he has his kids more than the average shared custody deal.
so the minute i walked in the door last night, my daughter started in with 'we have to go see them, they're here, they're here!'.
so i called. he said his kids were saying the same thing....come on over.
we went.
i told him how eharmony matched us up. he said 'you're lisa?!"
(yes, i use a fake name on eharmony)
anyway....yes, i tell him, i'm lisa.
he said he received the email alert that lisa from eharmony had sent him an icebreaker but hadn't checked it out yet.
so, he pulls out the laptop and logs on.
isn't this funny, isn't this strange, isn't this odd we say.
i tell him all about my lunch at work with the three co-workers and how they insisted that men and women can not be friends and that if a man is friendly with you it's because he likes you (or at least wants to sleep with you), and that i must start dating or soon i will be wearing mumus and hiding out in my cat hotel house mumbling to myself.
so, he says...have you thought about us.
us.
i blush. i start giggling. and not in the cute way either. more like the 'have you suddenly come down with a really bad rash on your face while being overcome by some sort of freakish laughing disease?' way.
the kids come running over. all four. they have found five million bouncy balls and are tossing them up in the air like confetti all around us. balls are bouncing everywhere. 4 kids are asking/begging/demanding/whining (as only kids can do) for everything all of a sudden.....
i'm hungry.
i'm thirsty.
he came into my room again.
he has my magic wand.
can i have a snack.
please.
please. please. pleeeeeassssse. but please. please. please.
we're surrounded.
i deflect. i think i'm good at deflection. i'm really not.
i say something really profound and adult like 'ummm, ahhh, so....maybe i'll make a turkey for thanksgiving this year.' (yeah, i know)
he then launches into a speech....i thought it was pre-prepared.....he went on and on about how he's x years old, thinks there's something there between us, would like to find out, why not, what's the worst that could happen, he's been thinking of me (that way), and what do i think of him?
at this point i'm just frozen.
bouncing balls are frozen mid-air, kids are like wax museum figures.
all i can think of at that very moment is 'damn! my stupid coworkers were right!'