is nice.
and of course at this point this is all hypothetical. it's just something i'd rather be prepared for.
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