It's irritating that it's so simple to see when it's not about you.
Yep. A guy hit on me at the grocery store and I didn't notice. My MOTHER had to point it out to me.
Dawn: You're not fleeing. You're... moving at a brisk pace. Buffy: Quaintly referred to in some cultures as the Big Scaredy Run Away.
'Touched'
Natter 43: I Love My Dead Gay Whale Crosspost.
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
ChiKat - Apr 06, 2006 11:18:16 am PDT #9229 of 10001
That man was going to shank me. Over an omelette. Two eggs and a slice of government cheese. Is that what my life is worth?
Vortex - Apr 06, 2006 11:20:32 am PDT #9230 of 10001
"Cry havoc and let slip the boobs of war!" -- Miracleman
My MOTHER had to point it out to me.
oh, well, I never believe my mother.
erikaj - Apr 06, 2006 11:22:08 am PDT #9231 of 10001
Always Anti-fascist!
Part of it is, I think of me as Not Someone To Hit On in some pivotal way. So if a guy looks at me intensely, I've got something in my teeth. If a woman gives me the eye, it's cause I've got stupid hair. I don't do that to other people so sometimes I notice.
kat perez - Apr 06, 2006 11:22:21 am PDT #9232 of 10001
"We have trust issues." Mylar
I never know when someone's hitting on me. When I was single it always took getting to the grab-kiss-what? moment before the light bulb went off.
On the other hand, I'm great at pointing out to my clueless friends when someone's into them.
Ailleann - Apr 06, 2006 11:22:32 am PDT #9233 of 10001
vanguard of the socialist Hollywood liberal homosexualist agenda
YES. I give excellent relationship advice to other people. When it's my life, it's a freaking train wreck.
Depressingly, this is also me.
ChiKat - Apr 06, 2006 11:22:40 am PDT #9234 of 10001
That man was going to shank me. Over an omelette. Two eggs and a slice of government cheese. Is that what my life is worth?
erika is me.
§ ita § - Apr 06, 2006 11:23:03 am PDT #9235 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Although I'm getting better at the signs, I still have the wrinkle of "Well, he liked me last week. He could be married to someone he just met by now."
Yes, it's quite insane. But that's what a lack of clarification does for me. I don't believe he is married. I just acknowledge that he might still like me, and then again he might not. He doesn't owe me anything. Stuff happens. If he's never said anything in the first place, he doesn't even have to tell me he changed his mind.
juliana - Apr 06, 2006 11:23:52 am PDT #9236 of 10001
I’d be lying if I didn’t say that I miss them all tonight…
I've had to point it out to my mother when she's been hit on. It's been pretty funny. The woman can preen like nobody's business.
I'm usually very aware of it when someone is hitting on me (as opposed to just general flirting, which is a way of life for me). It's the sussing out if there's a deeper interest that I can't seem to do.
erikaj - Apr 06, 2006 11:24:43 am PDT #9237 of 10001
Always Anti-fascist!
Oh, no, I'm sorry. Thinking you're Neuter Girl, not so FG.
Kalshane - Apr 06, 2006 11:25:09 am PDT #9238 of 10001
GS: If you had to choose between kicking evil in the head or the behind, which would you choose, and why?
Minsc: I'm not sure I understand the question. I have two feet, do I not? You do not take a small plate when the feast of evil welcomes seconds.
On the flipside of that, girl I pined for in highschool that I ended up having a relationship with much later, was like-wise oblivious at the time. When we finally got together years later, we were talking about our highschool days and I confessed to my crush on her back then and she was taken aback. She then went and asked everyone that had known us both back then that she was still in contact with and they all said "Yeah, I knew that. How did you not know?" Including her mother. Which we both found kind of funny.