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Mar 20, 2024
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i went to the library with a friend last week, and as we were looking thru the dvds, a 60-something guy came up to us and told her she looked just like a character from a show about ww2 lol. not in any creepy way or anything, he seemed genuinely excited to share what he said his favorite show was. then the three of us had a good little talk about what dvds we were getting, giving each other recs, etc. library interactions tend to make my day lol
Jan 15, 2025
During the summer of 2021, I was struggling a lot. I had lost my job and I could not to afford my place anytime, on top of that my mental health had reach an all time low. I was sitting waiting for my train and i am the type of person that face cannot mask whatever emotion I am feeling. As I was getting up to get on my train this man that I will never forgot looked at me and told me ”hey it gets better”. And indeed life did get better.
May 3, 2024
One day at work, an old lady, with an eccentric style and a lot of personality came to me for some information, we ended up striking an amazing convo and speaking for over ten minutes until it was time to open the venue(I work at a classical concert hall). Later on she came to me and asked if I saw her earring which she believed felt during the reception. I went downstairs to look for it and instantly found it, went inside the venue with immense pride and gave it to her, she then gave me the warmest and sweetest hug ever. She left with a huge smile as I continued my shift with a huge smile and a warmer soul.
Apr 17, 2024
when I was little, I attended the daughter of my mom’s friend’s bday. it was a really big party in some fancy hotel and I had a glittery pink butterfly painted on my face. I met a girl around my age and we stuck together the whole time. dunno who or where she is now, but it was fun.
Apr 17, 2024
was at my cousins quince and i did not want to be there. my abuela had just recently passed and all i wanted to do was stay in bed. some other kid came up to me and asked, "you don't want to be here either, right?" and i just felt so validated like yes dude, get me tf outta here. i told him yeah and then we just sat at a table while everyone else partied. made me feel like less of a loser and a bad cousin. idk how I'm even related to this kid but i have a big family so chances are I'm never going to see him again but thank you little dude for also not wanting to be at a party.
Apr 16, 2024
I have a regular at the coffee shop i work at and he is the coolest late 40 year old man and always pulls up in a24 and snoopy merch and he just gets me. yesterday he asked me how i was doing and i told him about grinding on school work and trying to graduate and he put his hand on my shoulder and said you've got this youre going to be just fine and i literally almost burst out crying. i love u JP ur the realest
Apr 15, 2024
one time in a bar bathroom this girl asked me to help her snap her bodysuit closed. she had long nails and was drunk enough to not be dexterous anymore. i did help her and we giggled and then out in the bar later she greeted me like i was an old pal. loved it. women’s bar bathrooms are fertile grounds for microfriendships.
Apr 7, 2024
I was waiting in line at my school’s cafe to get coffee I certainly did not need and a lady in line behind me said she liked my green rainboots. (I also like my green rainboots but get nervous wearing them for some reason), I thanked her and we just kept talking about random shit for the next five minutes. I realized I was going to be late to class and had to leave, I didn’t want to though, she reminded me of my grandma, Muzzie. I was also not doing too good, not in a great mood, tired, but decided to talk to her as if I wasn’t all those things, and that decision made my day brighter. It’s crazy how you can feel connected to people in such a short instance.
Apr 7, 2024
I was running in a park and saw a 50 year old man taking a selfie by a tree, asked if he wanted me to take a photo and then we both started taking photos for eachother. Then had a 10 min chat about running and then both ran off in different directions. We bumped into eachother on our run again. Gave eachother a little salute and kept on running never to be seen again. Felt like a human. Was great
Apr 5, 2024
one morning before a shift at the beach club i worked at for a summer (terrible job), i decided to lie out in the sun. left my work clothes in the car, just wearing a bathing suit and had a towel. when it was time to change and go to work i could not find my car keys whatsoever. luckily i spotted an old dude nearby with a metal detector. i called him over and asked him if he could do his sweeps where i was hanging at and after a half hour of us both searching, he calls over “you drive a toyota?” 🤝
Apr 4, 2024
on a flight from japan to sydney mid last year, i met a lovely lovely lady! she sparked a conversation with me while we both were tossing up to go for the fish or the meat meal option for dinner :p we bonded over the fact that we had a whole row to ourselves, and were excited about the prospect of horizontal rest during our 10 hour flight. it felt so easy talking to her.. from across the isle we talked about our families, how we grew up, our own diaspora and how it informed the way we see and approach the world, we were truly like lil girls chatting during recess.
