When You're Not Looking….

One evening a friend and I decided to go out. It was a last minute decision, but more and more, many nights are last minute. Being a single mom with kids whose visitations are not set in stone, you just never know when you will be free. We agreed to meet at a lounge in the area. Usually the lounge is hopping, but that evening was a home football game for our state, so everyone was tailgating an hour away at the state school; as a result, very few people were there. Instead, we decided to try a bar which seemed a little busier across the way.

We walked in; the crowd was okay, but not great. We decided to grab one drink then try some place else. We sat down to talk. About half way through our drink a man came to our table and asked us to join his friend and him. We told him we would in a bit. We finished up our drinks and walked over. As we sat down, we noticed the table next to them was a table filled with girls in their mid to late 20's. Curious, we asked the two men why they would want us to join them when clearly there was a table of younger, attractive women right next to them. They stated they found us attractive (points in their favor) and if they wanted to hear about Miley Cyrus all night they would have asked the younger women to join them, but they wanted a little more meaningful conversation. Okay, maybe that was a pick up line, but it worked. Made us both feel good. Neither of us went into the bar looking for someone to hook up with, yet here we were having a great time talking and laughing about a wide variety of subjects. By the end of the evening we were asked to go back to one man's house. My friend had really hit it off with one of the guys, the other man was very nice, but I was not looking for someone at the time, so I declined to join them. The funny thing was; my friend was adamant about staying single and had had it with men, but guess what? She is still with him and is having a terrific time. No, they are not "in love" right now, but, as she states it, they are "in like."

Just goes to show you, you never know what will happen from one minute to the next in life.

Until next time….