Old Flames
September 21, 2005
I've been so busy getting things ready for New York that I haven't had much time to write. Well, actually, I have had time to write. But I haven't been using it to write here. I recently ran into a former college flame and have begun conversing with her by email.
She and I lived in the dorms at the same time when we were freshmen. Like I said, she was a former romantic interest of mine. But the interesting thing, at least to me, is that she is one of only two women ever to ask me out. (The other, I believe, did so by accident. But that's a completely different story.)
But I'm getting ahead of myself. Let's call her K. I ran into K at my work. It turns out that she's new in the district, having just left the private school she's taught at since graduation. She teaches Pre-K at one of the Westside schools now. So after a few minutes of catching up, and finding out that we are both still single, we exchanged phone numbers and email addresses with a promise to "hang out" sometime.
After some brief introductory, ice-breaking emails, we've gotten into some pretty extensive "conversations" about a huge range of subjects. The more we talk, the more I realize that we have a lot in common, not to mention she has many qualities prized by the superficial man, such as myself. But I am also reminded why we stopped dating when we were so young: religion. You see, she's Mormon and I'm not. Quite the opposite, in fact. I was raised as Jehovah's Witness. I'm not sure, though, if she remembers that or not.
I'm not really expecting much out of this expect the rekindling of a friendship. But I guess the coolest thing about it all is that two people who haven't seen or talked in about seven years would run into each other in a completely different environment.