Lesson Laundered

You can learn a lot about a stranger in just a few minutes. 

You can learn how their day is by responding to, "how's your day?" You're both doing laundry and it's only polite to reciprocate the question. 

You can learn he wrote a song and finished a project he's been working on. 

You can learn he's vague. 

You can share when he, again, asks about your day. 

Now that you know he's actually looking for a conversation you can share actual information. He's an actual person -

Probably high and definitely under 20 years old, that kind of person. 

You can learn that yoga impresses him and he's, "invented a method of focus," based on an inanimate object. 

You can learn that he doesn't know this already exists but his ignorance spawns confidence. 

You will learn he probably finds you attractive because he wants to walk with you. 

You'll learn he does not wait long until he asks if you, "smoke trees," and that he works in the restaurant business.

He'll learn that your boyfriend does too and you'll learn that the word, "boyfriend," bothers him. 

You'll find out he's looking for a web designer for his project - and you'll learn he pegged you for one by the astonished disappointment when you you say, "no," to, "do you do graphic design?" 

Then you'll learn that maybe you're sharing that this is enough, with your body language and tone? 

You'll learn he wants a handshake and then vocalizes the desire for a hug. 

You'll learn that you don't mind saying, "you're being weird," to a total stranger. 

You'll learn that a high, teenage boy is kind of strong when he just decides that a hug is going to happen. 

He'll eventually learn that maybe that isn't appropriate. 

Hopefully I helped teach him something.