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Because I'm so bad at going to bed, I sometimes sit up reading old blog posts. For no reason, Saturday night I was reading posts from March 2012, when I came across this gem (the first one that's not this):
http://i-am-a-hobbit.blogspot.com/search?q=bane
What does one do when reads something like that and hasn't seen said Gilbert in twenty years? One facebook stalks said guy, naturally. Married, has a kid, etc., etc.
And then one goes about her life. Which, since she has no actual work to do, involves grabbing her work computer and going to a new-to-her coffee shop with Angie in the middle of the afternoon in the middle of the week to hang out.
And one sits there mindlessly drinking her steamer and then...
WHAT!?!?!?!
For real!?!?!?! What are the chances?! I have not seen this boy in over twenty years! What is he doing coming into that exact coffee shop at that exact time?!
I gotta admit, I panicked. I quickly ducked behind Angie and my computer, glancing up every so often to see if he and his son were gone yet. But I think he saw me and may or may not have known who I was.
I regret it now. I'm a grown-up for heaven's sake, and it would've been fun to say hi. We could've at least exchanged smiles. Had he recognized me that would have been the friendly thing to do, and if he didn't recognize me, it would've been polite.
But at the same time, I wasn't looking very cute, and if one is going to run into her arch-nemesis/crush, one should look hot, even if he is married, just to be sure he knows that she turned out well and he missed out.
http://i-am-a-hobbit.blogspot.com/search?q=bane
What does one do when reads something like that and hasn't seen said Gilbert in twenty years? One facebook stalks said guy, naturally. Married, has a kid, etc., etc.
And then one goes about her life. Which, since she has no actual work to do, involves grabbing her work computer and going to a new-to-her coffee shop with Angie in the middle of the afternoon in the middle of the week to hang out.
And one sits there mindlessly drinking her steamer and then...
WHAT!?!?!?!
For real!?!?!?! What are the chances?! I have not seen this boy in over twenty years! What is he doing coming into that exact coffee shop at that exact time?!
I gotta admit, I panicked. I quickly ducked behind Angie and my computer, glancing up every so often to see if he and his son were gone yet. But I think he saw me and may or may not have known who I was.
I regret it now. I'm a grown-up for heaven's sake, and it would've been fun to say hi. We could've at least exchanged smiles. Had he recognized me that would have been the friendly thing to do, and if he didn't recognize me, it would've been polite.
But at the same time, I wasn't looking very cute, and if one is going to run into her arch-nemesis/crush, one should look hot, even if he is married, just to be sure he knows that she turned out well and he missed out.
posted by melilotnfosco | 12:27 AM
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and then on my way home i remembered that this had been in my head on the way to the coffee shop:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=erywPdFfORE
darn josie pye ruining what would've been a perfect story.
Wow, crazy! And I would've had the same internal conflict.
That's also a perfect gif.
I don't know that song or singer.
i love the song. :) it's so very sweet. i used to sing it about the chocolate shop by work before i knew the chocolate shop guy is married. ;)
it makes me sad that something like that will never happen to me because i'm too cheap to ever be a regular anywhere, but as this coffee shop is near the school i just applied at for that job, it popped into my head that maybe if i became a regular there i could find another regular there and it would be all romantic.
and then in walks gilbert, which of course would also be a fun story. so boo that wife on another account. ;)
although as far as i can tell he's not a Christian, so even if there weren't a wife it couldn't happen
So it's a blessing in disguise. :)
yes, i suppose :)
I like that song. Thanks for introducing it to me ;-)
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