My Cute Single Co-Worker and I saw Fiddler on the Roof while we were in Cedar City this past weekend, and the play made me contemplate what an excellent matchmaker I have been in the past (there are some little children who owe me a thank you note for their existence) and how it's a shame that I can't get a job as a professional matchmaker and have people pay me to boss them around about their social lives. I haven't done any matchmaking recently because I know approximately 50 billion amazing single women and, like, 1 1/2 single men. And the men have cooties.
Today in a meeting, though, I made a flip remark about librarians getting asked out at work (which is an actual occupational hazard), and after the meeting, one of the young men in attendance at my meeting started chatting with me about dating and librarians.
Young Man in Attendance at My Meeting: You know, there is a really cute librarian you work with.
MBC: My Cute Single Co-Worker? The one with red hair?
YMiAaMM: How did you know that's who I meant?!
MBC (in head): Never underestimate librarians. They know all.
MBC (out loud): Because she's adorable. Everyone thinks she cute and wants to pick her up and put her in their pocket.
YMiAaMM: Well, she's probably dating someone then, huh?
MBC: She is not.
YMiAaMM: Blushing
MBC: I could ask her how she feels about being set up.
YMiAaMM (trying to suppress a grin): Well, don't pressure her.
I will not. I will just tell her (right now, because I haven't talked to her in person about this yet) that I'm about to bring love into her life. I just can't guarantee that she'll be the one feeling the love.
6 comments:
i wish someone was able to say that they wanted to put me in their pocket. i don't think i'm that kind of girl. i think i'm the type that a mountain man throws in the back of his wagon and carries away to a life of frying corn bread and castrating bulls.
I'm getting old enough that there may be some pre-teens who owe me a thank you note for their existence! However,you are much younger than me :)
Rebekah--You made me choke from laughing.
Moo--Yes, you're sooooo much older! It's really quite startling how old my friends' children are. Soon there will be grandchildren who owe me thank you notes.
Are you serious? At a staff meeting?! There must be another single young man there now that I didn't know. How funny! Believe it or not, we have less single men out here. :-( Never thought that possible before.
Heidi--Actually, it was at a church meeting. We have as few men as ever at the library.
Ha! What a great story.
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