The other day, I met the boy of my dreams.
I ambled into a local sporting-good store, intent on scouting out the Nike running gear. But when I chanced upon the clerk in the shoe department, said running-gear-scouting never actually happened. 
Hottie clerk and I ended up talking for about an hour—first about running (which, it turns out, we both love), and then about basically every other topic under the sun. Too bad he lives in a different state. Ah, c’est la vie. (Thank goodness, at least, for facebook.)
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Seems I like meeting guys at stores lol. (Hi Whole Foods Boy!)
Came home for an ugly tofu chee-fu meal:
The aforementioned chee-fu, with a monster salad, fresh corn, and raw coconut fudge
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Question of the Day:
Where’s the most interesting place you’ve met a guy (or girl)? Meeting Whole Foods boy at the grocery store bulk aisle was pretty different… but then again, so is finding a guy when your intent is to buy athletic wear.
Also, have you ever been in a long-distance relationship?
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First of all, cute boy in NY means you just need to come back to NY. I have lots of extra beds.
I met a lot of cuties when I was in Thailand – especially these two hot guys from the Netherlands that we met on one island and then saw them on three more islands within the next two weeks. Siiiiiigggh. Thank goodness for facebook!
I was in a long distance relationship for four and a half years with my ex – we started dating at the end of his senior year of high school and stayed together until my junior year of college. Definite pro’s and cons – pro: I really like having my own space, con: I have serious trust issues.
But a sporting goods store is definitely a great place to pick up a cutie!!
One of my relationships was long-distance at some point. It’s not too hard, but unfortunately later on I found out that he had cheated on me. I really don’t have a bad view towards long distance relationships though. They’re just a little harder
Hmm most interesting place I’ve met a guy? On the streets of South Beach probably lol. Who knows what will stem out of your new running guy
XOXO beautiful lady!
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My boyfriend and I have been together over 4 years now. For most of our first year together it was long-distance. I came here to NC for college a few months after we got together, while he was still back in NJ. Now we’re both in NC together. It was really hard because I missed him so much, but it was well worth it.
Hmm… I’ve never met a boy anywhere interesting, but I got married pretty young, so I guess that — wait! My first boyfriend was our waiter at a pizza place and asked my dad if he could ask me out!! Hahaha I forgot about that.
I’ve never been in a long distance relationship for long…
I met my husband at a horse show when I was 9. I met a former boy as my cab driver IN KENTUCKY and proceeded to date him (while I lived in Massachusetts)
When I was much younger, I once met a guy at a soccer store – so same idea!
Good you are keeping in touch!
i fell madly in love with a canadian when i was 18 – he was in the ocean on a surfboard and in a wetsuit, i was in the ocean jumping in the waves.
then of course (aging myself), i met a boy in the elevator of my apartment building my way out. turns out we were both headed to the same ’92 clinton election night extravaGANza, so we ended up being each other’s date. great rebound from the previously mentioned fella! but the fleetwood mac from the party probably killed us, haha.
i have been in long distance relationships and they most definitely can work. you just have to be on the same page. if you are open to moving or he is, that’s what needs to be. it can’t be both of you happy in your own town, unwilling to move. at least one of you has to be a bit of an adventurer
and besides, every time i fall for someone in the neighborhood, i end up running into them – another bonus for long distance, ahaha!
My ex and I were long distance twice…first when he left for college (we ended up at the same school a year later
) and again when I studied abroad. We knew we could trust each other so it wasn’t difficult…I just missed him loads by the end of my four months in England. What made up for it was basically spending every day with him through the next semester, haha. Our breakup had nothing do to with the long distance stuff either…it had to do with me being stupid (he was definitely the level-headed on in the relationship).
Other than that, I’ve had 2 very unsuccessful long distance “things”. Neither was willing to commit, and I found myself going crazy over it. Let me tell you, if it turns out like that, it is 100% not worth it.
Your meal looks wonderful & balanced! I’ve never met someone at a store etc, nor been in a long distance relationship.
It’s so cool that you met a boy like that, and you talked for an hour
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That never happened to me
I’m doing long-distance right now. Ok, not riiight at this moment, I’ll be here with my boy for a month and a half, but we were apart for a month, and we will be for two more months after I leave.
Long distance is a pain, but one can push through it.
I was in a long distance relationship in college with my bf from high school and it worked out for awhile. I am actually also about to be in a long distance relationship with my husband for awhile because I am going back to the states to finish up some courses for my doctorate program and he is staying in Germany. We are not sure yet how long we will be apart but I feel like it is going to be tough leaving him since we are married and live together. In college being apart wasn’t horrible because there was so much else going on and he was the kind of guy that hung out with his guy friends a lot so it wasn’t as if I was used to being with him all the time anyway.
I think finding a nice guy to chat with beats finding good sporting equipment! Hehe.
KT
*Hugs* I haven’t left a boy in a different country, but for a while my dad was living in China before we came over. That was hard, especially on my mom
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Cute story! I only ever had one beau, now my husband, and I met him in high school, so that’s not very interesting.
