i had a conversation with a friend of mine the just yesterday.. as usual when women get together, it leaned toward the topic of men.. no, not the typical men-bashing sessions so many men claim us women do when we get together, but it was more of a wonderous insight into men's apparent ability of x-ray vision..
i know, this sounds kind of wierd and no, it's not about those x-ray specs from when you were a child with a hole in the middle of a paper 'lens' with a tiny feather in between to mimic the human skeleton, it's more along the lines of a man's ability to see past our armor and see us..
it all started when i had mentioned i took my daughter to see her pediatrician and said i thought he was flirting with me during the visit.. he's very nice man, mild-mannered, soft-spoken and faintly handsome.. faintly meaning i'm not supposed to think my daughter's pediatrician is hot, but in all honesty, he's a nice-looking man..
so, here's the scoop.. we waited a few minutes in the waiting room at his office and then was led to one of the exam rooms.. just as my daughter was reaching for a book, he walks in, says hello to my daughter and then to me.. looking over my daughter's chart, he mentions he has no idea why she is there to see him since the woman who scheduled the appointment didn't put down a reason for the visit.. i explained why i brought her in and then he asks if we had taken a test yet.. i said no, we just walked in a few seconds before him.. as he's telling me what we need to do for the test, i noticed he was smiling and joking with me (mind you, this is not the usual doctor i'm used to seeing when i take my daughter to see him-he is the epitomy of professionalism)..
in the process of the light jokes and numerous smiles, i noticed he shaved his moustache and he was now clean-shaven, which casts him into a whole new light.. thinking it was improper to say anything, i chose not to comment i noticed it.. he continued the light chatter as my daughter and i made our way to the restroom.. after emerging from the restroom a few minutes later, i see him talking to one of his nurses in the characteristic straight face, no-nonsense banter i am accustomed to.. when the nurse tells him we are behind him, he turns around and has a large smile on his face and walked with us back to the exam room.. we then left a few mintues but had to return with our 'specimen' for them to test.. when he was told we were in the waiting room, he opened the door and motioned for us to come in the back, almost like a teenager sneaking his/her gf/bf into the house after curfew.. he was all smiles and chatty, so much that i noticed the women at the front desk looking at us.. we left a few minutes later and i felt like a teenager myself for a while, which i do admit was kinda cool..
when i related the story to my friend, she laughed and said he was flirting and seemed to be testing out some of his flirting skills on me.. i blew it off and said no way, i looked like i was ready to curl up on the sofa with a good book, hardly looking as if i were going to be flirted with, let alone, garner the attention of my daughter's pediatrician.. i was wearing my beloved Stanford sweatshirt, a pair of black capris, a pair of red Ed Hardy shoes (complete with skulls, crossbones and roses) and my hair held up in a loose chignon with a pencil..
she told me a man will flirt with someone he finds interesting, regardless of her attire or her 'armor'.. i said i wear both daily, which she laughed and scoffed at, at the same time.. she said men have sort of a built in 'x-ray vision' and they cast aside our attire and armor to see what they want or can see in us.. i thought there might be some truth to her insight, but the cynical female i am, i am not so sure as of yet.. considering i've had my fair share of perverts and dirty old men look beyond my clothes and make lewd, horrifying comments when they thought they were being flirty or whatever the drool is called (let us try to forget the leg-licking comment..)
but, even if my daughter's pediatrician were flirting with me or was just being nice to me because he was having a good day, his uncharacteristic behavior was just the thing i needed to make my day.. it was nice to have an attractive man just simply flirt and smile at me and to know that it was completely harmless.. oh, by the way, during all the whatever that was going on, i did notice he has a beautiful pair of dark, chocolate brown eyes behind his glasses.. :)
i know, this sounds kind of wierd and no, it's not about those x-ray specs from when you were a child with a hole in the middle of a paper 'lens' with a tiny feather in between to mimic the human skeleton, it's more along the lines of a man's ability to see past our armor and see us..
it all started when i had mentioned i took my daughter to see her pediatrician and said i thought he was flirting with me during the visit.. he's very nice man, mild-mannered, soft-spoken and faintly handsome.. faintly meaning i'm not supposed to think my daughter's pediatrician is hot, but in all honesty, he's a nice-looking man..
so, here's the scoop.. we waited a few minutes in the waiting room at his office and then was led to one of the exam rooms.. just as my daughter was reaching for a book, he walks in, says hello to my daughter and then to me.. looking over my daughter's chart, he mentions he has no idea why she is there to see him since the woman who scheduled the appointment didn't put down a reason for the visit.. i explained why i brought her in and then he asks if we had taken a test yet.. i said no, we just walked in a few seconds before him.. as he's telling me what we need to do for the test, i noticed he was smiling and joking with me (mind you, this is not the usual doctor i'm used to seeing when i take my daughter to see him-he is the epitomy of professionalism)..
in the process of the light jokes and numerous smiles, i noticed he shaved his moustache and he was now clean-shaven, which casts him into a whole new light.. thinking it was improper to say anything, i chose not to comment i noticed it.. he continued the light chatter as my daughter and i made our way to the restroom.. after emerging from the restroom a few minutes later, i see him talking to one of his nurses in the characteristic straight face, no-nonsense banter i am accustomed to.. when the nurse tells him we are behind him, he turns around and has a large smile on his face and walked with us back to the exam room.. we then left a few mintues but had to return with our 'specimen' for them to test.. when he was told we were in the waiting room, he opened the door and motioned for us to come in the back, almost like a teenager sneaking his/her gf/bf into the house after curfew.. he was all smiles and chatty, so much that i noticed the women at the front desk looking at us.. we left a few minutes later and i felt like a teenager myself for a while, which i do admit was kinda cool..
when i related the story to my friend, she laughed and said he was flirting and seemed to be testing out some of his flirting skills on me.. i blew it off and said no way, i looked like i was ready to curl up on the sofa with a good book, hardly looking as if i were going to be flirted with, let alone, garner the attention of my daughter's pediatrician.. i was wearing my beloved Stanford sweatshirt, a pair of black capris, a pair of red Ed Hardy shoes (complete with skulls, crossbones and roses) and my hair held up in a loose chignon with a pencil..
she told me a man will flirt with someone he finds interesting, regardless of her attire or her 'armor'.. i said i wear both daily, which she laughed and scoffed at, at the same time.. she said men have sort of a built in 'x-ray vision' and they cast aside our attire and armor to see what they want or can see in us.. i thought there might be some truth to her insight, but the cynical female i am, i am not so sure as of yet.. considering i've had my fair share of perverts and dirty old men look beyond my clothes and make lewd, horrifying comments when they thought they were being flirty or whatever the drool is called (let us try to forget the leg-licking comment..)
but, even if my daughter's pediatrician were flirting with me or was just being nice to me because he was having a good day, his uncharacteristic behavior was just the thing i needed to make my day.. it was nice to have an attractive man just simply flirt and smile at me and to know that it was completely harmless.. oh, by the way, during all the whatever that was going on, i did notice he has a beautiful pair of dark, chocolate brown eyes behind his glasses.. :)
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