Pick up lines have never been my thing. Pick up anything has never been my thing. Truth be told, I’m lousy at the whole flirting thing.
Oh sure, I can talk a good game. I write books filled with the cutest meets you’ve ever read. In private, surrounded by nothing but friends I can talk about hot guys like they were personal trophies. But out in public, it’s a different story.
Most of the Pens already know this, but I can’t even look attractive men in the eye. Nope, can’t do it. And the more attractive I find them, the worse it gets.
I don’t mean that the only people I talk to all day are hideous troll creatures hiding under bridges. There’s lots of handsome men I talk to all day long. Hotness, that undefinable quality that makes you feel pulled toward another person, seems to be the thing that makes me stare at my toes.
It’s because I show everything on my face. The second I feel that little flip in my tummy my face starts to burn as bright as a lantern. I grin. I giggle, for crying out loud. I do all the things that a reasonable adult woman shouldn’t do when faced with a hottie.
I’ve always been this way. Even when I met my husband. I don’t think I spoke to him for a good three months beyond a few mumbled good mornings and the like. I figured if I couldn’t muster up the resolve to tell him I was interested with my face, I would have to find another way to let him know. So every day that we worked together I wore my shirt with one extra button undone. Years later, I asked him if he noticed. Hells yeah, he did, he said. So I guess I have just a little game after all.
5 comments:
Oh Adrienne, I'd say you've got *plenty* of game, and all in important ways ;-) No need to chat up the cute guys, leave that to Sophie!
And the Girl with No Game married the tall and handsome Guitar God who's also sweet, charming, and kind. Then they produced two of the most beautiful children on earth, who are also sweet, charming and kind like their parents. Sounds like a good game to me. :)
I love how you found a way to show him you liked him. :) I'd say you've got game.
That's the best kind of game to have of all. Showing, not telling. ;)
My first official "outing" with Adrienne was at a restaurant with a super hot guy and she wouldn't look him in the eye which made him DESPERATE for her approval - I don't think my glass/bread bowl has ever been more quickly refilled.
Adrienne your game there may be unintentional but GENIUS
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