winking calling i-love-you-ing

i work for this lady once in a while and today i met her boyfriend briefly. prior to meeting him, i’ve heard phone conversations where they were obviously quarrelling over what seemed to be petty relationship problems. it always had one person saying, “i know…” “can we talk about this later??” “i’m not!…” “i love you too.” “okay, fine…uh huh, fine!” what i gathered? he’s needy, she likes it but hates it.

when i met him today, instead of shaking my hand or something, he winked! …not in the sleezy way, more in a hey-kid type of way. either way, i thought it was odd. they left for a little bit. when she came back,  he called within 20 mins! included in the conversation was some bickering, some i love you ing, hanging up, calling back, i love you too, hanging up, calling again…. doesn’t he know she has work to do!?

neediness is not attractive.

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after my swim this morning, i waited a long long time for the bus to come. while i was waiting, the gentleman next to me was on the phone and discussing what he had to do today. the other person had obviously asked him to do something but he said, “no, i can’t today. i’ve got an abortion to attend. [silence] yeah, i know, i feel bad, but i told her, when the time is right, the time is right. [silence] no, i’ll tell her later… it’s only been a few months…” then i stopped paying attention for a while because it was hot and i couldn’t concentrate on anything but my sweating. eventually, i started listening again… mind you, he was standing right next to me, so it’s not like i could not have heard it. “i’ve got some smirnoff! what are we going to mix that with?” [it's 930am], [silence]. “it’s apple…apple smirnoff. we have to mix it with something!” finally the bus comes, we all line up to get on and he’s in front of me. he gets off the phone, picks up his bouquet of flowers, a little gift bag, and smirnoff is in his back pocket. what a full day he has in front of him.