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AIBU in asking for help to find this man

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CMSdividend · 17/08/2022 19:53

I have just had the most movie-like experience of my life. In Tesco of all places.
Absolutely stunning man (in my eyes anyway), a tanned enhanced Heston Blumethal without glasses. I imagine he would be a redhead, had freckly skin. No ring on any fingers. He is holding two bottles of red wine, we are nowhere near the wine aisle. I smile and he smiles back. Cue lots of "meeting" in aisles and smiling at each other. I get to the wine aisle and pick up a bottle. He's re-entering the wine aisle and says to me "I think you look gorgeous by the way". I respond with "I was thinking the same about you" and carried on walking. I'm back near the front of the store grabbing some spring onions, and he appears. Says "I'm not following you, you know" and laughs. I laugh back and go into the scan and shop. Notice he is in the self serve. I go out and as I'm packing away I notice he is looking at me from his car. I take my trolley back and get into my car, reverse out of my space and he is behind me in his car. He waves to me and we part at the mini roundabout.
So, AIBU in plastering this all over facebook or taking an ad out on the roundabout in the hope of finding this man? I was only saying to my friend at the weekend that I think love is going to pass me by now I am single again and this was bloody fireworky-type sparks.
YABU: Leave it and see if you bump into him again, or he can track you down
YANBU: Plaster it over Facebook. Take an ad out on the roundabout saying: Me; blue dress, glasses and flip flops, buying spring onions and driving a Ford. You: Tall, bald and tanned with great teeth, carrying two bottles of red and driving a Nissan. Message me on (new email address set up for this purpose)

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UWhatNow · 17/08/2022 19:54

If it’s meant to be you’ll meet him again.

ShirleyJackson · 17/08/2022 19:55

Go to Tesco a lot over the next few weeks and make sure you look hot every time.

Pebblebeach15 · 17/08/2022 19:56

Go for it ! And while you wait , spend every spare moment hanging around Tesco.

CMSdividend · 17/08/2022 20:08

UWhatNow · 17/08/2022 19:54

If it’s meant to be you’ll meet him again.

Part of me thinks that, like the movie Serendipity. As I saw him standing next to his car I told myself that he'll find me again.
Stupid isn't it? Have got myself in a bit of a tizz. Text my friend and said I think I've found the one and she suggested classified as but who even reads the local papers now 😂

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CMSdividend · 17/08/2022 20:09

Classified ad 🙄

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Igmum · 17/08/2022 20:10

I want you to meet again! This HAS to happen!

CMSdividend · 17/08/2022 20:10

@ShirleyJackson @Pebblebeach15 I'm going to go there tomorrow exactly the same time.

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Pebblebeach15 · 17/08/2022 20:12

Put a wanted poster on the Tesco customer notice board 😀. I so want you to meet him again . You must keep us updated .

LoveBugBride · 17/08/2022 20:24

I'm such a cynic but did you check his ring finger? He sounds incredibly sure of himself and well practiced.

But I secretly hope it's fated in the stars and he finds you next weekend on the condom aisle Grin

FlyingSaucerss · 17/08/2022 20:30

Wouldn’t he have just Asked for your number at the time?

ParanoidGynodroid · 17/08/2022 20:36

LoveBugBride · 17/08/2022 20:24

I'm such a cynic but did you check his ring finger? He sounds incredibly sure of himself and well practiced.

But I secretly hope it's fated in the stars and he finds you next weekend on the condom aisle Grin

It says in the OP no rings.

But yes, I agree with you… he does sound a bit confident.

Good luck though OP!

surreygirl1987 · 17/08/2022 20:44

Whoa. Love this!

CMSdividend · 17/08/2022 20:48

FlyingSaucerss · 17/08/2022 20:30

Wouldn’t he have just Asked for your number at the time?

I think that's what he was planning to do but I'd packed the car and got in it.

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CMSdividend · 17/08/2022 20:50

LoveBugBride · 17/08/2022 20:24

I'm such a cynic but did you check his ring finger? He sounds incredibly sure of himself and well practiced.

But I secretly hope it's fated in the stars and he finds you next weekend on the condom aisle Grin

I agree with that but he was genuinely taken aback that I responded the way I did so if he's mentioned it to anyone they may be saying the same about me...

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SurpriseSurprise · 17/08/2022 20:51

Do it!!!

WhackingPhoenix · 17/08/2022 20:59

Awww, I’d try to find him again if I could! Is there a local FB page you could post on, or the Next Door app?

FlyingSaucerss · 17/08/2022 21:00

Please don’t post it on fb a woman did this in my area and it turned out he had a gf! All very embarrassing By all means look for him but wouldn’t do anything publicly, tbh I think he had quite a few opportunities to ask for your number and didn’t so…

girlmom21 · 17/08/2022 21:01

Don't post it on Facebook. Do go and linger in the wine aisle 🤣

comfortablyfrumpy · 17/08/2022 21:03

Just keep going to Tescos and loiter in the wine aisle
Good luck!

crystalls · 17/08/2022 21:06

Sounds like you need to hang around outside tescos for the foreseeable 😉

Sellie555 · 17/08/2022 21:08

I definitely think you will bump into him again! This happened to my friend year last ago at a petrol station. She bumped into him again a few weeks later and he gave his number

they dated for a while but nothing came of it

really freakily, as I write this, I’m watching ‘Heathrow’ on the tv and it’s randomly featured the man I’ve been totally in love with the past few years 🤣🤣

elfies · 17/08/2022 21:10

It sounds like an episode in 'Butterflies ' .. I hope you meet him again x

NellesVilla · 17/08/2022 21:14

Ask for the car park CCTV. There’s always someone with a dodgy mate who can track someone down via their registration number.

SavingsThreads · 17/08/2022 21:17

If neither of you asked the other one out I don't think anything will come of this.

quietnightmare · 17/08/2022 21:19

Move into the wine aisle as tescos and smother yourself in spring onions so you don't miss him and yes post it all over Facebook