At first I thought the woman on my left was waving and blowing kisses at me. I had no idea who she was, I didn't recognize the vehicle or the random kiss-blower. It increased as a van passed me on the right into a turn lane. The man in the van was waving and blowing kisses back, with me in the middle. The van disappeared to my right. As the van receded, the woman's displays of affection extinguished. It took me a minute to realize that she was waving at a person in the van who she cared about, the person in the van was waving at a person that he cared about and that that neither were intentionally affectionating with me. (I know "affectionating" isn't a word, but you have to admit, it works)
There have been days where my wife and I have traveled the same roads. We have shared our own love gestures between our seperate vehicles. Now I wonder if anyone else was a an unintended recipient of our affection.
We are always looking for ways to connect to those who mean something to us. We want the other to know, in as many ways as possible that we are thinking about them. And it feels good when they are noticing us and reciprocating.
So as I'm trying to understand the situation it took me I'm sure glad I wasn't reciprocating.
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