Waitin for my dearie

"Kate, you're hopeless. Maybe you're a lesbian." My coworker said, with a tone of irritation in his voice, "You're just too picky to ever like a rel guy. So I guess its gotta be a girl."
"No! I'm not, I just need to wait for the right guy. I just can't...go with anyone not good enough,"
"but your kind of guy is impossible!" he protested. I had to laugh. Yes, he certianly was.
"Look, look at my problem.: I said, and I held up his hand. "first," I put down his first finger, "there are the stupid guys that don't think of anything but cars and pranks and stuff, like they never left 3rd grade. Can't deal with that," I put down another finger, "Then, there are the manwhores who only want sex. Obviously, will have nothing to do with them," Third finger, "Then there are the guys that I just don't have anything in common with, like my smart sciencey friends. Nice guys, but I don't know what to do with them, " fourth finger, "Then the good guys, the sweet christian boys who treat me well. But every one i've ever gone out with is so dull and sheltered. None of them challenge me," We were down to his last finger, and he was shaking his head at me.
"And fifth?"
"Fifth are the really interesting, complex guys that I am actually drawn to. But their problem? They're really troubled and often bad. So I won't touch it. See, what am I going to do?"
"Be a lesbian." He answered, a joke, but he thought I was doomed. At that moment, so did I.
"No. Guess I'll just keep waitin."





It was the end of the night, I had one last table as I swept the food remains of the day from the carpet. I felt that the older couple, complacently sharing their medium pepperoni, were watching me. Finally, the gentleman spoke up, "They've got quite a worker in you," he said. I smiled, "Aw thanks. I appreciate that!"
"Do you have a boyfriend?" The woman asked. I was struck by the question; who asks that?
"No, actually, I don't." I answered.
"Well good. Don't you ever settle!" the man said. Wow. Was this straight from Heaven?
"Thank you so much! You have no idea, I was just being chastised by my coworkers about being too picky!"
"No, no! Don't listen to them, you take your time and wait for the right guy. He'll come." He said firmly. I couldn't stop smiling.
"You have no idea how much this means to me. That was the perfect timing."
We talked on about other things, they complimented me and then left a 25% tip.

Well thanks, Somebody who's apparently listening.