Last week my guy decided he needed a new pair of boots for work; he likes having work clothes that are separate from civilian clothes. He also needed work-appropriate boots, "less cowboy, but still cowboy", whatever that means. We went to his favorite country and western store and started looking.
A young girl helped him. She was happy, engaged, bubbly, made eye contact and was very helpful in a society where young people, especially retail workers, are none of those things. Everything she wore was country and western: Wrangler, Ariat, Corral and the rest, and she looked good.
We share a love of boots and she had on some really nice ones which we talked about and we learned about her strong country girl upbringing, dairy farming, and many other things. It was a really enjoyable retail experience.
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She noticed my guy's polo-shirt logo and commented that her brother works for the same organisation and we discovered my guy and her brother know each other. Small world.
We continued chatting then purchased the boots and said our goodbyes. On the way home we both commented about how enjoyable it had been and how much a person stands out these days just by doing the bare minimum as so many don't even do that! Coming from a young 21 year old it was almost unheard of.
Later, my guy emailed the store with a positive review for the girl explaining our experience and that we appreciated it and she was an asset to the business. He felt good to have done so.
Two days later at his work, my man was called to the front security area as there was a visitor for him. He made his way there and...standing there was the young girl from the shop; not who he expected to see.
She was wearing very short denim shorts, cowgirl boots, singlet top and an Ariat bolero-style zip-up jacket which, as they are designed to do, accentuated her curves. My guy said she looked really good and I can imagine she actually did. She also had a wine bottle gift bag which she told him was for him.
He was a little taken aback at first but recovered quickly, typical for him, and listened as she explained the impact his email to management had had and considering she was looking to move into management it had had a solid impact. That made my guy happy as she'd deserved it. He was a gentleman and all and kept the interaction appropriate but commented to me on her choice of dress; she'd explained that she was on the way to work as if that made it ok. He suggested she may like to say hello to her brother and she did so he escorted her to where the lad works chatting all the way.
Later that night when telling me about it he mentioned he felt a little awkward and somewhat guilty, almost like he'd done something wrong by me despite not allowing the interaction to become at all inappropriate and doing nothing wrong at all. I understood though.
She was a pretty girl and my guy has a way about him, something that attracts others; we're both friendly and social people when we choose to be and the girl is clearly the same; a perfect storm of friendliness I suppose.
I fully believe there was nothing untoward in her visit and certainly no agenda in that email my guy had sent; it was just people appreciating each other and showing gratitude and I feel there should be more of it. I told my guy as much and that he had nothing to feel guilty about, he's attractive in many ways and as such people gravitate to him as I did and that young girl as well. It's common for people to do so and I'm used to it.
She did nothing inappropriate although I'm told her shorts were very short. I don't blame her though, like me, if it works then do it, life is too short to waste one's looks and I often wear things just because they make me feel good and to make my guy look at me even more. No, there was no harm done and I feel everybody got something out of it.
She got a good review and the good feeling of having shown genuine gratitude for it. My guy got boots and the feeling of having made someone's day, and I got my guy, as always. He knows where home is - it's with me and it's where I know he wants to be - and I'm so fortunate that I don't need to worry about interactions like this one and that he wants to come home to me every day.
Becca 💗