"It's Not You, It's Your Gender!"

Eight years ago, I was having the WORST day (, and was telling one of my female coworkers how every single guy I knew had done something mean that day -- my boss (Ron) forgot to call & tell me he wasn't going to pick me up (after I'd stood out in the cold for 30 minutes), another guy scared me so bad I cried, someone transferred the most irate (male!) customer to the front desk, etc. etc... Suddenly, I realized I'd been looking right at this guy, who was on the phone, while I was talking about how horrible all the guys I knew were. He put up his hands and mouthed, "What?" and I turned and said just about the quickest thing I've ever thunk on my feet -- "It's not you, it's your gender!" Later that day, things went from bad to worse, ending with this creepy guy asking me out in the worst way. He actually came up to the front desk and was complaining about how no one would be his friend. So I said, "Sure, I'm your friend", and he said, "Well, you wouldn't go to a movie with me." Trapped, I said, "What movie?" and there ended up being no movie but Mickey Blue Eyes. FINALLY I was able to go home, and I told my roommates that Heavenly Father really needed to bless me, because it was so awful! Little did I know, there were some really great things in store! Joel took that tiny interaction with him as a challenge. In the coming days, we'll be recreating a few of our special moments. I hope you enjoy it!

By the way, all you single guys out there, you should never go up to a girl with the intent of manipulating her into going on a date with you. It might backfire -- I totally went to the movie, but since we were just friends, I brought along another friend -- because, after all, we were just a couple of friends seeing a movie!