Last Saturday, boyfriend and I went on a date
It was unintentional
There were supposed to be other people
But they ditched
And we almost turned back
But then we went ahead
Figured how bad could it be..
We're only a couple
(Two years next month)
Maybe it'll be fun to semi-roleplay
So we acted like recently-introduced strangers
We sat in a booth
Table for two
Didn't talk about the traffic
Ordered barbecued chicken wings
Agreed to beer
Looked at each other
Then at the people around
Slid into our new roles
Observed our changed dynamics
And stuck to not talking about the day
No how was work?
Or what did you do?
No update about the latest geek gadget in the market
No gossipy tidbit from me about what happened at work
No mundane exchanges
Defintely no fighting
Instead
We tried cerebral
"So!" said one
"So!" parrotted the other
Dammit
There was nothing to talk about
SO! we smiled a little more
Shrug off the self-conscious
Acted brave
And posed questions you ask people in the movies,
What is your most favourite thing in the world?
Err...
Realised the cheesy- quotient
But this was new
So we played along,
I don't know, what is your most favourite thing in the world?
I don't know...
Hmm
Mm hmmm
For a brief moment, we were the vultures in Jungle Book.
Sort of
But then we lowered the bar
Took some pressure off
Rephrased
What is your tenth most favourite thing in the world?
Took a sip of the beer;
Smiled, looked, answered, exclaimed
Toothpicks!
Escalators!
Aha!
Hehe!
Woohoo!
We're such winners.
IN a relationship,
ON a date
Flirting with each other
AND conversing!
It was unintentional
There were supposed to be other people
But they ditched
And we almost turned back
But then we went ahead
Figured how bad could it be..
We're only a couple
(Two years next month)
Maybe it'll be fun to semi-roleplay
So we acted like recently-introduced strangers
We sat in a booth
Table for two
Didn't talk about the traffic
Ordered barbecued chicken wings
Agreed to beer
Looked at each other
Then at the people around
Slid into our new roles
Observed our changed dynamics
And stuck to not talking about the day
No how was work?
Or what did you do?
No update about the latest geek gadget in the market
No gossipy tidbit from me about what happened at work
No mundane exchanges
Defintely no fighting
Instead
We tried cerebral
"So!" said one
"So!" parrotted the other
Dammit
There was nothing to talk about
SO! we smiled a little more
Shrug off the self-conscious
Acted brave
And posed questions you ask people in the movies,
What is your most favourite thing in the world?
Err...
Realised the cheesy- quotient
But this was new
So we played along,
I don't know, what is your most favourite thing in the world?
I don't know...
Hmm
Mm hmmm
For a brief moment, we were the vultures in Jungle Book.
Sort of
But then we lowered the bar
Took some pressure off
Rephrased
What is your tenth most favourite thing in the world?
Took a sip of the beer;
Smiled, looked, answered, exclaimed
Toothpicks!
Escalators!
Aha!
Hehe!
Woohoo!
We're such winners.
IN a relationship,
ON a date
Flirting with each other
AND conversing!
8 comments:
Fabulous.. always nice to rediscover the discovery.
I like! :)
And I agree.
A little over eight years now, and doing this gets tougher - more so, if you live together.
Oh, and both of have very often been reminded of the vultures. :)
Good luck! :-)
strangers in the night exchanging glances?? nice nice!! :)
A nice effort but, as you can see, you can't turn back the clock. Once a bell is rung, you can't un-ring it. Lesson learned!
Now that you've got the vultures out of your system, you can work on being Pinky and the Brain.
The vultures song is one of my favourites in the whole world! My parents bought me the record when I was about 8, and I still have it - it's about the only thing saved from my past. I even still play it, from time to time.
Thanks for commenting over at mine.
it's amusing that everyone else on this comment thread thinks that nimpipi was making some kind of sincere comment on lost time in a relationship/rediscovering your partner. actually nimpips was just being her amazing snarky self. miss you man! saw that you;d taken yourself off fb and thought of this blog. it made me laugh.
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