The Sweetest Thing

Have you guys ever experienced a sweet gesture from a guy?

I have been on countless dates and have met wonderful men who have gone above and beyond my expectations of grand gestures. I mean.. roses are sweet but I have been given surprise notes and gifts in various places, electronics, two dozen balloons, stuffed animals, jewelry, designer pieces (which I'm not a fan of, but the thought counts), expensive cuisine..the list goes on and on.. I guess we have all experienced being treated like a QUEEN at least once in our lives.
But I want to share a story with you guys.. one that I will never forget. This was one of the sweetest things a guy has ever done for me and one I will never, ever forget. What he did was almost too simple yet accurately appropriate and beautiful. This glorified gesture was the cherry above the icing underneath the thousands of cliche, romantic things to do when you're interested.

It starts out like this...

Awhile back when I was single, my brothers and I decided to watch a movie. We were looking forward to this R-rated comedy and I figured since we have been to that certain theater many times before, the staff wouldn't give us a hard time. Turns out one of the girl workers was being a huge Bitch, charged me triple for the tickets, made a fuss about taking my brothers to watch an R-rated comedy (I was in my early 20's by the way), and just evoked negative energy towards me for no apparent reason. Who knows, maybe her boyfriend broke up with her for a girl who looked like me OR maybe she liked my brothers and was trying to act cool. She was just rude but I did call her out on charging me extra in which she resided in the corner and apologized profusely in front of her manager. Yes, you rotten crumb.. go sulk in the corner and think about your attitude. WELL.. my brothers were forced to watch a PG-13 flick and I was left alone to see the R-rated comedy. I really was not bothered because the comedy seemed way more entertaining than the drama that took place.

The PG-13 flick started early so my brothers went inside while I waited for the staff to clean the theater where my movie began. While they were cleaning, the ticket guy started a casual conversation with me where I decided to tell him the story about the girl who thought it was okay to be super rude. He said she acted that way because I was "really pretty and she was just jealous". Mind you! I was NOT AT ALL dressed up that evening... Had on a sweater, jeans, boots and my handy, dandy glasses instead of contacts. In my mind, I told myself he was just being really sweet and probably felt bad since I had nobody to watch the movie with.

Finally after ten minutes, the staff cleaned up the theater and I carried on into the R-rated comedy which I seriously was looking forward to. The ticket guy and I parted ways and that was that.

Or so I thought.

I sat somewhere towards the middle-end of the row. Twenty minutes into the beginning the film, guess who shows up to sit right next to me? The ticket guy!!! He whispered, "You're going to love this movie! I already saw it a couple of times.." and we proceeded to watch the movie together. Honestly, the movie really sucked but the best part was that guy who sat by me. I don't even think we told each other our names.

After the film ended, we laughed at how we owned the same exact phone model. Then he walked with me as I searched for my brothers across the theater. As the ticket guy and I parted ways he told me, "You know, it's always nice to watch a movie with someone else..." And he disappeared into the night.
We never exchanged numbers after that. We never saw each other again. Yet his presence and the fact that he spent an hour or more sitting by me, after his shift ended, laughing at the scenes he has seen before, speaks volumes. He was a stranger, who was not only really good looking but made me feel special that night. It was a clever gesture without anything more in return. I like to think it was one of God's angels who was reminding me that we are never alone in this world. He didn't want drinks afterwards. He didn't even want my name. Maybe that night, he wanted to see me smile. It was as simple as that.

And it worked. And it's in my heart forever. So what sweet things/experiences have you encountered before?

Till next time lovies,
xoxo