First Impressions are Overrated

I ran out of my homemade instant coffee (yes instant coffee) one morning and decided to go to Starbucks to get my emergency quick fix. Just a medium coffee in a large cup please; I like my coffee with a lot of milk and no sugar. As I stood in line I noticed a man across the way waiting but it was just a quick glance, no big deal. However, have you ever felt that feeling that someone was watching you? That's exactly what I was feeling.

I got my coffee and walked to the milk stand where he was standing. He then nervously said hello, gave me a sincere - I think your beautiful - compliment followed by a nervous apology. All this was in one sentence with a bit of nervous chuckle in between the words. Did I say he was nervous!? I found it very endearing but the problem is I wasn't that attracted to him. He looked like he just woke up and didn't even bother to look at himself in the mirror. But who am I kidding, I’m 32 years old, single mother of 2 and compliments don’t come by very often anymore. I appreciate it when it does.

Anyway, I think it is extremely difficult to do what he did as nervous as he was. Good for him for having the courage. He had a lot more courage than I ever had. I didn't want to be that bit@## (excuse my French) that discourages his future attempts. What to do, what to do?

Well, I gave him my number because at the moment, I didn't know how to respond. A couple of days later, I decided to return his call to let him down easy. To let him know sincerely that I thought he was very sweet and wish him luck. Come to know it, I had a very pleasant conversation with him. He turned out to be smart, endearing and refreshing. We talked about his start-up business that he's been working on for the past 2 years. I've been working on mine for the past 5 months so I can totally relate. I guess you really can't judge a person by the first impression. You never know, I might just have found a really good friend. Or what he said "you might have found a person you can speak business with." Lol! Ok.

With a smile on my face,
Millie