Under Thinking and a Missed Opportunity
This could only happen to me. As I turned the corner at the end of an aisle
in the grocery store today I nearly bumped into a very attractive young woman
who I was certain is a co-worker. With a
great deal of genuine enthusiasm I said something like “Hey, how are you? Good to see you.” She responded in similar fashion, leading me
to believe it was who I thought it was, although I couldn’t quite remember her
name at that second. She did look a
little different that Meghan but I assumed that was because Meghan is usually
dressed up and not ‘weekend casual’.
A few minutes later I saw her again and with all the
enthusiasm and confidence I have around people I work with I asked “So how are
things?”, to which she replied “Things are great. How about with you?” I went on to say something about being new to
the neighborhood and always thinking I’ll eventually run into people I know. She agreed.
Neither of us made reference to work so I thought maybe she wasn’t sure
it was me because she’s never seen me with the goatee. And I was starting to doubt she was Meghan.
Let me point out that if I see an attractive woman I don’t
know who I might want to meet, I usually over think what I might say. I’ll come up with something lame that sounds
like a pickup line and the conversation will usually end with that. I also do the wedding ring check. OK, so I’m an optimist with a clumsy streak.
So as I finished unloading my basket in the checkout line, I
turned and realized she was right behind me.
She saw me and said “You again.
Hi again.” She asked me which of
the two nearby communities I live in and said “Welcome to the
neighborhood. I’m Trisha, by the way.” My ‘out loud’ response was “Hi I’m Bernie.” In my head I was saying, well it’s not
Meghan. It IS a very attractive,
friendly woman who I never would have had such an incredible conversation with
if I had thought about it in advance.
And I probably just blew chance for a second meeting by not even
thinking about suggesting it. And I didn’t
do the wedding ring check.
Chances are she is married, partly because of the part of
the neighborhood she lives in is mostly families. But unless I run into her again by some
miracle, I’ll never know. Possible blown
opportunity. Great story though.
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