I don't get out much by myself. I've been trying more since studying for the big test*. Don't get me wrong, I love spending time with my friends and my lovely Ryan, but I'm a voyeur and being in the company of others doesn't lend itself to looking and listening to strangers. But yesterday, I sat at my favorite local café,
Casbah, studied a bit and watched for a long time.
Here are two of my observations to share:
Most charming couple
A beautiful woman with a white off shoulder shirt and a tall blond man sitting next to me side by side. Bo big deal, right? Big deal. They were doing the sunday cross-word puzzle together. She was doing the horizontals and he was doing the verticals. Two pens and all. At the end they looked at their iphones and debated on the choices they had for the remaining words together. Awww! I loved them, I wanted to tell them how charming and refreshing it was to see two people like that. Okay, I just did. Hope you two lovely people stay together. love is a puzzle, and couple that solves it together, stays together.
Stop-this-and-move-on couple
This happens too many times and I just have to write it out load and get if off my chest, "It's time to exit that relationship when you don't have anything to talk about any more." Why? Why? Why stay? She was eating her salad very slowly and with every bite she looked at him with rage. I'm scared at this point. He played on his phone while sipping coffee and shrugged and gave her dirty looks. You know the kind that pierces through your skin. Finally he got up and left. Sigh of relief, yes? No. He came back and said, "you are a piece of shit," loud enough that everyone adjusted themselves in their seats out of discomfort. Lovely. I should have said something to him or at least slapped him, but I didn't.
More on my weekend observations to come.
*LSAT and yes I'm planning on being a lawyer but a voyeur for life.
