Wednesday, June 22, 2005
"I can tell"
"I can tell..." She said, as they drove back.
She could tell from a single, fleeting meeting what a person was like and whether she liked him or not; it was enough to stop her ever calling him back; enough to prevent another meeting.
He thought it strange that she could speak with such absolute certainty.
He was different. Sure, he could tell from the get-go if he found someone attractive or unattractive; he had enough humanity left in him to do that.
But it took weeks of meetings to turn that hunch into a certainty; hidden unappealing / appealing facets of personality show up over time through the span of a friendship. Kindness. Inconstancy. Hypocrisy. Warmth. Generosity. Spiritedness.
These are traits that transcend looks; and even chance meetings which give us only a glimpse of the person inside.
*****
What is a date?
(to be continued)
She could tell from a single, fleeting meeting what a person was like and whether she liked him or not; it was enough to stop her ever calling him back; enough to prevent another meeting.
He thought it strange that she could speak with such absolute certainty.
He was different. Sure, he could tell from the get-go if he found someone attractive or unattractive; he had enough humanity left in him to do that.
But it took weeks of meetings to turn that hunch into a certainty; hidden unappealing / appealing facets of personality show up over time through the span of a friendship. Kindness. Inconstancy. Hypocrisy. Warmth. Generosity. Spiritedness.
These are traits that transcend looks; and even chance meetings which give us only a glimpse of the person inside.
*****
What is a date?
(to be continued)
