There was an awards ceremony and dinner the last night of the annual meeting. The men were asked to wear ties and the women were instructed to wear appropriate business attire. I traded the bikini I had planned to wear for black slacks and a velvet shirt.
I have worked on and off for the last year with a man who, when he wasn’t driving me crazy, elicited only my ambivalence. He showed up to the dinner wearing a suit and I was shocked at how handsome he looked. In the suit, his eyes didn’t seem so bulgy and his forehead wasn’t nearly so vast. He mentioned that he had lived in Japan and spoke Japanese. The next thing I know, I am hanging on to his every word!
It’s amazing what a nice suit and a second language can add to a person’s attraction quotient.