Missy Kurzweil
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I think one of the things that happens when you have a baby and are on maternity leave is like you lose a bit of your identity and yourself. You're spending all your time with a newborn who can't talk back to you. And so I was sort of just navigating that transition and wanting... human interaction.
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I think no matter where you're at in your life, meeting someone like JJ feels unusual because he's just so open and so seemingly genuinely interested in what you have to say and what are all these details about your life.
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And maybe an hour after I sat down, I see J.J. kind of walk to the back and he's looking around seemingly for a table and we make direct eye contact. And I start to say, hey, J.J., But he looks at me and sort of kind of registers it and turns around and walks the other way.
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And I went back the next day, sat in the back, and the same thing happened, where he walks by, sort of sees me... seemingly like we make eye contact and this time I think I probably was a little bit more reserved because of what had happened the day before and he turns around and walks the other way again and now I'm like okay I think I might have said something that offended him
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You know, I mean, listen, I've been with my husband for a long time, so I haven't been like on the dating scene. But it definitely had an equivalent like you put yourself out there and you are, you know, think that you're connecting with someone, but they're not experiencing that same thing.
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And he sees me and his face lights up and he's like, Missy, you haven't been here in like a week or two. I've missed you. Where have you been? And then he sits down and he's chit-chatting and he's catching up and he's asking questions just like nothing, no time passed.
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And I was so confused. I did not know what to make of that, but I was kind of just relieved that the freeze out was over. And so I just went with it and was like, oh, you know, good to see you again. And I just sort of picked up where we left off and I didn't say anything.
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I'm sitting at a table with JJ and a woman walks in. Super friendly, comes over to JJ and says, hey, JJ, and I think goes to give him a hug and ask some questions about how his kids are. Their conversation lasts just a few minutes and then she walks away to get a coffee. And he looks at me and he goes, I don't know who that is. And I was like, what? You seemed like you were friends with her.
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And he was like, I have this face blindness thing. It gives me a lot of anxiety because I'm probably supposed to know her. And then I think I paused and I said something like, is that why you broke up with me six months ago?