Tammi's World

Reminds me of a Tammi Story

Pammy is in much the same boat I've spent most of my adult life. Living someplace with no close friends nearby.

It's tough making friends. And as each year passes it seems to get tougher.

It reminds me of when I first moved to Bradenton. I had a few people I hung around with - but that was mostly weekend stuff. They were really busy during the week. And I'm kind of a freak about not interrupting family time. So during the week it was usually just me.

There was this waterside bar that I loved. Live music, darts, good drinks and nice bartenders. Just not really a place you could go into by yourself. Especially if you were a woman.

So...fast forward to a Thursday night. (my memory scares me sometimes) Sitting out on the deck listening to some incredible Blues. Drinking a few too many adult beverages and just watching people. I see two women sitting a table away. Laughing, talking - you could tell they were good friends. (NO..not that kind of "good friends".)

Watching them I realized how much I missed having someone to hang out with. Damn.

In my mind I smiled and caught their eye. In my mind I said hello.

In reality - I looked over and hollered "Would you be my friend?"

Yeah - needless to say - they left.

I've got to work on that whole "inside voice/outside voice" thing.

Still, all in all - a pretty funny incident - now.

Posted by Tammi at October 15, 2005 10:01 AM