Monosyllabic
I was a regular at a cafe. Down the street were a few retail shops. One shop wasn’t busy and as I walked by I would always make eye contact with the girl who worked there and give her a smile. One day she saw me walking by her shop and she came out to give me her number. We arranged to go on a date.
She was like fifteen minutes late, which was no big deal, but she was really apologetic. At the restaurant, I try to make conversation, but she is mono-syllabic. After one of the silences, she suddenly blurts out, “I’m fat. I look like I’m pregnant.” I was taken aback and didn’t really know how to respond to this.
When we got back to town I asked where her home was. She gave vague directions, then told me to pull into a convenience store. Then she got out and said she’d walk home from there. I continued to walk by the store she worked in everyday, but never saw her there again. Story credit: Reddit