Well, I went to Starbucks today and it was the weirdest thing ever. Okay, well, maybe not the weirdest thing, but it was still pretty odd. My main intention was to meet up with a really good friend of mine, but we ended up running into someone else there who was our age who had her baby with her and her mom. I had known this girl ever since we were in elementary school together, and we even did a science fair project together. We talked and stuff, and then her mom asked me a very interesting question.
"So, do you have a man yet?"
I just smiled because the question was so out of the blue...I wonder why people like to ask me this question...and I replied with a "no"
Then, her mom said "Are you just saying no because you don't want your mom to find out?" and then I said "no" and her daughter/my friend with the baby said something like "Of course not, you know her. She always has her nose in a book, she never even notices that guys like her." This comment made me laugh, but at the same time, kinda surprised me, because it's slightly true. I mean, although it is true that I do keep my nose in the books, and I'm a psychology major who's supposed to be working on her perceptiveness, whenever it comes to myself I am completely oblivious. Then my friend continued on to say "Besides, it wouldn't be her mom, I'm pretty sure it's her dad that would be the one with the issues." To be honest, I'm pretty sure it would be both, but maybe more so coming from my dad. ^_^ I mentioned this, and my friend mentioned something about my "over-protective father" but you know, I'm really glad that he is over-protective because even though it gets really annoying at times, I understand that he's just doing that because he cares. He loves me so much and just wants what's best for me, even though sometimes what "he thinks is best" doesn't exactly mean the same thing as "what's best for you." It takes learning from both sides, and with that, sacrifice, but in the end, that's really what love is.
Anyways, back to the conversation. Her mom then said "Well, I know it's important to have your nose in a book, but every once in awhile, it wouldn't hurt to just look up." Then they both (this is how it seemed like to me, in the world of the author of this world's theater of the mind-yes, I totally stole that from Ouran High School Host Club-this is what I felt like happened) then they both seemed to just have a mad lib of talking at different paces, different wordings, but it seemed like they were saying the exact same thing... "There are a lot of guys who are interested in you and you just don't take the time to pay any attention." "Look at you, you are good looking, you are hot, you need to get out there once it awhile." and a ton of other things that could be interpreted as a pep-talk/scolding/flattery/(insert here). Honestly, it was really weird and just came and hit me at random like an unanticipated tidal wave. It felt like a teasing scold, because it's from old friends, so at first I thought everything was silly. Which, it was haha :)
But you know, thinking on it now...in a way, they are right. The thing that gets me even more, is that I hadn't realized until now that my obliviousness is that obvious?!? Is it really this obvious?!? So much so to the point that a friend of mine who I've known since elementary school, but have seen rarely ever since then even knows??? I don't get it..... -_______________-