some people just feel the need to tell me things are going to be okay, even when i wasn’t worried about them in the first place.
“you seem like a very nice lady,” one customer told me.
okay, first off, lately when people call me “lady” i cringe. it just solidifies the fact that i am getting older and there’s not a damn thing that i can do about it. when did i transition from “girl” or “young woman” to “lady?” when someone calls me “lady,” i have this picture of a woman with rollers in her hair and a Capri cigarette in hand, petting a cat that flashes in to my mind. i don’t exactly fit this criteria…yet. give me a few more years and we’ll see.
anyway, the customer was very nice and continued talking.
“you seem like a very nice lady. do you have someone special in your life?”
“nope,” i replied. i wanted to respond “jose cuervo,” but i didn’t want to come across as a dick.
“oh, well, don’t you worry,” the customer said. “i am sure everything will work out just fine for you.”
“oh, i am not worried about it. i wasn’t even thinking about anything serious with guys right now. i am okay with the way things are.”
“something great will come along. i am sure you will find someone special soon. it was nice chatting with you,” he said as he walked out.
sure, buddy. it was nice chatting with you too. how did the conversation shift from pre-workout supplements to renee’s mid-life crisis? i mean, it didn’t really “shift” that way until you brought it up out of nowhere. i guess you gave the subject a forceful verbal push and that’s how we got here.
the question to myself is: why do people sometimes feel the need to tell me things are going to be okay when it comes to men?
i am twenty-five years old. to some people, it seems crazy that i am not married and with child right now, but to me, that sounds like i am a genius. do i look pathetic and lonely? do i have tattooed must love dogs on my forehead? do i look too uptight and in need of a good tongue bath? who knows. whenever i get dressed in the morning for work, i don’t top off my outfit with a spritz of eau de single loser perfume. so what prompts these positive lifestyle reinforcements? next time someone verbally intends something, it better be a positive reinforcement about my drinking habits: “don’t worry, you’re still classy when your dress is over your head. keep it up!”