"You only get one chance to make a good impression", fair enough of a comment, but really doesn't mean much. I have a new friend Ruben. We met thru a mutual friend and the gigantic personality of Monique, not the black Oscar winning Mo'nique, this Monique is the Latina Comedy Diva and very funny and insightful friend. I was in Monique's hotel room when Ruben came in to join us for dinner. We had a glass of wine before we left for dinner. I thought Ruben was the gay man's answer to Nicole Kidman. I found him to be stiff, pretentious, and standoff-ish, a complete and unadulterated blow hard was my initial diagnosis. My response? Like you do to warts, to freeze him out. I know you don't think Cubans can issue a deep freeze but trust me this Cuban can drop temperatures faster than liquid Nitrogen.
The next day, Monique asked me to join her and Ruben for coffee at the hotel terrace. I dreaded the waste of "time". Monique in her own way made Ruben and I talk, as if we were talking to her, but these were stories she already knew. Monique wanted us to hear each other. It worked, Ruben actually thawed out, I really enjoyed hearing his stories and he actually enjoyed hearing mine.
I then Facebooked Ruben, and although he lives in California and there are 2 time zones between us, we have had very authentic, funny and memorable chats. Ruben single handedly showed me that first impressions are just that, a first impression.
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