yesterday i had a great ride out to mona, utah. dont worry, i turned around and came straight back. this trip showed me that my bike is still awesome. really awesome. perhaps even too awesome. i honestly have doubts that i could actually hold on to the bike if i where to let it go as fast as it seems to want to (the speedometer goes up to 140 mph; which is about where i think it would red-line).
later that evening i was showing off my bike to my roommates and friends who hadnt seen it yet. of course they had only good things to say about it (even tho one of them was too scared to actually sit on it).
yet, amid my feelings of ecstasy, i did feel kinda... bipolar. during this session of show and tell i received some interesting information. a girl that i used to work with (and apparently loves motorcycles) recently became engaged. and of course the sentence following indicated that she was "soo attracted to you." which sucks because feelings turned out to be mutual... it was a "i like her, but i dont think she likes me, so i wont show any interest for fear of embarrassment and a potentially awkward work environment" sort of thing. so i never had the balls to ask her out.
i realize that this sort of thing happens to everyone, and getting the timing of relationships down is part of what makes dating so hard. but how many times is this exact situation (i find out after the girl i am interested in is engaged to someone else, that she was actually interested in me) going to replay itself? i mean, come on! is this something that girls do on purpose? once they finally seal the deal they run around to all the guys that had a chance and rub it in their faces? is it out of bitterness that the guys never asked them out?
i guess in all fairness, they are never the ones to tell me that they are engaged (or interested). it is usually a good-intentioned friend or family member oblivious to the situation (one girl's new mother-in-law told me AT THE RECEPTION "dont feel bad; if you hadnt been on a mission, she would have married you"). and i dont really blame them. it is just easier to play the victim and turn my frustrations into bitterness.
at least my motorcycle still loves me...
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That girl's mother-in-law probably doesn't like her new daughter-in-law very much. Or she was a bit tipsy from a secret drinking/caffeinated coca-cola habit.
And now those girls are engaged and married, respectively!
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