I have a couple of favorite customers who have lunch together every couple of weeks. They're older guys, they love me; I love them. I know what they eat, I know what they drink ('
course, I know what everybody in New London eats and drinks) and they invariably ask me some weird and/or crazy question druing their third or fourth beer.
Today Mike asked me, "What color is a sapphire?"
"Blue, Mike."
We discussed the many merits of sapphires and I added, "It's my birthstone." Mike's crony Tom was shocked to learn that specific months have specific birthstones -- he wanted to know if one's birthstone depended on when during the month one was born, like a zodiac sign.
No, Tom.
"What's your birth month, Tom?" "June." "Your birthstone is pearl."
"What's yours, Mike?" "October."
"You're opal."
They were floored. But of
course I know my birthstones.
As a kid, I loved to know my sisters' birthstones and zodiac signs, their teachers and their friends. And now I -- Mom and all my sisters and I -- love to hear every detail about
their kids' birthdays and
their peeps and
their lives . . . anything,
everything to learn the specific awesomeness and uniqueness of our clan, our kin.
But with Tom and Mike? I let them think it was magic.
You are magic, Ellie. Pure magic!!
ReplyDeleteAnd oh how I love this post! I love to know people's zodiac sign, birthstone, birth flower, Chinese zodiac sign, etc. -- so interesting to me. You probably poured over the pages of Linda Goodman's "Love Signs" obsessively when a teenager too! Good times, good times.
I think we should all really start introducing ourselves with this information. So, for example, "Hi, I'm Beth. I'm a monkey Gemini, my flower is lily-of-the-valley and my stone, emerald."
xoxo,
Beth
P.S. During my first marriage, I used to love that my family had the birthstones of: diamond, emerald, ruby, and sapphire -- doesn't get any more precious than that!
Hi, I'm Ellie. I'm a Rabbit Virgo, my flower is Aster and my stone, sapphire.
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xoxox
E.
You and your magic! It's all fine and good until someone gets stuck with topaz, the armpit of the gem world. Sigh.
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Jacquie, a monkey scorpio. My flower is chrysanthemum and my stnoe, topaz.
Jacquie
I love topaz! Much more accessible than emerald. Smokey topaz is especially amazing. I say you win, J. Plus, chrysanthemum's smell delectable!
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Beth