i hope this does not happen again.

i don't think that i'm what people would describe as "approachable." i'm not sure why. i think it may have something to do with the fact that i have a condition best described as "bitch face," where i look sort of smug and/or irritable at all times unless i am smiling. no one has ever told me this directly, but i have been accused of smirking at times i didn't even realize i was doing it, and my mother often tells me to "stop making that face" when my face just naturally falls that way.


today i got out of class fifteen minutes early, and i was sitting on a bench waiting for my next class, minding my own business. and this complete stranger mumbles something at me. to which i replied, "huh?" and the following conversation ensued.


boy: you cold?
me: not really.. it's just raining.
boy: what's your name?
me: stephanie. what's yours?
boy: ta-mumble.
me: what is it?
boy: ta-mumble.
me: oh.
boy: mumble mumble.
me: what was that?
boy: do you stay round here.. in phenix city?
me: like, do i live here? yeah.
boy: (not even looking in my general direction) mumble mumble.
me: (assuming this was not an important comment or even meant for me, did not reply)

a few moments later.

boy: (this time at me) mumble mumble boyfriend?
me: do i have a boyfriend?
boy: yeah.
me: no.
boy: can i get yo number to call you sometime. take you out?
me: uhhh... sure.

i then proceeded to give him my digits because i could not bring myself to say no. although i was pretty baffled at the request, considering how awful our interaction was going. he asked me if i would call or text him sometime. i said i might, but i won't. this young man and i do not have a future. i can tell. mostly because i can't understand a damn word he says. also, because i asked him for his name twice, and i still don't know what comes after the first syllable and at this point, can't really ask again. oh, and because it was literally one of the most uncomfortable conversations of my life.

please do not call me, ta-mumble. please do not call.