“Erin, I knew it was you” Guy said.
I stood there in shock, not really knowing what to say.
The next thing to come out of my mouth was, “Ah bon?” (“Oh yeah?”)
(Oh my God Erin, what was THAT?)
Guy started speaking so fast saying,
“When you stretched out your arms for me, it was my sign that you felt as I do. I asked the Universe to give me a sign and this was it! I knew it from the beginning, Erin.”
(It was a sign? I was just being my Canadian huggy self!)
Racing through my head, all in a millisecond, was:
When I think of us together I feel very happy, but at the same time I’m scared. I’ve only been in France for 3 months and I want to explore life by myself. If I dance with someone I can and I like that. I don’t want to be tied down.
Argh! Sometimes I think I’m ready for a relationship and other times I think, “NON!!!, NON!!! pas mainteant (not now). Nothing serious!
Out of my mouth came,
“Guy, je ne sais pas. Je t’aime mais je ne sais pas si j’ai l’amour pour toi comme tu as pour moi.”
(I don’t know, Guy. I like you, but I don’t know if I have love for you like you do for me.”
“Tu m’aime? Je le savais!” (You love me? I knew it!)
Huh? Je t’aime?
Here’s where the tricky part comes in with the French language.
They simply do not have the phrase, “I like you.” ‘I like you’ and ‘I love you’ are the same.
I kept trying to explain what I meant by I LIKE you, but I don’t know if I LOVE you.
I tried saying, “I mean I Love you. You are an incredible person, but I don’t know if I LOVE you.”
Can you see the problem? He was so confused but so blissful at the same time!
He told me to come to his house later so we could talk more.
He gave me a huge hug and then left while walking backwards, staring me square in the eyes with such an intense look on his face.
Oh. My. God. What just happened???
Do I go to his house tonight? What if he gets too intense? Oh, I don’t want to lose our friendship!
Time for a call to Sandra to sort this out.
Join me HERE to see if I go and what happens next – big hint!!! France is the country of l’amour:)
P.S. What do you think I do? Should do? Have you ever experienced this situation? What did YOU do? Let’s chat in the comments below!
Love,
