Or How I Almost Kicked a Ticket Agent in the Balls
When you're getting a divorce, you're extra sensitive and sometimes you wonder if people can smell that you're a single woman. I went out to the movies with a friend last week. I walked up to the counter to purchase my ticket. I told the guy, 'One for The Heat at 7:15.' He looked around and said inquiringly, 'Just one?' I said yes and my voice may or may not have cracked as the large arrow above my head flashed 'Single divorcing woman'.
I paid for my ticket and stepped aside as my friend bought her ticket. No question was asked of her. She's happily married. We walked away from the counter and I said, 'Did you hear what that guy asked me?!' She said, 'Yes, I heard and I thought ooooohh nooooo.' I'm glad that the awkwardness of the situation wasn't lost on her. We laughed (because that's better than crying) and we decided he was an asshole.
I hope I get to the point soon when I will not feel the heat rise in my face when a ticket agent points out that I'm alone.
Ticket counter guy was interested. Even if it was a pimply-faced teenager, consider it a compliment and hold your head up. No one can see "divorce" on you, even it it feels that way sometimes.
ReplyDeleteOoh, thanks, I will look at it that way! Thinking he was interested is so much better than where mind went - that ticket guy felt bad for me. I'm going with your way. He totally wanted a piece of me.
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