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Alone In Atlanta (AIA) -The Visionary
I decided to take a different approach, and went with someone I was more familiar with. I've lived in my neighborhood for a while now. I have a neighbor, who's also lived here for some time, but never really crossed my mind. I knew the basics about him, but there was still enough mystery to make me want to find out more. So, we decided to talk. He was very intelligent and good looking, and everything seemed ok. Then, I started to notice something....When we would talk on the phone, he would always ask me where I was....what I was doing....what I was wearing.....etc. I asked him why do you always want to know what I'm doing. He tells me that he's a visionary. He then proceeds to tell me where he is...what he's doing....etc. It wasn't the fact that he was asking me this; it was the way he sounded. This led me to believe that he was over there doing something not good!!! I told some friends about it and they thought I was being paranoid and overreacting. But now, he had turned me into a visionary. Because now I'm wondering what in God's name is he doing over there, while he's asking me what I'm doing!! Nevertheless, I decided to go out with him anyway. We did the typical dinner and a movie. Everything was fine...until dinner. He kept staring. Not the staring that makes you feel special, but that uncomfortable stare that makes you want to slowly get up from the table and proceed to find the nearest exit. It was making me wonder was he going into "visionary" mode again. The date itself was nice, but awkward at the same time. Afterwards, I started dodging his phone calls. The more I dodged, the more he called: from blocked numbers, different numbers, and at all times of the day and night. I was afraid of running into him leaving or coming into the neighborhood. Even though we weren't next door neighbors, there was always that possibility we'd "coincidently" run into each other...I thought about telling him off, but I got the feeling this might not be the type of person you want to yell at for fear of what they might do, so I decided to ride it out... It’s
been a couple of years now. He still lives in the neighborhood but the
phone calls have ceased (I think he finally got the message). We run
into each other every now and then, but we're cordial and don't speak
of past events. Brittany Manson Follow me on twitter: www.twitter.com/aloneinatlanta Previous Articles: D.I.M.E.S.
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(By
Brittany Manson) - Atlanta is a moderately large city,
with a variety of different people to choose from. But after encountering
all the various people in the city ( and their various situations
to match), you start to wonder if what you're looking for has been
in front of you the whole time and you've been overlooking it.