Ellemental

I’m working on Small Talk. Egads, I hate small talk, but I’m working on it. Whether I like it or not, I find myself in groups of people that I don’t really know and I need to make nice. I’ve finally mastered wiping the terrified “deer in the headlights” look off my face, and now appear serene and content in most social situations. I’m making progress.

I had a setback the other night.

I was at a gathering, talking to a friend from high school. A guy from high school came up to talk to my friend. I was never really friends with this guy – no bad blood or anything…we just didn’t know each other.

So my friend and this gentleman talked for a few moments, and my friend said to him, “Do you remember Elle?”

He said, “Oh yeah. How could I forget a face like that?”

??? I blinked. Then I blinked again. Then I tilted my head to the side like the RCA dog and stared at him, trying to decipher what it was that he just said. Or meant. I still don’t know.

Someone please help me: exactly how is one supposed to respond to something like that?