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Old 03-02-2005, 03:35 PM   #108 (permalink)
sterba
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Location: Michigan
I was on a flight from Tokyo to Detroit - 12 hours long...The guy a seat over from me starts with the typical small talk about work...traveling abroad...etc. Somehow after about 2 hours of back and forth banter...he transitions into his love life and a sob story about his lover cheating on him. I listen intently...actually a good story about catching his lover in the act! Well being the typical male...I'm thinking woman right...wrong! The light actually goes on when he describes the fact that "they" weren't both using condoms and how that bothered him as much as the infidelity. Now, I'm trying to figure out a way to back pedal out of this whole conversation and distance myself from him....(because I'm picking up vibes...I don't want to be picking up!) So, I try to be polite and tell him how awful that is and that I had also been cheated on at one point in my life...and I know how that feels. Well, based on my remarks he interpeted that I was interested in him....and the next thing I knew he was asking for my phone number and if I would be interested in going out with him? (Talk about uncomfortable...I still had 7 hours of flight time left and wasn't sure how this would resolve itself.) So, I told him that I was flattered, but that I was straight. He responded, that he thought I might have been gay because I was such a good listener and had such a nice caring demeanor. I thanked him again and we continued our conversations like nothing had happend. Of course I tell my wife the story, and she just laughs..."Sure you can listen and console a gay guy...and you can't even listen to me for 10 minutes!"
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