She Looked Nice

By Ewan

Mon, 05 Mar 2018
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She looked nice today.

I didn’t

tell her

- of course.

 

All looks are sideways now,

around the office

men touch

the bridge of their nose,

tug an earlobe:

displacement activities,

we know, we are not

cavemen.

 

Last year,

I would have smiled,

she might have smiled back.

There might have been a drink

at the pub round the corner

after work. Or not,

but there might have been.

 

She’ll look nice tomorrow,

I won’t

tell her

- of course.

 

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Submitted by airyfairy on

She'll survive not being told she looks nice.

If you're her boss or already in a relationship, keep on tugging your earlobe.

If not, go on, ask her if she'd like to go out for a drink.  She may accept if she doesn't think you're asking her just because she looks nice.  

Oh, you are​ asking her just because she looks nice...

(I do know this is a hypothetical situation smiley)

 

Submitted by Ewan on

hypothetical, those days are long gone for me, I'm glad I'm 56, not 26.

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Submitted by airyfairy on

If only some other 56 year old men would follow your example and remember they're not 26 any more, we might not be in this mess!  I mean no disrespect to perfectly decent 26 year olds.  

 

Submitted by Ewan on

yes I suppose that's about the size of it...

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Submitted by Di_Hard on

The thing is

I remember when working in a supermarket (about twenty years ago?) having a conversation with a co worker, several years younger than me, about various people in our respective departments and what they were like to work with.  I was trying to describe a young man training to be produce manager, height, haircolour etc and after a bit she said "oh, the one with the nice bum?" I knew she knew who it was then. Sadly for morale he went off to be a fireman

 

Submitted by airyfairy on

Nothing wrong with admiring a nice bum, on either gender.  It's just recognising that the admiration doesn't give you the right to feel it up!

 

Submitted by Ewan on

BUT I've NEVER felt anybody up. I always waited to be asked before invading someone's personal space too. People did find me very "stand-offish", still do, now I come to think of it.

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Submitted by Di_Hard on

Hum. Maybe this is not the right place to put this, apologies Ewan for lowering the tone.

Is it alright to discuss appearances though? For instance coming across male colleagues discussing breast sizes of people working on their department. One young girl found out her nickname was poached eggs and asked why. Is not nice

 

Submitted by Ewan on

It probably isn't alright even to mention appearances. I don't know - but since I've long been out of the game I suppose it doesn't matter that I don't.
Discussing someone in the way your slim colleague was discussed by the men is definitely out of order. I've no doubt your future fireman would have been flattered had he found out about your conversation, but not if the question had been "You mean the one with the fat arse?", however.

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