I’m at the theater watching “Avengers: Infinity War” again. Overhearing a couple behind me having some very awkward “this is maybe our second or third date and we still don’t know or don’t remember much about each other’s daily life” conversation, which has now segued into talk about movies and they have very different tastes and interests. That said they’ll probably get married and have five kids. And I’ll just keep going to comic book movies alone for the rest of my life.
He just asked if she was Jewish. And she is! And sounded understandably perturbed that didn’t know or remember. This is fascinating and excruciating all at once.
I never saw what they looked like. But overhead (on purpose) as we left the theatre that they did not come in the same vehicle, and he was taking too much just trying to keep it going, although she just didn’t seem into it very much.
He was saying how much he wanted to see Deadpool 2, as if she would chime in with “Me too! Let’s see it together!” And talked about he wanted to wait to see the next Jurassic World movie when he could go home and see it with his Mom and sister because that franchise was special to them, which certainly could’ve been true for him but he was laying it all on very thick.
I just kept cringing and feeling embarrassed, thinking about how I know I’ve been that dope on a movie date that’s not going well so many times in the past. Who can’t shut up or take a hint.
Maybe I’m wrong about the entire situation. Maybe she is just a quiet person. Would’ve helped to have seen them and read body language, but I wasn’t trying to be too obvious with my eavesdropping. At least they are out there trying.
Feels like I’ll be doing what I did tonight - going to the movies alone - for the rest of my life. Who am I to judge two people on an awkward date?
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