Twice upon a time...

It's a small world, and we've all had our moments when this fact hits us over the head...

Twice upon a time my friend Jane and I discovered that we were about to go on a date with a boy the other had already gone out with. One of us would start talking about a guy we'd recently met, and the other would say, "Wait, this sounds awfully familiar. What's his name?" We never told the first boy - I wonder if he recognized either or both of us a year later when we all ended up in the same bar? We did tell the second boy, however. He got a big kick out of it. And then neither Jane nor I called him back. I don't know if he found that funny.

Twice upon a time I've found myself standing in line at Starbucks, only to realize that I was right behind a boy I've gone out with - and never called back. My first thought each time was, "this is random," followed shortly by, "maybe he won't recognize me..." I've gotten pretty good at avoiding eye contact and paying a lot of attention to my iPod/cellphone/blackberry. I know the guy I saw the other morning knew me, but it was a horrible dating experience - so bad it wasn't even funny! - and I was not going to acknowledge him.