I have this friend
(and it really is my friend, not me)

who is in her early 20s and never had a boyfriend. She's incredibly pretty, smart, classy and all the rest. No one can quite understand it and assume that she's stuck up or something (she's not, but she is shy). I think I get it now though.

A few weeks ago she tells me that she was at the gym and this guy on the bike in front of her kept turning all the way around (not just a quick glance) to look at her while she was on the treadmill. There is nothing but windows that look out on to a brick wall behind where she was, so he was definitely looking at her. He does this several times and smiles at her. She's telling me this story like it was freaking her out and she was annoyed and a little worried by it.

So I ask the first obvious question: was he cute? She says yes he was, so on to the next obvious question: did you smile back? She says no. wtf? Why not?! "Why would I? I don't know him."

And this, my friends, is why she's single and probably always will be.

(well, combined with her desperate avoidance of anyone even close to the friend zone)
(xanthine, Sun 21 Feb 2010, 22:05, 2 replies)

Ummm...
Her name isn't Sara is it? She sounds like someone I know.
(Dante licked your nipple on, Mon 22 Feb 2010, 12:21, closed)

hah no
And you're not the first to ask "is that ..." so I'm sure it's a familiar story.

Boys, learn from this. If she appears to not notice, give her a chance to consult her friends and then try again :)
(xanthine, Tue 23 Feb 2010, 5:43, closed)