Did any of you meet your love on a bus? How did you move from simply being on the same public vehicle to being romantically connected? Were you carrying a library book that you checked out with the sole purpose of impressing the hot individual who was on your bus every morning? Did that ploy work?
Again, I reference that Pacific Northwest rag, The Stranger. As many papers do, it runs a section of personal ads called "I Saw You" where readers try to connect with that special person who caught their eye. Many "I Saw Yous," I am pleased to say, happen on the bus! Here are a few recent Seattle standouts:
"Thanks to the skinny white guy in the red shirt that broke up the fight on the 71 on Father's Day. Sorry the bus driver acted semi-useless and you got the drunk guy's blood on your pants. Can I buy you a hero beer?"
"You: tall, lanky, attractive red head guy catching the 74 bus to downtown every weekday morning last summer from Ravenna. Me: the freckle-covered red head girl you made eye contact with and sat next to a few times, our legs touched and neither pulled away. I'm back in town and may be riding the 74 again, will you be there?"
You can't deny that's cute.
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Looking forward on the bus, you get to see all the driver's tacky decorations, and sometimes grim faces, too.
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I've never found romance on a bus, but I did once end a relationship on one. I was in 7th grade and I broke up with my then girlfriend Susan McClaughlan by handing her a note immediately before I got off at my stop. Ironically, the primary reason I cited for the split was that she was a poor communicator.
Obviously, I didn't witness the ensuing scene but word got back to me that she burst into tears only to be comforted by Alex Jarman, who would eventually become her boyfriend for the next 6 years. So, in hindsight, I guess I was really playing the role of metro matchmaker.
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