The not-booty call and weird pregnancy metaphors on the 'L' train
So I was riding the Red Line home tonight when a woman sitting next to me called someone.
"Are you awake?" she said. "Okay. Cool. Listen - so I just got past Belmont, so I'm going to be at Howard soon, and I was just thinking... If you're awake, can you... you know?"
And my immediate thought was Oh my God, is she trying to arrange a hook-up? From a crowded 'L' train car? Now I've seen everything.
"Can you meet me at Hoard and give a ride home?"
Maybe I should've felt bad that my mind immediately went in the gutter, but at that moment, at least, I didn't.
Oh, and a few minutes later, the two women sitting left of me were comparing notes on how long they've been in Chicago, which lead to this jem.
Woman 2: I've been here for nine months.
Woman 3: Oh. So...a pregnancy.
Woman 2 (laughing): I guess. With lots of labor pain.
"Are you awake?" she said. "Okay. Cool. Listen - so I just got past Belmont, so I'm going to be at Howard soon, and I was just thinking... If you're awake, can you... you know?"
And my immediate thought was Oh my God, is she trying to arrange a hook-up? From a crowded 'L' train car? Now I've seen everything.
"Can you meet me at Hoard and give a ride home?"
Maybe I should've felt bad that my mind immediately went in the gutter, but at that moment, at least, I didn't.
Oh, and a few minutes later, the two women sitting left of me were comparing notes on how long they've been in Chicago, which lead to this jem.
Woman 2: I've been here for nine months.
Woman 3: Oh. So...a pregnancy.
Woman 2 (laughing): I guess. With lots of labor pain.