Population of Provo: 105, 166
Population of Provo between the ages of 25-34: 17, 345
Popularity of Cafe Rio: High
Odds of running in to an ex-boyfriend at Cafe Rio in Provo: In my friend's case, the odds are 100% that you will.
This wasn't any ex. He was a class act... one of those guys that starts dating another girl before he breaks up with his current one. She discovered this bit of information when she happened to go to a large church function that had thousands of people and coincidentally bumped in to him while he was holding his new girlfriend's hand trying to navigate her through the crowd. Naturally their breakup occurred that same night. See? Class act. Back to the present when we see him come in to Cafe Rio. He walks past us to a woman that is separated by one other person in front of us. The woman was the girl from the night long ago and she is now his wife and they have a baby. Although my friend is now much relieved for the demise of the relationship, we mull over leaving but decide the one person buffer may help avoid an awkward interaction. Within several minutes, our buffer exits and we are right beside them. At this point the best way forward is to talk to him but he makes enormous amounts of effort to pretend he does not see her standing mere inches away from him. The solution? She stares weirdly until he looks over. What proceeds is a fake nice conversation by all and the pretend "Oh I didn't see you. How are you doing? It's so good to see you." A perfect moment to laugh over during a perfect meal.
Ah Provo, your odds endlessly entertain me.
Christmas in Canada
7 years ago
5 comments:
Towards all Evens... I think the quicker we all come to terms with the fact that provo is the place on the map where heaven, hell, and never-never land create a perfect equalateral triangle that alines itself with the 4 winds during the full moon... we would stop being surprised by these random acts of "Fate". We live in a snow globe. Nothing is as it seems.
Phew. I'm sorry for your friend, but at first I thought you were going to say you ran into your ex. And my blood pressure started to rise and I couldn't read the rest of the post straight. I had to stop and start over. Ha.
They guy sounds like a tool. Standing next to someone and pretending not to notice is so idiotic. She sounds better off without him!
Sounds alot like Reykjavík
yeah, and at the mall today, we saw him again! this time it wasn't necessary to say hi, as we were not in spitting distance. too funny.
Oh wow. I can only imagine the glory of that meal discourse. How old is your friend? *Wink's but knows he will likely receive violence*
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