Innocence and flirting

Yesterday we (Lala, Cal and I) headed to the plaza for more christmas shopping. Again I hired the wheel chair and again people stared.

Towards the end of the trip we went into a shop to buy a present for Cal's mum. The guy who was serving Cal was obviously gay and quite obviously flirting. Cal, being the innocent creature that he is, had no idea. If this were an isolated incident it wouldn't bear mentioning but this kind of thing happens all the time--boys and girls alike flirt with Cal and he is totally clueless, thinking that they are just being friendly. Lala and I just watch in amazement.

Some time ago we went to lunch at one of those family restaurant chains. We ordered from a fairly cute guy and while we were waiting the cute guy flirted with Cal--some small talk about credit cards or some such. When we got back to the car one of us said "That guy was totally flirting with you."--"Nah he wasn't."--"Yes, baby, he was."--"No way, he was just being friendly, right Dan?"--"Sorry mate, he was flirting."--"Oh well."

Yesterday the same thing happened. The guy flirted; Cal took it as being friendly and, as a consequence, flirted back without knowing. If he had have figured it out, it wouldn't phase him at all. But even so, it's amusing to stand back and watch.

A similar thing happened at a party. Lala left him alone for one minute to get a drink and discovered on her arrival that another girl was sitting in her seat next to Cal. It would appear that the girl had been waiting for Lala to leave to sneak in on Cal. Lala just decided to sit somewhere else; as she looked over at them she saw the girl doing the 'you're-so-funny' laugh--a classic flirting technique--while touching his arms and "helping him" in his poker hand. After the game Lala said to Cal "You do realise that she was flirting with you, right?"--"What? When?"--"When she sat next to you when you were playing poker."--"Oh. I didn't even realise."

Lala doesn't really mind that other girls--or guys for that matter--flirt with him. Her philosophy is that no woman wants a man that other women/men don't want. Besides which, he is so clueless it's not like he'd act on them anyway. Even if he wasn't so clueless, she knows he wouldn't do anything anyway.