Saturday, November 10, 2007

flirtations?

I guess so, at least that's what it seems to be. So far, I've had two guys ask me what I look for in a guy that I might be interested in. The first one made it obvious later that he only wanted my opinion on this matter so that he could attract this other girl that he really liked. Then proceeded to ask me to help him reply to his text messages. I should mention that I met him in the building laundromat. :) Funny who you meet in odd places. Now, the second guy(who, by the way, works at Panda with me), it seems, was truly interested in my opinion as to how he could attract ME. I wasn't sure at first, because we were just having a conversation, and it just kind of worked it's way in that direction. It did seem like an odd question, but I didn't know if he was single or not, so I answered it, and let the conversation keep going. Well, today, he came in to get his paycheck(I assume) and then hung around a little bit longer. He then asked me if i had any plans...for tonight. (It's pretty normal for him to ask me, and vice versa what the other might be doing for the weekend, but to be that specific kinda set off warning flares) I told him that I had Awana to go to tonight, so he thought for a bit, then asked what I was doing TOMORROW. See where this is going? So I told him I was going shopping with some friends. I admit, I may just be a bit paranoid, and he didn't really mean anything other than the usual friendly questions, but still. He had said earlier that, being 26, he was kinda frustrated that he was single, but hat he figured that that's where God wanted him right now. Therefore, the biggest problem, is his age, and the fact that I'm really not interested. He's almost as old my brother! that's just weird to me. Maybe in a few years, someone being 7 years older than me won't be such a big deal, but considering that I'm not yet 19, he's a bit too old for me you know? I talked to some of my friends about it, and they were like, "so what if he's 7 years older? You shouldn't let age make the decision for you, especially since you're almost 19" I don't know. It just doesn't seem quite right to me. I know that if he had actually asked me out somewhere, that refusing would have been the right thing to do, but am I wrong to not be interested only because he's so much older than me? Well that, and the fact that I've known him for like 3 months.

2 comments:

Emily (Laundry and Lullabies) said...

Mmm. Having had a similar situation my first semester in college, I'd say be REALLY REALLY cautious. There is a huge difference between 19 and 26...far more so than between, say, 29 and 36. It is true that such an age difference can work out just fine (look at my parents!) but generally both participants in such a relationship need to be older at the beginning. Does that make sense?

I'd also just caution you that sometimes (and I'm not saying that this guy is doing this, but just something to think about) older guys who ask out younger women can be predators of a sort. I found out later that the older guy who was "interested" in me was pretty bizarre and that I was one of a string of college freshmen he'd been "dating".

So...be careful. If you want, email me and I'll let you know more of what happened to me.

Anonymous said...

was i one of those friends? i cant remember.....