was listening to some barbra streisand the other day & remembered in an interview she said she was attracted to her first husband, elliott gould, by seeing the back of his neck. it was so sexy, she melted.
i was attracted to my ex, my childhood sweetheart, because he was so much fun. other men who have been important also usually got to me because of a wild/weird/outrageous sense of humor. good looks don’t really count, but a good joke does.
what did it/does it for you?
The purpose of life is to matter, to count, to have it make a difference you lived at all.
I heard this crazy cackle/laugh one day at work and when I turned around to see who the hell was in my store (that I managed at the time) I saw this guy leaning on the mixer talking to the baker.
“This is the guy I’m going to marry” flashed through my mind. I quickly shook it off as if I was nuts . For the next few weeks we used to get him to reach for heavy things on the top shelves. When he’d reach up we could see his underwear (which at the time were striped or dots! He’s since changed to normal underwear for work!) through his bakers whites… it was fun amongst the staff for him to do these little “jobs” for me.
A few weeks later he peeked into my office and scared the shit out of me and then he asked me to go for coffee… the rest is history.
Much later in our relationship I cofessed why i"d ask him to get stuff off the top shelf. He didn’t care because that’s how we got together and now we’re married.
The first thing I noticed about Carl was that he was hitting on me. Then I noticed his beautiful long hair. But the thing that really made me fall for him was seeing him do Riff and Rocky. Oh gawd!
My Honey Boom Boom was (& is) a long distance runner. He was an acquaintance when, running by as I was walking to work, tripped all over himself saying “Hello”. I thought he was sweet. Afterwards I learned he ran that same route for awhile after, hoping to run into me again. A bit after, we noticed each other for good, and here it is, going on 15 years.
We were at a costume party and he was dressed as Rambo, with a black muscle shirt. The first thing I noticed were his pecs. Then his biceps. He had a Marky Mark body - muscles, but not too big.
And he had a great sculptured face, all angles and shadows.
Mmm-mmm.
10 years and counting and I still get all goofy when he puts on a muscle shirt.
His hair. His long, curly dark hair. Hair that said to me, “I bet if you look at his hands, you’ll see one set of fingernails longer than the other, and you know what that means…guitar player.” I was right. But I flirted with him anyway. We’ve been married four years now, & have 2 kids. He’s still got long hair & one set of fingernails longer than the other. Because he’s still a musician.
Her face. I just loved her face when I first saw her across the room because it was pixie-like and cute. Then her hair because it was black and cut in something like a pageboy style and shiny and soft-looking and I just wanted to touch it. The way she moves. She doesn’t walk - clump-clump-clump-, but GLIDES across the floor. Her cheeks, smooth and soft looking and I just wanted to TOUCH them. PLUS, she wore a skirt that slightly accented her rear and her waist and I wanted to put my arm around her there. And her height. She’s only 5’ 1".
Then I noticed his beautiful long hair. But the thing that really made me fall for him was seeing him do Riff and Rocky. Oh gawd!