Hopefully this story doesn’t sound too confusing, I’m still reeling from this, I’m in between embarrassed crying and hysterical laughter because it really is such a stupid sitcom type of situation.
Some backstory: I’ve been single for quite some time and haven’t been on dates lately, as I simply got tired of looking for the right person. Because of this, my parents occasionally take it upon themselves to try to set me up with someone.
My mom and dad went to get my mom’s phone repaired yesterday at a shop. I knew this, but throughout the day I forgot as I was busy doing other stuff. I guess my dad somehow forgot this too, considering the following events.
Obviously when my mom’s phone was being repaired, it was being looked at and handled by someone else. Keep this in mind.
My dad starts texting me in our family group chat saying “Hey, I met a guy around your age at the repair shop today, he seems really cool and I think he’s your type!” I responded by getting slightly excited because I don’t often meet anyone around who’s my type. I began enthusiastically texting my dad back asking what he looked like. He said he didn’t have a photo, so he told me the guy’s name and I tried to look him up on socials.
I eventually found a picture of the guy, texted it to my dad asking “is this him?” He said yes and once again I got my hopes up because he really was my type. I began asking all sorts of other questions about him in a giddy schoolgirl-like fashion.
Only after all this did my dad call me and said “STOP TEXTING IN THE GROUP CHAT!”
I was like huh? Why?
Well, turns out that same guy was the one repairing my mom’s phone. And he saw every. single. text.
Needless to say I was extremely embarrassed, so I decided (reluctantly) to go into the repair shop today to apologize. I figured it couldn’t hurt because I probably sounded like a complete creep, and I didn’t want this guy to feel unsafe/creeped out whenever my parents went in there next.
He was there when I went into the shop (it was super quiet cause only him and 1 other guy were working) and ohhhhh boy, he was clearly so disgusted by me. Like, he refused to speak about it/hear an apology and fixed an issue on my phone with nothing other than strict professionalism. I felt so so embarassed. So yah, now I have a complete stranger in my city who likely believes I’m an obsessed creepy stalker of some sort and I can’t even blame him.
On the bright side, my dad and I can’t stop laughing over the stupidity of this situation!
TLDR; I (kind of?) sent a text to someone talking about them in a potentially creepy way. Honestly a TLDR doesn’t work very well for this story lol
Comments
Tbh, this sounded so wholesome. 🥺 Embarrassing for sure, but not creepy. It’s sad that his reaction wasn’t what you were hoping for.
Maybe he’s feeling nervous or shy & doesn’t know how to react, so he’s being professional? Or maybe he’s already dating someone. Who knows… 😕
🤣🤣 sounds like something I would have done. Don’t be too hard on yourself, your intentions were good!
woops!