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I feel pretty, oh so pretty. . .
- Nov 17, 2009 at 9:29 PM
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Yesterday, I came back home after dropping my daughters off at their respective schools. I had scheduled our heating unit to be checked and readied for the winter, and our handyman friend to come over to fix the railing on the front steps and to fix the back door (that he installed for us a few years back) that we haven't been able to open for some time now.
Bob reminds me of Schneider from One Day at a Time, right down to his "wife-beater" undershirt, and thinks he's a real Casanova. He has a strong Jersey accent, gruff from years of smoking, and has commented before on how he "knows how to treat a woman". He's been a friend of our family since we hired him for a job several years ago. He brought his thirty-something son, Bobby, and another skinny twenty-ish high school drop-out to help with the tasks. When I heard his truck pull up, I went outside to see if Bob needed me to open the garage door. When Bob, aka Casanova, saw me, he said, "Are you just going to stand there looking sexy?" to which I replied, "Bob, I haven't stood anywhere looking sexy for a very long time."
Bob's young assistant then told me that he thought I was beautiful. That took me by surprise and I couldn't come up with anything better than a stammered, "Um, thank you". A little later, I was inside dutifully doing my homework on the computer (for a computer class I'm taking) when Bobby came in to start working on the back door. He is mildly MR, and fairly rotund. He bashfully said something like, "I'd better stop thinking, because it could get me in trouble." So I said that thinking will sometimes do that. Then, he said that the thoughts he was having were that if I weren't married, he'd like to ask me out on a date. This is a sentiment that he repeated about three more times.
Okay, all three guys are about as nice as can be, each in his own way. Bobby, in fact, knitted a blanket for my younger daughter when she was born. But I have to wonder if I'll ever be propositioned by anything close to a Johnny Depp, a Harrison Ford, or even a Harry Connick Jr. type again. Today's choices came nowhere close. Maybe I should just be thankful that they were kind enough to boost my ego even a little. Sometimes maybe it is the little things in life that can make it worthwhile.
For the record, the heating guy did nothing for my ego. He just checked the thermostat, and the heating unit, collected his check and moved on to his next call. What a disappointment.
Comments:
Jackie, you are a stunner!
Kimmer has it right. You are beautiful, in every way!
What Kim said.
Awww, that's so nice! I agree that I'll take any and all compliments that come my way. I think they are under appreciated! The man at the grocery store that I shop at regularly told last week that another checker was asking if he had seen me around and that he described me as "the pretty lady with the two kids." He doesn't have to be Jonny Depp to make my day!
I agree you are beautiful inside and out Jackie. Take the compliments and sing in the mirror honey!! "I feel pretty, oh so pretty, I feel witty and pretty and gay" ~channeling Natalie Wood.
My husband's, friends, son (who is ten) has the hugest crush on me and it makes my day everytime I see him. LOL. I figure hey, kids are waaaay more honest about that sort of stuff than adults are... so if he thinks I'm pretty I must be. LOLOL.
You shine. I am glad you feel pretty!
Hah! thanks for the giggle...take it where you can. I once had a young buck hit on me when I was 8 months pregnant for my 2nd - and I was 44 - but I soon realized he was very drunk....hah!
I'd like a little more commentary on how Schneider can "know how to treat a woman". So many males out there, he's the only one with the knowhow? Oh, I get it, he shows up on time, does what he was asked without complaining, and gave you wonderful sincere compliments while there! Hey, he does know how to treat a woman. teehee
Enjoy the compliments, even if they aren't from a hottie.
That guy needs to move it to the back of the line. If anyone gets a Jackie date, it's ME.
Hot stuff.
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Hey, I take a compliment any way I can get it. I have no shame that way. You are beautiful, sweetie. Inside and out. Beautiful.
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