I just walked inside a dunkin donut on a lousy Saturday evening. I was having a rough day. I looked at the available donuts there were not many options.
I ordered coffee and some donuts. While I was placing my order I saw this beautiful lady walk in. She looked really pretty and she looked like she was not having a good day as well. So, I thought I would make her feel better and I paid forward for her order. This was the first time I had done that and I was scared.
After she placed her order she was told it was already paid for. The barista pointed at me.
"That guy paid for it." She said.
She walked upto me and asked me why I did that. I told her why and said smiled and said thank you. I asked her why her day was bad she just said it was not going well and that's all she all she wanted to disclose as she did not want to share her problem with a stranger.
Since she was a beautiful woman I wrote down my number on a paper napkin and gave it to her and asked her to text me if she wanted someone to talk to. I got my coffee and I left. I felt good about my actions since she smiled when I handed my number to her.
I was hoping that she would text me but she did not text me on that day or on the next few days. I did get disappointed but I did not really think that she would since most Indian born girls may feel that move to be aggressive. Few days passed and still nothing.
Finally, on a Friday I received a text from an unknown number. My heart started beating fast and I was hoping that was her. In the text it said
"Hey donut guy, remember me? The girl whom you asked to text if she felt like talking to someone".
I exclaimed "Yess!! Yess!" sitting at my desk as I was about to leave work.
I did not reply right away as I thought it would look desperate. I waited until I got back home and then replied to her message.
We started texting back and forth having small talks about life in Boston. Even though I was not responding fast I felt that a connection between us.
She was an 27 year old Indian girl from Delhi and had moved to Boston a few months ago. She was a movie buff like I was and we also had alot of things to talk about as we were of the same age.
Few days passed and I asked her if she would like to go out on a date. She told me that she would like to talk to me on the phone first. I called her immediately and she did not pick up my call. She asked me to call her the next day in the afternoon.
I called her the next day during my lunch break and while we were speaking she told me that she was married. This was a big shock. She never brought that up when we were texting. I felt bad about thinking that we had a great connection since she was married.
I asked her if her husband knew that she was talking to me.
She said "No!"
That's when I started realizing why she was texting me at odd hours. Like we uses to start talking after 11 in the night and we barely spoke during days on the weekends.
I did not think this was right and asked her what she was looking for. Is it just someone to talk to as she did not have many friends in Boston? Or was she looking for something more?
I knew the answer would be someone to talk to as she's an Indian and we care about what other think alot! Her response took me completely by surprise.
She sent "Something more than just texting."
I was a bit startled by her response. This was scary and exciting at the same time. I asked her if she was being serious and joking around. She told me that she was serious. I got really curious as in why would someone think of cheating on their partner when they have got married a year ago. I decided to go with the flow and spoke to her for a while and hung up.