until a begrudging passenger had told us to shhhh as it was time to sleep, sternly pointing out the dimming lights. she moved into my row and we continued chatting until our eyes got heavy.
in the morning she wrote me such a touching postcard telling me that i reminded her of her daughter 🥹 and gave me her number to call her if i ever want to chat. we gave each other the biggest hug ever and we went thru security and baggage collection like two peas in a pod. 🫛
Mar 28, 2024
Doing a self led tour of a castle in Poland, stumbling fretfully to the bathroom having to make the determination which one is for men and which for women, and finding the correct one with great success. Flush with great success. Communal sinks, more like that stinks. And still I wash. Catch sight of a woman fretful as I once was. Which one is the bathroom for her? I catch her reflection in the communal mirror and recognizing her plight but not her language preference, I mime her towards the proper area. We exchange big smiles and I sigh contentedly, That's so us.
Mar 23, 2024
last week i was working at a cafe on campus and a girl sat on a table in front of mine. she had to charge her laptop so she moved to my table cause mine was by the plug. i asked her if she wanted to switch seats so she could move closer to the plug so we did that. i wanted to talk to her the whole time we worked there cause she seemed cool but i kept not doing it for whatever reason which was kinda stupid. BUT! today i ran into her on campus and she complimented my tattoos:) i hope i see her around!
Mar 22, 2024
was flying to a job on a boat, and got to chatting with the girl next to me on the plane. when she came through the town where i was working, she and a friend bought me dinner at a tapas place i’d wanted to try. tons of fun, we never spoke again lol. sometimes, a whole friendship is just a conversation and a meal, and that’s beautiful!
Mar 21, 2024
i will remember this woman who chatted me up at the grocery store a few months ago for the rest of my life. she said me and my husband were "a handsome couple", and that she had just turned "eighty-fucking-three". and it turned out we had the same birthday. she was magical. i hope i can be that cool when i'm 83
Mar 21, 2024
I was in the aisle seat on a plane, a woman was in the middle seat and the window seat was open. She asked me if she could move over and I cracked a joke saying not sure why she would want to, being cramped on planes is so fun. Then a flight attendant says someone had been upgraded to the window seat so she had to move back. We both smiled and eye rolled at each other. The plane starts to move and still nobody has come to claim the window seat. She asks another attendant and they say nobody is getting upgraded and she can move over. She goes “ok, if someone comes, it’s over!” I said “If you freak out I promise I won’t post it on the internet.” We laughed and eventually put in our headphones. In another era maybe we would’ve talked more. But for a minute we were buddies.
Mar 20, 2024
I had a bike accident on 8th avenue and 41st street. I gashed my knee and subsequently fell on the ground and cried… but people are good so I was approached by a woman named Aisha who held my hand and told me not to panic, a guy who saw what happened called me an ambulance, and a man named John who’s a firefighter gave me a pep talk and said I’m a real New Yorker now. i got to the anbulance and got stitched up safely thanks to the kindness of these good ppl :) def microfriends who i hope the best for 😭😭🥺
Mar 20, 2024
I helped a guy out with some gas money at the Hard Rock Cafe in Niagara Falls, NY. He told me that he hoped I would have a great year. This was in January 2020
Mar 20, 2024
was at a sauna/bathhouse today and kept running into same girl my age in different rooms and we always smiled out of youthful camaraderie (mostly older ladies there today), i should have commented on her tote bag since it had the DELFI logo on it, which is a new lit mag i have been loving (i bet she got it at the issue 2 launch, which i missed since i was traveling)
Mar 20, 2024
