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Do you ever have an evening like something in a movie?

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RomanHolidayer · 21/04/2013 20:46

I was in Rome this weekend. I was walking along, in the early evening, minding my own business, looking at a map, and a tall, handsome frenchman asks me if I'm lost. We start a conversation, we go for a coffee, he invites me for dinner, and we have a lovely conversation, from art to psychology to literature, and at times I laugh so much, it's hurting. He walks me home, and kisses me on the cheek, and that's the end.

I know I'll never see him again, but it just felt so unreal, and lucky to have had such a pure, almost fantastic night. Seeing him again would only be a disappointment.

This sounds like I'm a journalist (I'm not), but I wonder if this has happened to others. I'm genuinely flabbergasted.

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ImperialBlether · 21/04/2013 20:48

WHY WOULD YOU NOT SEE HIM AGAIN?

ImperialBlether · 21/04/2013 20:49

Sorry, didn't mean to shout!

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RomanHolidayer · 21/04/2013 20:51

Because he lives in France, and I almost think the evening was just too perfect to be real - seriously

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fridayfreedom · 21/04/2013 20:51

No film like evenings but plenty of 'Outnumbered' ones!

Chubfuddler · 21/04/2013 20:51

What she said. You didn't get his number? Seriously? Are you mad?

Gay40 · 21/04/2013 20:54

I quite often have a day like a Harold Lloyd moviereel.

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RomanHolidayer · 21/04/2013 20:54

I got his facebook details, but I just it's too much of a fantasy. I may wait to see if he messages me

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Lucyellensmum95 · 21/04/2013 20:55

Sigh!

Gay40 · 21/04/2013 20:57

Actually DP and I had a movie evening in Florence.
We were in Florence one summer evening, and wandered onto the main square. There was an old-fashioned merry-go-round with brightly coloured horses, going endlessly around. We could also hear live opera, an aria. We just knew someone on that square was being silently garrotted.

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RomanHolidayer · 21/04/2013 20:59

I suppose what I'm asking is whether this is the type of thing that is best left as a fantasy evening - one evening of pure fun - in Rome, a handsome, funny frenchman, etc - and leave it as a happy memory

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AmazingBouncingFerret · 21/04/2013 21:01

Yeah I used to have plenty of evenings like the one in Human Traffic... Grin

Chubfuddler · 21/04/2013 21:02

NO! He is clearly Fabrice de sauvterre and thd love of your life (although that didn't actually end well as he was shot by the nazis and she died in labour but we shall overlook those minor details).

OrangeFootedScrubfowl · 21/04/2013 21:05

Good grief. France isn't bloody Indonesia you know. It's just right over there!

foolonthehill · 21/04/2013 21:07

mostly my life at the moment reads like an Eastenders script (but with a different accent) am Envy of your lovely cinematic evening...and Grin that life does sometimes exceed expectations!

Lueji · 21/04/2013 21:08

And plane fares can be cheaper than train. :)

SinisterSal · 21/04/2013 21:08

See hum again! Even if it doesn't work out the way you'd like you might get The Wars of the Roses or Kramer vs Kramer out if it

PenelopePortrait · 21/04/2013 21:10

Groundhog Day.

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RomanHolidayer · 21/04/2013 21:11

I know France is close, I'm just sitting here glowing at the unexpected magic I experienced - sure that any meeting again can only disappoint

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Meringue33 · 21/04/2013 21:15

I have had two beautiful evenings like this in my life... When I bumped into Man #1 a second time I was horribly disappointed... When I bumped into Man #2 a second time HE was horribly disappointed Blush, oh yeah and he turned out to be married anyway!

NoelHeadbands · 21/04/2013 21:19

We just knew someone on that square was being silently garrotted

Proper, full on snort at that Grin

greeneyed · 21/04/2013 21:19

Yes once, he turned out to be an utter bastard- don't believe in fairy tales - cynical old me :)

Seriously though it soubds lovely :)

whethergirl · 21/04/2013 21:22

There are times when my life feels film-like, not specifically evenings.

One time, after reading a book, I contacted the author to say how I much I enjoyed his book. He wrote back, and pretty soon we were emailing each other daily. After mentioning my toilet flush was broken, he offered to come round and fix it. We went to B&Q to get the parts, and I helped myself to some chewing gum in his car, not realising it was Nicorette. About half an hour later I was a nasty shade of green and practically passed out on the sofa with the author man fanning me.

It was all very Bridget Jones-esque.

DontmindifIdo · 21/04/2013 21:27

Oh for goodness sake - I met DH the night before he returned to to a European city from a trip to the UK, we met, exchanged details, emailed back and forth, then he got a business trip to London and invited me to meet him (I was living up north then). We've been together for 13 years now.

Do not assume that's it with the sexy Frenchman. I could have thought with DH - "no, it won't be as good when I see him again." but well, it seemed worth the risk that my happy memory of that night would be ruined. I'm currently expecting DC2.

Nothing ventured, nothing gained young lady. Wink

MamaMary · 21/04/2013 21:30

Sounds lovely, OP, what a lovely memory to cherish. I agree that it would spoil the magic if you were to try to pursue it any further.

PoppyAmex · 21/04/2013 21:33

That's brilliant weather girl. Who was he?