Among Friends

[mintedrose]

I was shopping at my favorite botique the other day and the lady who worked there was very nice helpful. We started talking as she was helping me find what i was looking for, then we started talking fashion, designers and then on to fun things to do in the summer here. She seemed very active and I couldnt believe it when she said that she was in her late 60s. 

Anyway, I told her i was moving out of the area and she asked if i had seen such and such places here. When i said no, she reached out and gave me her card. She said she'd love to take me. She's much older than me but i still really appreciated her offer and was really touched by it.

Have any of you made friends with someone on a shopping endevour? 

[AuntG]

Nothing like you describe has ever happened, but I say "just looking" when a salesperson approaches.

[Katcat1]

No, I never had but it doesn't mean it can't happen.

[haddon9]

There were a few times when I started to talk with someone in a store and we had such a great conversation that I almost asked if they wanted to get together sometime but I didn't. 

During the last presidential election I was waiting in a long line for my turn to vote.  The line was brought indoors due to inclement weather and my husband had gone much earlier than me.  I started to talk to the woman next to me in line.  She had her husband along with her but he was disabled and had to keep sitting down.  I had a great conversation with her and I felt that we had several things in common...her husband had similar health issues and we were the same age plus I just felt like we clicked.  I almost asked he if she wanted to get together sometime but didn't and I sort of regret  it...oh well.

I did become friends with a woman years ago while waiting my turn for a hair cut at a salon.  My daughter was only weeks old and another woman waiting next to me also just had a baby. Our babies were home with their dads so we were able to talk.  We exchanged numbers and became friends.

[StephaniM]

Nice!  Take her up on her offer!  We can never have too many friends and you just may be helping a lonely person by your company.  Age shouldn’t matter, a pleasant person is what’s important.  Do it!

[september]

I actually have met someone while out shopping.   She didn’t work in the store, but we struck up a conversation. 

I was new to the area, and she seemed friendly and welcoming.  We got together a few times, then I learned she was a Mary Kay consultant and she was interested in me as a potential customer.  So, beware.  

[software]

I'm forever making random "friends" out in public.

Once I was in line at a fast food restaurant

While I was waiting for my order, another lady there and I struck up a conversation.

We ended up sharing a booth!

Never saw her again.

I live in the south, where everything is a social event.

[chrystaltree]

Actually, yes.  One of my good friends is the owner of a boutique in town.  I could only buy jewelry and accessories in her shop because she only sold sizes 2-12.  One day, we were chatting and I asked her about that.  I asked why she exluded half the women in town and she did not like the question...LOL   She babbled some foolishness because the question embarrassed her but a couple of weeks later when I was walking by she ran out and asked me to me in.  You can tell when a store is failing and I knew her's was failing.  We talked that day and a couple of other times and she listened.  She changed her "skinny girls only" strategy over time and that brought in more customers and at some point she and I became friends.    

[ID2]

I live nearby a few tourist towns. They fill up with vacationers during the summers. I have a few boutiques I shop at. One in particular, I've gotten rather close to the manager. When I go in there now, she becomes my personal shopper. I just let her go and she does her magic choosing beautiful outfits, tops, bottoms that fit my figure to a T. Love small town living.