If I were to head into my cougar lab and design the perfect boy toy (think Dr. Frank N. Furter and Rocky Horror), I’d have spun John right out of a centrifuge. 6’1, with brown curly locks cascading into sparkly brown eyes. Killer smile, with corresponding dimples. Athletic body adorned by washboard abs. It’s gross, I can’t even.
John and I met online (through tinder) weeks after the pandemic landed in Ohio, and shortly before his college returned him home out of state. Thus began a torturous four months long tease, with me hoping (nay, praying) college would return him to Cleveland.
So when he asked me, “are you free today?” all I could think about was resolving this antici…
…pation. We agreed to meet at the Botanical Gardens and walk around, seemingly innocent enough. Maybe people would think I was his favorite Aunt, or maybe even his Mom, if my body language didn’t betray my ill intentions. I think the truth is, most people don’t “think” anything about perfect strangers they see, and certainly don’t assume the worst about them.