Apparently I'm a 12 year old school girl

[smileyeagle1021]

Okay, seriously, I'm 26 years old, and ostensibly a professional. So why is it every time there is a really attractive guy at my desk I turn into a flustered, babbling, idiot?
Seriously, I was so bad today that I had a coworker lean over when I was done and asked if I needed a minute for the blood to return to my head

[Bob The Random Boy Wonder]

Don't worry. You're not alone. I'm almost 23, and I do the same thing whenever I come in contact with an attractive girl. I have been made fun of many times for this by friends and coworkers alike. It's even worse when your manager shows up behind you in your lane after such an experience and asks you in front of your whole line if you need a paper bag--and then reminds you if you do that the paper bags are below the register in the cabinet to the right...

Sadly, this has never worked in reverse for me. Ah, well. I did dance around in one of those Transformers voice changer masks once and made an attractive girl laugh so hard she dropped the gallon jug of wine in her hand. Cleaning up that mess was worth it!

[smileyeagle1021]

It doesn't help that I'm a bit of a rice queen (there, I admitted it) and we are incredibly popular with the Bay Area's Oriental population... well Bay Area residents in general just have something about them. Thankfully I can honestly blame a lot of my problems on a stammer (I really do have a stammer, it's just normally not very noticable)

[sms001]

Could be worse. You could be this guy:


But seriously guys, I didn't really hit my romantic stride until well into my mid-twenties. Nothing to sweat over.

[PepperElf]

Could be worse. You could be this guy:
http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-3W3HAR1-ty...h_90422502.jpg

But seriously guys, I didn't really hit my romantic stride until well into my mid-twenties. Nothing to sweat over.

Same here. I had my first boyfriend at 19. Found my BF at 34.

[froglet]

I did that at work once. Anytime this outside contractor came in, I'd blush and turn into a babbling idiot.
Then he moved to another continent and I haven't had that reaction since.

I blame hormones.

[smileyeagle1021]

But seriously guys, I didn't really hit my romantic stride until well into my mid-twenties. Nothing to sweat over.

Yeah, but I'm married and I still do this

[sms001]

Yeah, but I'm married and I still do this

Did I miss that? I always read your posts when they show up in "New." 'grats if I didn't say so before and just forgot.

In any case, you can id that behavior as "adorable quirk" instead of "awkward socially" then. (And maybe it's your subconscious' way of keeping your married self from getting TOO flirty. )

[Ghel]

I have a simliar reaction when customers I find attractive come in to the bank. I can usually manage to get words out, but not always in the correct order. Plus I blush very easily around someone I find attractive.

I wonder sometimes if my coworkers notice. They've never said anything, but maybe that's because I have the same reaction around women I find attractive as men (and none of my coworkers know I'm bi).

[smileyeagle1021]

Did I miss that? I always read your posts when they show up in "New." 'grats if I didn't say so before and just forgot.

That was actually almost two years now. I don't think I posted much about it here, because at the time I was working for a place where 1) there really wasn't that many sucky customers and 2) even when we had them, I had a very strict non disclosure agreement that made it hard for me to post anything about what made them sucky, so I simply wasn't spending that much time on here.

eta- Ghel, you're bi, I had no idea
Yeah, I know, it's the worst kept secret on the board, much like how many people were surprised when I came out, not because they didn't think I was gay, but because they thought I already was out.

[Ghel]

eta- Ghel, you're bi, I had no idea

I don't talk about it here much because normally it's not relevant.

I can't really talk about it at work because it's a fairly conservative community (6 churches plus a kingdom hall and a synagogue for a community of about 2000 people), plus banking is a fairly conservative profession. But I can keep on the downlow since (a) I'm straight married to a wonderful man that all my coworkers know, and (b) I make sure to only talk about the male customers or actors I think are hot when the subject comes up. [I turned beet red when I was describing how great Jake Gyllenhaal looked in Prince of Persia: Sands of Time. ]

[smileyeagle1021]

I don't talk about it here much because normally it's not relevant.

-snip-
(b) I make sure to only talk about the male customers or actors I think are hot when the subject comes up. [I turned beet red when I was describing how great Jake Gyllenhaal looked in Prince of Persia: Sands of Time. ]

The thing is, I actually knew... and I'm not sure how I knew...

and oh dear God, Jake Gyllenhaal should never be allowed to dress like that... it sets unrealistic expectations on what a guy should look like
Expectations that we have guests exceed
Seriously, tonight we had a gorgeous Russian guy... even had the accent (actually looked and sounded a lot like Anton Yelchin when he's out of character)... yeah, I could feel the blood flowing from my head.

[Food Lady]

So, I have a thing for redheads. I normally don't break stride around anyone I find attractive; if anything, it ups my confidence for some reason. Anyway, we used to have this sup who was a redhead, but I'd never met him because I worked very early mornings and was fairly new. One day I was directed to him for something I needed and the second I saw him and tried to ask him for whatever it was, I lost the power of speech. That's so unlike me and it was totally embarrassing.

[dalesys]

... I lost the power of speech...

(M) Tongue too hard to bend.
(F) Mouth too dry, panties too wet.

[KhirasHY]

Smiley, if it makes you feel better, I still get tongue tied regularly working at hotels...and I'm still older than you ;p

And you should see some of the guys at our hotel this week...