In the seat opposite me on the train.
She is older. Attractive. Confident.
She sees me looking.
Well, not looking. Staring.
Embarassed, I turn back to my newspaper.
But not before I glimpse her warm smile.
In the seat opposite me on the train.
She is older. Attractive. Confident.
She sees me looking.
Well, not looking. Staring.
Embarassed, I turn back to my newspaper.
But not before I glimpse her warm smile.
beetleypete 
Nice, Did you ever read Ruskin Bond’s “The Eyes Have It”? It is one of the most heart warming stories I ever read.
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I haven’t heard of that, Shaily. This is a memory from when I was 16, and commuting to school by train.
Best wishes, Pete.
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Ruskin Bond is an Indian writer with British parentage. His stories are reflective of his own life in Dehradun and Massouri and of people around him. “The Eyes Have It” is a story of a blind man travelling in a train carriage alone and his romantic meeting with a mysterious woman. He pretends that his vision is normal all the way, talking about the weather and scenary from memory. All the way he keeps wondering about her smell, her voice and if she’s as beautiful as he imagined. Once the woman gets out of his carriage, he finds out the woman was also playing the same game.
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Thanks, Shaily. That sounds like the perfect twist in the tale! 🙂
Best wishes, Pete.
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Worth a read, if you can find the book. The presentation is the best part about Ruskin Bond. He looks at everything with the wonder of a 12-year old boy. His language is simple but it is straight from the heart.
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See, Pete! What appears negative at the beginning is ultimately positive! 😉 Best wishes, Michael
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Yes, she enoyed my gaze. But I was only 16.
Best wishes, Pete.
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Lucky you had a newspaper to turn to 🙂
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I always had a newspaper, even in my teens. Haven’t read one for years now. 🙂
Cheers, Pete.
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We all, both men and women, looked, admired, and daydreamed in our younger days. Just human nature. I’m an old lady now, but was the recipient of the stares of young men while in my prime. And I always took it as a compliment.
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Glad to hear you had your moments, KT.
Best wishes, Pete.
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You old goat, Pete!
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I was 16 when that happened, Sue. Very much a ‘young goat’. 🙂
Best wishes, Pete.
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Aaah, yes, I saw that from responses to other comments aft,er I posted mine!!
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You sent me back to similar times. Thanks.
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Always happy to do that.
Best wishes, Pete.
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In the seat opposite me in the igloo.
She is older. Attractive. Confident.
She sees me looking.
Well, not looking. Staring.
Embarassed, I turn back to my walrus tusk carving.
But not before I glimpse her warm smile.
Can we snuggle?
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A Eskimo pun? Unusual, David. 🙂
Best wishes, Pete.
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Made her day, Pete.
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I hope that was the case, Don. I was only 16 at the time. 🙂
Best wishes, Pete.
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I like people-watching, too. My imagination goes wild!
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In my case as a 16 year old, it was less ‘people watching’, more ‘attractive older woman in short dress appreciation’, Cindy. 🙂
Best wishes, Pete. x
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Yes, yes, I understood. 😉
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😅🥰It’s in the DNA..no worries as long as it is harmless appreciation of an attractive person. I would think most do it, either obviously or discretely
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Yes, I am sure we all do it, Shammi.
Best wishes, Pete.
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Glad she took it as a compliment.
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Hard not to look, when you are stuck on a commuter train. I was pleased she didn’t confront me. 🙂
Best wishes, Pete.
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oh that must be embarrassing! glad that she took it in a nice way 🙂 🙂
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I used to commute from home to school by train after my parents moved house when I was 15. Hard not to look when someone is so close to you. 🙂
Best wishes, Pete.
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“Girl watching” is a fun and sometimes embarrassing past time. chuq
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On commuter trains, it is hard not to look. 🙂
Best wishes, Pete.
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Yes, the outside scenery flashes by too quickly and one has to look at something. 🙂 Warmest regards, Theo
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