We’ve been talking for the last few months, his voice so sexy, always friendly and extremely helpful. Our conversations were predominantly business, with the frequency of our calls the proportion of social/personal increased.
I built an image in my mind of what this ex-country boy, Saturday touch footy playing, CBD business man would look like solely based on his voice, past and interests. I developed a phone crush, I looked forward to the calls, I would ring as opposed to sending a quick 1 line email.
He came into the office last week for a meeting, it’s always nice to see the people your dealing with face to face, isn’t it? I was secretly excited (it wasn’t too secretive 2 of my colleagues were aware of the crush). I saw him, the crush vanished immediately, he looked like a younger Seymour Phillip Hoffman (not my cup of tea) I was disappointed, all I built up was wrong.
He called the office this morning and nothing, no polite exchanges or banter, just business…
How did I let myself become indulged in such frivolous flirtations with a man I hadn’t met?
I built an image in my mind of what this ex-country boy, Saturday touch footy playing, CBD business man would look like solely based on his voice, past and interests. I developed a phone crush, I looked forward to the calls, I would ring as opposed to sending a quick 1 line email.
He came into the office last week for a meeting, it’s always nice to see the people your dealing with face to face, isn’t it? I was secretly excited (it wasn’t too secretive 2 of my colleagues were aware of the crush). I saw him, the crush vanished immediately, he looked like a younger Seymour Phillip Hoffman (not my cup of tea) I was disappointed, all I built up was wrong.
He called the office this morning and nothing, no polite exchanges or banter, just business…
How did I let myself become indulged in such frivolous flirtations with a man I hadn’t met?
14 comments:
How?
It's because your passions are unbridled!
Arrgghh! I had this happen to me at my last job. My Melbourne counterpart and I would flirt like mad every time we spoke to one another, or chatted online. THEN i met him. Holy shite, how could someone have SUCH a sexy voice and look like he crawled out of a swamp. Plus he was like 50!
Are you saying any opportunity presented to me cibby? Well Ok, your right, I need more excitment!
Steph - It is such a let down! I'm happy i'm not the only person to develop said crush ;-)
Easy… I worked with this guy on and off for a few years, sooo not my type but in my last job, we were on the phone constantly. He had a sexy voice, he knew how to use it, and he started to flirt and I reciprocated. Occasionally when we sat in meeting, I’d ask myself “what the hell, CB!”. Aural seduction…
As for flirting with someone you haven’t me, isn’t flirting with bloggers the same thing? ;)
PS Love your new avatar!
I used to have a client in Christchurch and I talked to her every day (from Brisbane)...the boss finally said her compnay was coming over for a site visit and I could not wait...we had flirted for many many months...she turned up and I had to escort Mr Hoffman's twin sister around for two days...My boss just smiled. She was really nice just not my kind of nice :(
CB - Do we really thrive on attention from the opposite sex to that extreme where every exchange, phone and (thanks for bringing it up) blogging, we flirt?
Scorps - You boys hope for the 'hot chick' on the other end too? How bout this, we set up our respective phone crushes? On second thought no, imagine the kids?
hmmm, I don't have a story like this...
although, when I was 13, I had a 'phone' girlfriend that I never met. She was a pathological liar; nothing she said made any sense...
I don't know that we thrive on it, but some of us enjoy it. And a man's voice can be seductive.
As for blogging, that's another Pandora's box...
I organised home and contents insurance by phone late last year, and the woman on the line sounded hot! We chatted about this and that while she typed stuff into the computer and we talked about my birthdate - she told me she was mid-fifties, although she sounded mid-twenties...*sigh* lovely voice though...
Ohhhhhh yes, I have soooooo been there! Actually, new girl in the office... doesn't do a lot for me in the wooot department, but oh.my.god. She could set up one of those 1900WANK numbers and make a killing. Seriously, seriously hot voice and the sexiest laugh. Weirder still... I found out today she is a strict born again christian!!
see, I think voices *are* hot in itself so sometimes when someone totally undesirable has a sexy voice it soo does it for me ;)
Because you went with your heart, not your head.
HEART: "Oooh, he's probably sexy! He sounds great!"
HEAD: "Meh, he's probably fat and balding with a sexy voice. Get over it."
The trick is to find a healthy balance between the two.
... Or so I've been told.
Cibby, you had a phone girlfriend at 13? I was still playing with Barbie. My playing with Barbie was setting up the house with all its furniture, when I finished setting up I packed it away - I think it was a sign.
CB - True, thrive is too strong a word. I don't think we should open Pandora’s box, although it would make an interesting post - TAG!
Nick - It's nice to enjoy...
General sir - You appear to work with a few born again Christians? Infiltrate and start a cult with a 1900WANK number for income ;-)
M - Do you have a weakness for celebs such as Michael Douglas or Sean Connery?
Jeut - I'm always looking for the balance. My heart seldom wins.
P.S. Thanks CB, my new avatar is just so me, although I have slightly darker reddish hair after my last visit to the hair dresser ;-)
Hehe been there done that and then when i met the owner of the voice, no way. I guess its a combinations of the mystery of what the person is really like and the fact that on the phone people may be a little different than they would be in person.
Ps thanks for the link in your blogroll.
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