However, I know lots of military families who do the long distance relationship thing. It’s tough, porbably because one of them is living in danger. That aside, lots of letters, care packages, e-mail, Facebook, Skype, and special trips during shore leave make it easier.
I’m in a long distance relationship a lot of the time, but I <3 my boyfriend and don't mind it too much. It isn't always easy but it makes the time we have together all the more precious.
I met my beau at a high school graduation – I went to get in some extra volunteer hours for National Honor Society!
We will need an artistic rendering of said Hottie to get the full picture (pun intended). Feel free to render him on a cupcake and place in the mail to me.
I met a guy at Jury Duty, but he turned out to be a douche.
LOL!! I’m meeting him again, so maybe I will be brave enough to take a photo… maybe…
Ahh, is that all we get?! I was hoping for a long story, a number exchange and quite possibly a date. Hahaha.
And yes, I agree with Carbzilla. A picture would be aweeesome. 
Hah! What a cool story…thank goodness for facebook, indeed.
My (now) husband and I were long-distance for a few months. It was no fun, but it worked out just fine in the end!
In October 08 my boyfriend and I got together. That December I left for Bulgaria for three weeks….does that count? Ha. Evidently I am popular at the grocery stores. I have been asked out a few times now. It’s a little weird to admit that, I feel like I am being conceited or something, but that is just what’s been happening. Fortunately I can kindly say no because I have a boyfriend and not some made up reason.
Facebook came in handy for those three weeks, though!
AWE…that’s cool! When I was 17, on my way home from school I wasn’t paying attention to the road and hit the car in front of me. My dad went with me to drop my car off at the body shop to get my car fixed. There stood the hottest guy I had ever seen. He was the one who actually fixed my car. A year later we met through a neutral friend. We started dating and dated for 20 years…lol yeah, long time to date right. We are married now though. Been married for a year and a half. It’s crazy what love does to you!
Love that chee-fu idea! I’m all about plain tofu, but I bet its even better with vegan butter. Must try!
I think that sporting goods stores are actually a really good place to meet a guy if you are a runner or are involved in another sport, because the guys who work there are usually young- in their 20s, from what I’ve seen- and they are obviously into athletics and fitness! Common interest, right? I think it’s pretty cool. Not that I’ve ever met a guy there, but just sayin’.
I first “met” my high school boyfriend on a bus. We didn’t talk but we were standing near each other and kept glancing at each other…and then later I bumped into him at my high school. I didn’t even know he went there! But then he started talking to me, and we ended up dating for all of high school. I don’t know if we would have ever started talking if it weren’t for the conversation starter of seeing each other on the bus, so I think it’s an interesting story…
And yeah, I’ve been in two long distance relationships. Now I’ve learned my lesson. They don’t work so well for me. I’m not much of a phone person, so it’s really important for me to see someone regularly in order to feel connected to them. However, they do work well for some people, so you never know! Maybe you’ll hit it off with sporting goods guy over Facebook?
Hmmm… I don’t think I’ve met a guy at a very “interesting” place before– but I DID have an “interesting” experience! I was at a party in college, and was chatting with a guy and his good friend. BOTH of them ended up asking me out that night! Talk about awkward?! Luckily, I wasn’t interested in either of them, so I didn’t have to ruin a friendship.
Sounds like maybe you need to make another trip back to NYC!
I met a guy at tennis camp once…its not a strange place, but he was an out-of-towner. Actually, he was from Norway. We were getting along really well until I beat him once…then he didn’t talk to me anymore. What a sore loser!
LOL! Too funny, Alex!
I once met a guy on the side of the road. I had gotten a flat on a long bike ride – I was 20 miles from home and trying to figure out what to do (did not have a spare tube or air to fix myself) when this guy comes out of nowhere. Turns out he was biking from Philly to the Jersey Shore (not the Snooki Jersey Shore, the nice parts down south!) and had lots of gear with him. He changed my tire and we exchanged numbers. We flirted by txt a little bit but nothing ever came of it – which was for the best because I was 30 at the time and he was only like 22 or something. But it was still a fun way to meet a guy!
Never been in full blown long distance, but def have had months apart while travelling. Gotta have trust and Skype works pretty good too!
AMAZING!!! it’s so random where special people pop up! I once met someone who became very special to me in a theatre at a show! It is madness!!!!! xx
I don’t have much experience with meeting guys in random places, but I do have experience with long distance relationships. Mine ended in marriage and we are going 8years strong. So, they can work!
Cute story!
I think the long-distance thing only really works if there is an endpoint in sight. My ex-boyfriend and I were together for five years and we were long-distance when I studied abroad for six months and we made it through that just fine. But then I moved across the country and neither of us could see any time for the rest of our lives when we would live in the same place, and that was just too insurmountable an obstacle.
And I’ve never dated a guy I didn’t meet in high school so I’m totally lost as to how to meet someone!
