My first Thanksgiving alone after my 24 year marraige & divorce was quite a day to remember! I had been talking online with a man who had never been married-- because in his words-- he hadn't "found a woman good enough to marry". He seemed nice but the only picture he had on the dating profile was of him by a lake fishing, donning a khaki fishing hat...no less! The fact that I had never seen his face didn't bother me in the few weeks I had emailed and Instant messeged him because our relationship hadn't really had the romantic theme to it in the short time we had been talking. It was more like a casual shoot the breeze online friendship.
When he found out I was going to be alone for Thanksgiving he said.."Hey I'm planning on eating alone too...why don't we make it a Thanksgiving lunch at Village Inn...just as friends?" I agreed. He mentioned that it wasn't really a date..just a casual lunch, which was fine with me because I actually have reservations about 40 something men who haven't maintained a marriage or relationship for a significant amount of time...but whatever. What could a nice Turkey Lunch at Village Inn hurt?
When I walked into the restaurant on that cold turkey day, he was waiting in the lobby. I didn't really look at his face with all the first date--err-- excuse me "lunch" jitters. He immediately smelled what perfume I was wearing & recognized it as Victoria Secret's Love Spell...and he said " OH wow!...LOVE SPELL...this JUST turned into a DATE!!" I wasn't sure what to make of that but something else was bothering me as the hostess escorted us to our table. I brushed the thoughts aside as we walked past the other tables but as soon as we sat down..I said to myself..NO ...it Cant possibly BE!!!! There we were staring eye to eye finally across the table....or maybe I should say we were staring ...EYES to eye.....MY EYES to HIS ONE EYE.....His other eye was looking over toward the kitchen or somewhere..maybe winking at the waitress to drug my drink or something..who knows! Yes...its true...HE was CROSS_EYED! I mean not just a little cross-eyed as some people are, But he had a lazy, lazy, cross- cross-eye!
As we ordered & ate our meal & talked of computers & dating & jobs...I could not get the fact out of my head that Yes..he really was cross-eyed. I also couldn't bring myself to mention it not only for the fact that it would be rude & tactless (Never stopped me before!) But what if he didn't really realize it? What if his mom made him feel so good about himself that he just couldn't understand why he couldn't find a woman who would look him in the EYE and fall in love with him;) Maybe it was an accident or some kind of disease process."So were you born Cross-eyed or do you even know that you are?" just didn't sound right. It may not seem like a big deal to some people but it was quite a shock after all our conversations! But then again..in all the pre-date questions such as "what's your favorite color?" &..."oh by the way....ARE YOU CROSS-EYED??" just somehow didn't CROSS my mind.....So to speak! lol. I know you are thinking that I must be some fake boobed, shallow minded women's' libber or something...but I'm really not! I AM OPEN- MINDED!! I just prefer when kissing someone to have not only their full attention but most if not all of their body parts FOCUSED on me!! Call me selfish I guess! Also....if I were to say I LOVE YOU...would I have to say it twice every time? Oh Bill...I love you....and YOU! Oh....the jokes could go on & on....call me evil...but that is the last time I SAW Bill & Bill......But I am reminded of Village Inn Bill every time I see Victoria Secret's love spell bottle.
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