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| Fri, 03-30-2007 - 8:27am |
I just had the cutest detective at my door and I totally blew it!!!!!!!!!!!
We have had some trouble on our street with some of the bad boys who got ahold of a toy beebee gun. One kid shot the neighbor's car and another threatened the same neighbor's kid with the gun. This parent got irrate and called the police and is pressing charges. My son is a witness.
We had a nice detective come to the house to talk to my son. And it just so happens that my son's room is all over the house because I am replacing the floors. So, MrDetective gets to see all of his awards on DS's desk because it is in the family room . And he comments on how impressed he is with DS's awards and sports photos.
Of course yours truly is more worried about the street drama because I don't want to see kids on our street playing with guns and the upset neighbor is here and it is a big story and drama. They get DS's side of the story. It is a drama because one of the kids who did a bad thing is in our carpool.
Okay - so yesterday the detective comes and he is in his plain clothes. His eyes sparkle and mine sparkle back. We have to go through the house to get outside to the pool and he is behind me. Wouldn't you know I am so lucky as to be wearing my tiny running shorts and a race teeshirt and have never been this fit - so that is really lucky for me. He asks me how my training is going and explains he is a runner. We sit on my patio and talk and talk. And there is a sparkle!!
So then he has to talk to DS out in his car to get a recorded statement. Says basically that he has sorted it out. The kid who shot the car gets arrested. And the others get a lecture and he took away all of the guns.
AND THAT WAS IT. I am such a dope to not mention I was single. I mean, if he sees me with a kid in a house he is going to think I have someone? I remember in an earlier conversation talking and him alluding to the fact that he was single. He is the same age, likes to run and has a dog just like mine.
So now what do I do? I was thinking of telling the neighbor who talks to him a lot (his car got shot) to mention that as a single mom I really appreciate the way he talked to my son and taught him such a lesson. And then the ball would be in his court.
If nothing else it is a fun encouragement to me and a lesson to make sure I tell someone I am single. But with all the drama on the street and me worrying about my own DS being a witness I was a bit preoccupied.

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Wow- what drama!!!
OK - so I'm going to tell you what I did.
I asked someone who knew the man I was interested in to check and find out if, in fact, he was single...and if so, if he remembered meeting me, and if so...if he'd be interested in hearing from me.
She did - he said yes, yes, and yes...I called...three weeks ago today as a matter of fact...and things have been going very, very VERY well for that 3 weeks. Who knows where it will lead, but for now, it's wonderful and amazing and the best move I ever made.
Yes, the theory can be put forth that "if he's interested, he'll find you." Of course...but had I done nothing, nothing would have happened...and that would most definitely have been my loss.
Good luck and keep us posted!!!
Mamarose (who is falling faster by the minute and no longer waits for the other shoe to drop)
Well it was a lot of kids involved. The two who brought the gun outside are the ones who carpool with us - and their parents were not home. They gave it to an 8 year old who purposely aimed at and shot the car across the street (he and his brother come here from another neighborhood and they are troublemakers). But the older kid who aimed at the kid from across the street was just trying to get him to calm down - that older kid took the gun back in his house afterwards. These guns are airsoft guns with plastic beebees so legally they are a toy - but the kids are not allowed to threaten another person or cause damage.
We live in a really affluent neighborhood - but there are a lot of latchkey kids who would do better with more supervision and activities.
The detective talked to all the kids and parents and confiscated the gun. So I feel pretty confident that this mess is sorted out for now. And my son got a lesson on how to be sure he picks good friends so he is not ever on the other side of the such a mess.
I did remember that the detective has to come back and talk to the neighbor across the street. That neighbor is away on spring break. So hopefully we will see him again. I was thinking that if he is a detective he can figure out I am not married. My house is in my name and my divorce is in the court records.
You do have a good point here.
But wait a minute - don't just sit on this story - make a new post and tell us more - how you met, what you have been doing, what he likes about you and what you like about him and whatever else you can think of?
I am thinking I might talk to my neighbor because that is the neighbor with the good kids across the street and he seemed to know this detective. They are away right now but will be back in a few weeks.
QUICK! BREAK THE LAW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! hehehe
Well, I would maybe send him a nice little thank you card at the station - saying exactly what you were going to say to the neighbor.
8 year olds w/ Airsoft guns? Sheesh, are their parents just nuts? My boys got those guns (the X got the 2 boys and himself each one) back when the boys were 12 &14. S15 has a group of friends that have been heavily into it since they were all 12 but they wear goggles and protective clothing and are out in the open desert away from homes. Those guns look very real, I can just imagine some kid getting shot because some adult mistakes the Airsoft gun for a real gun. I'm glad my boys lost interest, and in the paint ball thing too.
As to cute detective, he must have noticed a lack of ring, lack of wedding photos in your house. Hopefully, he noticed the shorts and the in shape legs :) He might not be able to follow up on any flirting til after this case is done. Your son is a witness. I'll be rooting for Mr. Detective being available and finding a way to appear running with the dog in a location frequented by you.
That is a relief to hear your sons lost interest. I would not mind responsible target practice with goggles and protective clothing. The problem is that we are in a subdivision with no real open space for such a thing. The kids who own the gun are older but have not been taught any rules, there are no parents home - their parents work late. They gave it to a much younger kid - and that is how the car got shot.
The father of the kids with gun was wondering WHY the neighbor who got his car shot and his kid threatened was so upset - he says, "but it is just a toy gun". I had to yell at him and say that it is not a safe toy and nothing good can come of it - only regrets. He said they had the guns hidden after the kids shot out a $600 window. But the kids found them. He did say he got rid of the guns in the house. But the bad thing is that he never went to apologize to our other neighbor or really talk to his boys for doing such a thing. They never got in any trouble for their actions. These kids are basically good kids but they slide on a lot of stuff because their parents are never home. They get detentions in school and grades that are not good.
I did call our neighbor (the one with the shot car) (who is out of the state on spring break with his kids) to give him an update, hoping to work some conversation in about the detective, but he is still too riled up about his car and kid to really talk to about anything else. And with the case still not closed I have to just chill and see what happens, not to mention that I don't know the detective's name!! I am pretty sure we will see the officer again when he comes to talk to my neighbor.
Now that it is spring the race season is picking up - I have a bike race this weekend and more planned after that. We have a new sports club that is riding around my town on the weekends and planning lots of other activities. So there are lots of social opportunities. I am not going to get stuck on just this one.
Time and patience will bring me a good one! And I will keep you all posted for sure.
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