I met a UN Peacekeeper from New Zealand on a food convoy near Sudan. A little intense, but oh, if only we had been headed to the same country! Kept in touch for a couple of years after that.
My partner and I did long-distance for a year when I got transferred to the West Coast. It was challenging, but I ended up being more sure and confident about the longevity of our relationship as a result.
When I was in high-school I had a boyfriend and one day I met his best friend. It was love at first sight. I broke up with the first one and got in a relationship with number 2.
Yes I know it was not the most ethical thing to do, but I believe that you don’t meet the love of your life everyday, so no regrets.
By the way we are still together with number 2 after 10 years
Hey, doesn’t seem unethical to me! LOL, after all you DID break up with guy #1 first!
bummer that he lives in another state! Food looks delish!
xo
Hey, nothing wrong with dating out of state!! My boyfriend now lives 11 hours away..and the one before that was in Hawaii. Granted I’ve known the current one since junior high and dated hawaii dude for years before he moved..but still. They make for awesome trips whenever you get to see each other!
i feel like answering this question would only depress me for being single lol. hmm but ive only had one kind-of serious relationship and i met him through my brothers… hows that for a boring story haha. YAY FOR WHOLE FOODS BOY!!! <3
*Wishes she had a brother to bring over cute friends* hehehehe
I’ve met some pretty interesting people at WF too–I had a fascinating conversation about Iceland with a guy in the dairy case (we were both looking at Icelandic yogurt), and I’ve chatted up a few people near the tofu too:)
I met my current boyfriend at the gym; we used adjacent treadmills for three months before he finally said “hello.” Our relationship has been kinda half-long distance in that I went to school in NC where he lives, but I lived permanently in AL.
Oh I know! I love your “treadmill buddy” story, Caroline! You and Seth are adorable!!!
Sporting goods, boys… no big difference! Hehe. And yes – thank goodness for Facebook!
I did the long distance thing for about 7 months after my college boyfriend and I graduated last June…. it wasn’t awful, but our relationship was sort of stagnating and heading nowhere and eventually I broke up with him. It was weird because we’d been friends for a year before we started dating, and now we barely talk. So. Maybe I don’t have the best track record for this sort of thing… :-\
I’m in one right now with a vegan total babe! woot woot
hehehe in Texas? Maybe I know her?!
She isn’t in Texas:( I already tried to get you to go out with me. LOL
Haha wha? I didn’t know that. I’m pretty dense lol. But are you in Tx now? Have you been to that new restaurant, Bliss, yet? (I think it’s new anyways…)
Yeah.. I’m in Dallas. And I don’t think you’re dense.. just too busy to notice! lol
I haven’t been to Bliss(it’s not new btw). Raw food makes a fattie like me makes me anggrrrryyyy
I sent you an email I’ve got a mission for you!
Going to read your email right now… will respond when I get a chance!!
I personally could not do a long distance relationship, but that doesn’t mean it doesn’t work for others! I just love spending time with my boy
Are “Whole-Foods Boy” and “the clerk in the shoe department” college students?
WF boy had finished college when I met him. As for shoe guy, I’ll be talking more about him soon!
What is the occupation of “Whole-Foods Boy”?
Please don’t be offended, but I’m not going to answer this one. I don’t mind getting personal about MYself on the blog, but the fact of the matter is that my friends didn’t ask to have a blog, themselves, so I try to respect their privacy by not talking as much about them as I’d like.
Awesome!! I always said I’m going to meet the love of my life in my co-op haha. At least you have the same interests, right!? Alas, I tend to fall for guys who are on vacation in San Diego so I know how you feel. I say nothing is wrong with a long distance relationship if it’s meant to be. NY, my one true love, ain’t so bad.
I dont think you should worry at all about posting pics your face is absolutely gorgeous and im actually waaay skinnier than you!, its so annoying cos I eat lots and lots
I get teased all the time for being so thin … have you ever been teased for being slim?
Oh hugs, Karly! I don’t get teased, just I get tons of stares from people, where I think to myself, I know exactly what they’re thinking:” Up, there goes an 80 pound anorexic, how sad.” If you ever need support, I’m always available at chocolatecoveredkatie@msn.com
Hi Katie, I was just wondering if I could send you an e-mail…my comment might be way too long so I thought I could just type out a formal e-mail? If so, what e-mail address could I send it to? I love your blog and insights, thanks for being you!
-Jamie
Sure thing!!
It’s chocolatecoveredkatie@msn.com
How cute and convenient to find a guy while shopping
I met my husband in a bar in Buffalo, NY. Does that count? LOL We’ve been together 16 years now!!!
Haha…I did. The ACT ended early and both of our parents were late to pick us up, so we talked for 45 minutes. …I’m trying to STOP thinking about him. No phone #. I don’t give it out to random people.
Wow, something good actually came out of taking a test? Who knew that was possible?!
Katie, I have been dating my boyfriend long distance for TWO YEARS! It can be done. California to Texas and it aint that bad!
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