I was at a bar the other night with a bunch of friends downtown. This is the type of place you always go with a big group. It’s dark, loud, has a little bit of a funky smell from the mix of all the smokers on the patio and the melted cheese in the kitchen, and the jukebox is filled with eclectic albums such as The Bellville Outfit and Tom Waits. My point in saying all that is, this is not somewhere I would expect to be taken for a romantic evening.
Maybe that’s just me, for as I sat in a crowd at the bar, waiting to close my tab, I saw a couple sitting at the counter. At first I was extremely perturbed they were taking up valuable bar “real estate”, preventing myself and the 10 people around me from being served by the loan bartender, but 
I quickly changed my tune as I began to witness one of the most beautiful things on earth, body language.
Have you ever thought about your body and it’s ability to speak without words? It’s magical! We don’t go to a class to learn how to do it, and we all speak it differently, yet everyone on the entire planet can understand the meaning of a frown, a touch or a smile.
As I watched the couple at the bar interact with each other you could tell there was a certain infatuation each of them had for one another. The bar could have caught on fire and it would have just crumbled around them. They were consumed with the others presence.
I couldn’t hear their conversation, but I watch as she placed her hand on his knee and used the other to prop her head under her chin as she locked eyes with her date. He, on the other hand, was nervous, but honored to be the focus of this beautiful woman. He wasn’t sure what to do with his hands as he fuddled with his drink, twisted his class ring and attempted touching her face, each time pulling away for fear of rejection. It was a beautiful, romantic dance.
Each of their faces had a pleasant smile full of butterflies and nerves, yet reassuring to the other there was no other place they wanted to be at that moment in time.
The crowd started to get annoyed with the wait and got louder and louder as patrons from the back began to yell their orders. Yet, the couple stood their ground and continued their beautiful dance, or maybe it was the respect from people like me that could clearly see this couple was “falling in love” before our eyes.
Even that is not worth interrupting for a beer.
