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Volume VI: Close Encounters

Cashier totaling grocery purchases

Hi Ams!

So, here’s my problem. I keep running into the cutest guy at the Vital Vittles checkout line. He’s one of the cashiers. I don’t even know his name. But we’ve most definitely built up this relationship through our over-the-counter banter. Like, sometimes I get myself some more cups, or a few rolls of paper towels, or a big bag of barbecue honey potato chips for the days me and my girlfriends binge-watch Gilmore Girls together. He always gives me this smile that makes me melt… I don’t know what to do. I’ve been going in to buy paper towels so often just so that I can get a chance to talk to him that they’ve started to pile up in our pantry. My roommates think I’m crazy, but it’s literally the only way that I can talk to him.

I just don’t know what to do. He’s so gorgeous, but I feel like he’s going to lose interest if I don’t act quickly. I don’t want him to see me forever as that awkward checkout girl who probably buys too many rolls of paper towels.

Should I make the move? Please help! 

Flirty in the Produce Line

 

Dear Flirty,

I think we’ve all been there. You could either take the creepy way or the very much less creepy way. The first: do you have a friend who works in The Corp or Vittles? Ask about him. No friend? Then looks like you’ll have to take the more normal way of just letting things happen. I am not a particular superstitious person, but sometimes I think if you just stop worrying, you might run into him randomly. Impatient? Stalk him at Corp Gala. Just buy your ticket now before they sell out, put on your handy-dandy Taylor Swift “You Belong With Me” Cinderella-Moment I’m-Actually-Super-Hot Dress and hunt him down.

On a slightly more realistic level, he’s obviously interested if he keeps smiling and talks to you every time you go see him. Don’t underestimate boys; sometimes, they can turn out to be actual, nice people.

You’re not alone, girl. You have more power than you think.

xoxo,

Amy

 


 

Dear Amy,

This is weird. I’ve never really done this before, but I’ve been seeing a few of your columns online and thought I might give this a try.

Strictly speaking, I’ve been a wreck this semester. My girlfriend and I broke up right before I came back here for my sophomore year. It was really bad. I’d known her since high school and it seemed like, at least up until now, that I was going to marry her. Coming back here after having broken up with her was one of the weirdest things because I guess I never actually fully experienced school here without always calling her and getting sucked back into my life as it was in high school.

I’m scared because I don’t think I made enough friends or joined enough clubs because I was too busy being in this old relationship that, looking back, wasn’t really that great. Are things ever going to be the same? Do you think I’ll be able to get back into life here?

I don’t know… I guess I have nothing else to ask you. It just felt good to vent a little. I’m worried, but I guess it’s not all that bad. I joined a few clubs, got hired at the Corp… it’s been okay. It’s also kind of nice talking to girls without having to constantly be cautious. Come to think of it, there’s this really cute girl who stops by whenever I’m working a shift and literally just buys paper towels just so she can talk to me. She plays it off like it’s a coincidence but it’s really funny. She’s been, like, the first person to make me feel okay since the break up.

I’m rambling now; thanks for listening, Amy,

#sophomoreslumpenthusiast

 

Dear Slump,

For one, you should never regret a great relationship if it made you happy at the time and enjoyed your time with her. But, I think over the summer you recognized that you wanted to become more invested at your life at Georgetown and to embrace college life a little longer. And you seem to be like you’re finally moving in the right direction.

Remember to take things slowly and recognize you’re still sad from your last relationship. But on the other hand, continue to join other clubs and organizations as most of them want new members every semester. Continue to meet new people and my bet is next semester you’ll start to feel like Georgetown is home, even without your ex.

And um… you may want to read the rest of the submissions this week. I’m seeing some… familiar things, in my opinion.

xoxo,

Amy

 

S8nve6i9Ijgx-150x150Amy is an eighth year student majoring in High Yield Staple-Gunning and Political Cartoon Theory in the McCourt School of Public Policy. Originally hailing from the eastern province of Qaqortoq, Greenland, she has traveled the world absorbing culture, leading protests, and, as always, hunting for the perfect man to clean her pool, mix her drinks, and model her upcoming line of faux-fur compression shorts.

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