While out at dinner the other night, I couldn't help but notice these two men sitting at a table across the way from me. They were sort of odd looking middle-aged men wearing almost identical argyle sweaters. They didn't really talk to each other and basically sat there looking miserable the whole time.
I couldn't take my eyes off them, and I couldn't figure out whether they were brothers or lovers. Seriously, I couldn't tell. Who dresses alike like that? Plus, the only people who'd sit together and be miserable like that would have to either be related or else in a loveless, tired relationship. I was fascinated. I nicknamed them Misery & Company.
I really like watching people interact. I tend to notice the way people behave and interact with each other, in both small and large groups. I guess it's why I gravitated towards sociology, psychology, and cultural anthropology when I was in college. But it's interesting to see how different chemistry and dynamics affect relationships.
I just had to know what the deal was with these two guys in their matching argyle sweaters looking miserable together having a steak at The Keg. But I'll never know. My best guess is that Misery & Company are lovers who have outgrown eachother, but are too lazy to break up and find someone else. Settlers.
They looked like the epitome of what I don't ever want out of a relationship. If I ever get like that, then someone needs to give me a swift kick in the butt. That is no way to live life. But it's always good to see people and situations like that because it puts it in perspective, and it's just as good to see what you don't want as it is to see what you do want.
Oh, and I did take a photo of them with my phone (I'm getting creepier by the day, aren't I?!), but the ethical and moral side of me decided it wasn't right to post a photo of people eating dinner like that, as fascinating and fabulously miserable as they were. So you'll just have to imagine Misery & Company for yourselves.
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