mortensorchid Posted April 2, 2016 Posted April 2, 2016 A few years ago I was in a bar with a male friend. We spent the evening chatting and whatnot, then he said he was going to the bathroom and when he came back we would leave. I said ok. I sat down at the bar near the bathroom door and waited for him. While I was sitting there, some guy came up to me and leaned in closer to say something to me. I leaned in to listen. He said "Don't look so sad. I see you sitting here and you're all alone. Someday a man will come along and you'll be happy." Then he walked away. I was kind of blown away by this. Did I look that sad or pathetic that he would say that to me? He might have been drunk too, we never had another encounter after that. And if I ran into him today chances are he wouldn't remember it. What makes me sad is the fact that it's now five years later and that said man has not come forward. If anything I am more isolated than ever from others, nothing has changed for the better. I guess I am just one of those people who isn't supposed to be with someone. I try, I give up, I try again, I give up again. I guess it's just easier for others.
preraph Posted April 2, 2016 Posted April 2, 2016 I had a guy say something to me that freaked me out like that too. He said he could tell just by looking at me that I was going to fall in love with the next person I met, which was why he wasn't going to keep hanging around. haha. At least he was honest. He wasn't far wrong. And I never did meet the exact right one, but the older I got, the more I realized I wasn't really cut out for that. Maybe because I'm of that first generation after birth control, it just makes me feel like a pioneer. I've been able to do what earlier generations of women couldn't. And it's not like I haven't had a good time along the way. I lived my dream. Love just didn't work out in the conventional way, but then I never wanted a conventional domestic lifestyle, so not sure what I was thinking assuming I'd have one like everybody else. .
Author mortensorchid Posted April 3, 2016 Author Posted April 3, 2016 Want to know the real irony of the situation? The friend I was with was a bit of a mess, he drank far too much and did drugs. And today he's reformed, has a wife and two children, cleaned up and goes to church every Sunday. I will never understand the universe.
preraph Posted April 3, 2016 Posted April 3, 2016 Yeah, life is a funny old thing. Believe me, I live with ironies every day. I did learn one thing about guys though, and that is they don't necessarily wait to fall in love and then decide to marry. They often decide when to marry and then fall in love with the first reasonable candidate. 1
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