So. Weird.
Drove the 2 hours back from my parents` to my apartment today. Check engine light came on just as I was coming up on my exit. Got home and lifted the hood to try and figure it out. As my friend and I were inspecting it, this guy comes up and asks if we needed help, which we very much did. So, he helps us out and, as it turns out, he grew up in the same town I did!!
Of course, he lived there until 91-ish, while I didn`t move there until a year or two after, but still. We know some of the same people and we know the same places.
But here`s where the weird factor gets uncomfortable instead of just cool. He helps with the car and gives me his business card to contact him if I need more help with the car in the future. I confirmed my number so he`ll know it`s me and tell him I`m very thankful. We enjoy chatting a bit about the old hometown, then say goodbye. He texts me with the part I`ll need to pick up and says again he`s willing to help me install it when I get it... And then says he told the story to his friend.
Who didn`t believe him.
Because he didn`t believe "how pretty I was".
And then he asks me if I`d be willing to text him a picture of myself so he can prove said story to his friend.
WEIRD.
I said I didn`t feel comfortable doing that, but thank you for the compliment, which he seemed to take fine. But I`m still very weirded out by the whole thing. I mean, who does that?! Is that sort of thing actually normal in this country?!?!?
I`ve actually gotten a lot of compliments and comments about my looks since coming back and honestly? I don`t feel flattered. I feel alternatively creeped out and uncomfortable. I don`t believe that`s the intention of any of those guys, but that`s how I feel and I have no idea how to address it. I mean, I don`t think I`m ugly or anything. But.... It`s just so WEIRD!!
Of course, he lived there until 91-ish, while I didn`t move there until a year or two after, but still. We know some of the same people and we know the same places.
But here`s where the weird factor gets uncomfortable instead of just cool. He helps with the car and gives me his business card to contact him if I need more help with the car in the future. I confirmed my number so he`ll know it`s me and tell him I`m very thankful. We enjoy chatting a bit about the old hometown, then say goodbye. He texts me with the part I`ll need to pick up and says again he`s willing to help me install it when I get it... And then says he told the story to his friend.
Who didn`t believe him.
Because he didn`t believe "how pretty I was".
And then he asks me if I`d be willing to text him a picture of myself so he can prove said story to his friend.
WEIRD.
I said I didn`t feel comfortable doing that, but thank you for the compliment, which he seemed to take fine. But I`m still very weirded out by the whole thing. I mean, who does that?! Is that sort of thing actually normal in this country?!?!?
I`ve actually gotten a lot of compliments and comments about my looks since coming back and honestly? I don`t feel flattered. I feel alternatively creeped out and uncomfortable. I don`t believe that`s the intention of any of those guys, but that`s how I feel and I have no idea how to address it. I mean, I don`t think I`m ugly or anything. But.... It`s just so WEIRD!!