Jane might’ve been as blind as a bat and risking a nasty accident, yet there was no way she was wearing her glasses on her date with Michael. After all, boys don’t make passes at girls who wear glasses.
Unfortunately, Michael also left his glasses at home. Didn’t want to be a nerd.
Lucky to bump into each other at Town Hall steps, they headed out for tapas at a Spanish restaurant .
“Do you like modern art?” she asked looking straight at the no smoking sign.
“Absolutely, he replied.
The waiter said nothing. Now, he’d really seen it all.
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99 words
This is a much abbreviated version of a much longer short story I wrote when I was still at university seemingly more than a lifetime ago. Back when my short-sightedness was quite as bad as it is now, I used to go out on the town blind. Contact lenses didn’t really agree with me and weren’t quite as common then as they are now.
Sydney’s Town Hall Steps is a common meeting spot on a Saturday night, particularly if you’re meeting people from different parts of Sydney. So it’s pretty crowded and not the easiest place for two short-sighted people to find each other. The two short sighted couple mistaking a no smoking sign as modern art also plays on that thing of people pretending they know what it’s about and putting on a front.
Sydney Town Hall
This has been another contribution to Friday Fictioneers hosted by Rochelle Wishoff-Fields. Every week we write 100 words to a photo prompt. PHOTO PROMPT © CEAyr
Best wishes,
Rowena
Beyond the Flow 
Fun take on the prompt – lovely read, Rowena!
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that made me smile. A comedy of errors
That really made me smile!
Cute! The story has a feel good down to earth vibe. A realism. Both parties trying to impress.
I think a lot of youths would have been blind on these steps after a night out 😈…
Ha, cute story 🙂
The waiter was a witness to two people who would deny all their shortcomings! You can’t change everything – Just deal with it! Nice story!
Hopefully love is blind!
Absolutely delightful! Hopefully, they knew the restaurant well enough not to need a menu!
My story is a but click away!
A match made in heaven ❤
Oh! That was beyond sweet!
At least they recognised each other on this new form of a Blind Date.
Funny 🙂 I was distracted the first time through, had to go back and read it again. And laughed out loud 😛
I’m beginning to see what bad eyesight really is, I sometimes walk the woods in the morning without my glasses and find myself enveloped by a fuzzy greeness, its a nice feeling!
One blind leading another blind, both don’t know where will they end up.
Not a good combination, but at least they’ll be lost together.
Best wishes,
Rowena
You’re at the early stages. I’d never make it home.
I often wear my glasses in at our local beach as the water is pretty flat and I’m legally blind without my glasses on. Anyway, a good 10 years or so ago, I went for a swim and a wave came along and I naturally dived under but forgot to take off my glasses and they fell off. Gone. I couldn’t see anything. I was completely vul;nerable. Fortunately, a friend spotted me and drove me home. Beforehand, however, I left my details with the lifeguard in case they turned up. He was very doubtful. However, two days later, he rang. The glasses had risen from the dead. They weren’t in a great state but it made for a great story.
Best wishes,
Rowena
Thanks, Linda. I was pleased to be ablle to shrink the original story and give it a second wind.
Best wishes,
Rowena
Thanks, Dale.
Thanks, Nan.
Thanks Iain.
Too true.
Thanks, Sandra.