Friday, 07 November 2008
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Looking to Meet Someone at A Coffee Shop
This is a guest blog submitted by Roadlesstaken.I've recently been going to more coffee shops lately. Usually the reason is just to relax, read a book, or surf the net while enjoying a drink. However, sometimes I sit there and I fantasize about the prospect of meeting someone while sitting there, like you see on shows and movies. A "meet-cute" situation, you might say. I would look around and secretly wonder if those around me may be having the same ideas as well.
I wonder how prevalent this is, so let me ask you. Do you ever sit at a coffee shop, or any other public places, hoping to meet someone new?
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Comments (56)
Ha, yeah. I've definitely gone to coffee shops with the sole hope that somebody would approach me, or something.
I neverrrr do that.. And I don't think I ever would.
haha yes, i'd love to meet someone in a coffeeshop. I really feel like that is a more "girly" thing to wish, although I know I am generalizing
This reminds me of Landon Pigg's Falling in Love at a Coffee Shop. Anyway, nope. I didn't even think about it before. If it happens, it just happens.
i wouldnt say that i hope for someone to come and talk to me, but i do enjoy engaging in friendly conversation with people that don't know me
No I would never sit in a public place and wait hoping to meet someone, the right person who come along at the right time for me, wherever this will be, from the cinema, the bus stop etc.
I've wished but it never happens except an occassional smile.
i wish :D
but ever since i cut my hair, i only get approached by chicks! haha
@XxNoLifeKing_AlucardxX@xanga - I had that song in mind when I wrote this
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I'd like to meet someone at a coffee shop, since I think the potential nature of that interaction is a lot more genuine than what you might find at a bar or a lounge. I'd probably be up for the coffee shop thing myself, if only I hung out there more often (unlike New York, the coffee shop culture just isn't that big in Dallas where I work at the moment). That said, I've had a couple of "meet-cute" moments recently; one was at a voting booth and the other was at the supermarket where someone approached me. I guess I didn't even realize it was that type of situation until after the fact, but it was cool once I realized it. Maybe I'll get lucky and have my "coffee shop" moment one of these days, if I decide to be proactive about it.
Turning the tables around, how often do girls take charge and initiate the interaction with guys at a coffee shop? Does it ever work that way, or is it usually just teh other way around?
yes, I want a boyfriend, so whenever I go somewhere, I look around for potential victims.
Not particularly, but it is quite probable for people to meet in public places like these. I work in Starbucks and have loads of regular customers come in. There are loads of great opportunities for me to get to know the regular customers. Why not just get a job in Starbucks?? haha.
lol I meet friends at random places....
i worked at a coffee shop and met my current boyfriend there :)
haha i hang out at coffee places a lot, but the thought of meeting someone there only crosses my mind occasionally.
@writingsongsforBlair@xanga - hahaha ditto
I would love to meet someone like that. I have met people in classes but thats about it. It would be so exciting to just randomly meet someone with whom i just clicked. and yea, i would initiate interaction, and i have before. i believe in being proactive!
No. I love coffee shops, but when I go there is to relax and catch up with my friends.
I sit at coffee shops on a daily basis, have for years (is that sad?), and have of course met people. At first it was exciting, like living out a movie, but the fact that people would go in looking for fresh meat made the interactions really not much different for those at a bar, aside from the pseudo-intellectualism.
One of the most handsome men I'd ever seen was at a cafe during an opening mic. We were making eyes at each other the entire evening, shy smiles, the works, and both of us stayed until the store was closed and walked out together. MAGIC! Up until I turned to him and he opened his mouth, "So...uh...you come here often?" Seriously?
Sadly I am one of those people that hopes a new amazing guy is going to come into the coffee shop and notice me. Then again, I also find myself hoping exes will walk in and think, "Oh wow, she is so gorgeous reading her book over there. What the fuck was I thinking?!"
Safe to say none of that stuff has happened yet. I've just spent a little of my tips on coffee and gotten more studying done
I mostly meet the baristas...
I'm in love with any girl who makes me my coffee.
@death_by_chocolat@xanga - I think if I saw someone as pretty as you, I'd be too nervous to
approach you, though there were lots of times I would have liked to do
that. I always think girls at coffee shops don't want to be bothered by
anyone and I'd end up looking like a fool.
I always hope to, because I figure those interactions are more genuine than, say, meeting someone at a bar or a club. But it never happens.
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Sometimes I will do that. It does not seem to work out too well because everyone seems to be doing their own thing. There's really no face-to-face interaction between customers. Without something prompting interaction it's really hard to meet anyone new. I actually think you'd have better luck with the cashier than with the customer because there's guaranteed interaction when you pay your bill.....hehe.
Something I've learned is that it's okay for one girl to approach another and compliment her on something she is wearing--I've done that many times. This would not go over too well in a male-female scenario, which is unfortunate.
I have thought about it in the past. I mean how else will we meet people that we would like to get to know more?