A mirror image?
I finished up working the Stoli event for the evening on May 16. Instead of going straight home, I went to the bar to get a drink, where an extremely aggressive and drunk guy decided to start talking to me. Finding out that he just needed plastic cups from the bar for his 'table', I excused myself to get away and retrieved some cups for him from the kitchen. As I walked out he intercepted me and motioned for me to follow him. I walked behind him for a couple steps, trying to figure out if this guy was mentally insane or retardedly drunk, when someone out of my right peripheral caught my attention. It was a tall young gentleman -- who, not so ironically, was also pretty buzzed -- that made eye contact with me and tried to say something to initiate conversation. At that moment I had just walked by and he was left hanging with his mouth open and words cut short. But his eyes, which bore deep into his soul, and his aura of openness caught me with my guard down. I instinctively turned around and walked back to his area and ended up talking to one of my acquaintances until he finally built up the nerve to approach me and talk. Apparently that acquaintance was a mutual one, so the first line out of his mouth was, "Oh you know him too?" Very classy. :)As we spoke, he got into intimate detail while answering simple questions of mine. I thought it was amusing, and actually quite endearing. I've never really encountered a random stranger who thought it was perfectly appropriate to put his heart on the line with no hesitation whatsoever. That's brave. Most men are so caught up in trying to be impressive or tough or cool that the front becomes quite transparent, and frankly, a source of eye-rolling if not a disgusted expression of 'ugh.' As he went into an intensive explanation of his IT job and how he's a huge geek and a lot of other incriminating details that would normally be turn-offs to most random women who are looking for an impressive first impression, I started to find his honesty very refreshing -- and luckily I'm a big enough geek to appreciate the same in others.
We hit it off with corny jokes, geeky references, general silliness, and an openness and enthusiasm for getting to know each other -- no fronts or castle walls. Just two honest souls searching for a connection. We have a lot of the same beliefs, interests, perspectives in life, and we both love learning about the same things. It's a start of a beautiful journey and friendship.
posted by Eunice @ 3:41 PM
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