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L.A. 20-somethings: more adult than the east coast version?

September 29, 2009

Dating: New York vs. LA

September 29, 2009

Starch-crossed Lovers: the unexpected afterward

September 29, 2009

And then sometimes things work out so Meg-Ryan-Tom-Hanks-movie perfectly that you can’t help but wonder –  is it odd?…or is it God?…

For those that followed the Lifetime original that was my ordeal with Anna and Laundro-Matt, you’ll remember that following our first slash only “encounter,” I never saw Laundro again. 
For those that didn’t – here: Starch-Crossed Lovers (and apologies for giving away the ending…)
Last Friday I popped in to Anna’s to see if a dress I’d dropped off Monday had been cleaned.  I was with someone, a male someone who I’ve been spending time with as of late.  That’s vague for a reason – reason being I’m trying very hard not to make said someone run for the hills on account of this blog…
Someone and I walk into Anna’s talking and laughing about something I can’t remember.  What I do remember is that there was a lone customer standing at the counter, dropping off some shirts or pants – a lone, male customer…  
Yes, of course, it was him.  It’s been almost a year since the whole Laundro ‘sitch began, and in that year despite all the back-and-forth, I’d never once seen him inside Anna’s.  
Yes, of course he recognized me.  He said hey.  I said hey.  Anna stood there looking like she’d just seen a ghost or the two people she tried to set up over a year ago through a series of ridiculous exchanges and then never knew quite what happened.  It was a kind of awkward perfection that comes ’round once in the most random Friday morning of your life.
Laundro left with a quick “later”, and I stepped to the counter to ask Anna about my dress. She said it would be ready that night in a tone that read, “OMG Jessica that was Matt you boyfriend but now you here with other man and I don’t know what to do…” It was subtle, but it was there.  And then the someone and I left to get coffee and sit in the park on a perfect New York day. 
Call it good karma, meaningless coincidence or what my Mom would – a “God wink” – but sometimes some stories come hysterically full circle in a way that makes you laugh your ass off, call all of your girlfriends slash sisters, and revise the ending of the short film…  

8 comments

  1. I just caught up on this entire Laudro-Matt story and it. is. epic. I mean honestly.

    Also, v jealous of all of your neighborhood relationships. A year in East Harlem and they aren’t quite this friendly. Then again, neither am I…

    Come home plz.

  2. I just caught up on this entire Laudro-Matt story and it. is. epic. I mean honestly.

    Also, v jealous of all of your neighborhood relationships. A year in East Harlem and they aren’t quite this friendly. Then again, neither am I…

    Come home plz.

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