Archive for February 2010
Too subtle? I’ll use a 2 by 4 next time
I nearly jumped out of my skin Friday when the guy leaned across the table at the jewelry shop. I had been focused on making a clasp for a necklace and didn’t see him come back.
“You sure you’re not going to be divorced in the near future?” he asked. About an hour earlier, he had been looking at the women’s earrings and I, thinking he was shopping for a Valentine’s Day gift, greeted him and started to talk about the jewelry.
Then he tells me he doesn’t have a girlfriend and asks if I’m single. I smiled and told him I was married. He didn’t take that for an answer and said a couple of other things. I told him I’ve been happily married for 13 years and he said “too bad” and walked away.
I thought that was the end of it, but when he came back, I started to wonder if he’d drop it.
“No,” I replied. He didn’t say anything else, but stared at me for a couple of seconds before walking away — long enough that it creeped me out. Once the guy was out of view, I called my husband, who came over and sat with me in the shop for a bit. The guy didn’t come back or walk by again.
At first it was flattering in a way, but the guy quickly crossed the line. And certainly didn’t get the hint.
