Tuesday, March 29, 2011

It all Rings Clear

I had an experience which everything came full circle for me. I work inside a body shop at a rental car company. There was a customer that came in who looked familiar. Upon looking at this identification, I realized why his name was familiar to me. BK. I asked you out once! Let me explain:

I travelled to Wendover to see 311 with two of my friends in the winter of 2010. We had awesome seats in the Sony section due to my friend Lance's connections to the band. As I sat there before the concert started, an attractive guy caught my eye. He was filiming the concert from the sidelines. I told Lance and his girlfriend sitting next to me about my new concert crush. They encouraged me to do something about it because after all, this was my only chance to talk to him! I determined I was a gusty girl and I stood up and walked with power over to him. He seemed genuinely shocked but interested in my attempt to ask him for him number. I asked him if he had a girlfriend and he said yes but that he would love to still keep in touch. I felt rejected by the situation, not by him because he was trying to be respectful of his girlfriend. We exchanged digits without any expectations.
We started texting back and forth for the next week. I found out that he didn't have a girlfriend, but he was still in a relationship... with his WIFE. He told me they were separated. Further digging revealed "separation" is a loose term because they were in fact, still living together! I felt semi comfortable with accepting his request to take me snowboarding. Immeditately after though, it hit me- what about his wife!? These are the thoughts that ran through my mind: "How would she feel about this? This is a date Amy, not a hang out! He is a married man! He is asking you to be the other woman! RUN RUN RUN." I had been in LaLa Land. I told him I didn't want to get in the way of his relationship with his wife, no matter how strained it currently was. He needed to fix his relationship before moving on with someone like me. I told him I couldn't go out with him now or ever until he was divorced if that's what he decided to do and we needed to stop talking. He agreed and said goodbye amicably.
Fast forward to now in the body shop. BK was now sitting in front of me as I was proceeding with the rental car process. We talked about how him and his wife were currently doing. He said they were still together and working things out. A wave of realization hit me. I could have damned two people from being together but I didn't! I chose to do the right thing at that time back in 2010. I am so glad I did.

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