Chip asked me about New York and what I wanted to do, and how long my dad had owned the shop, and what it was I loved about Waco. He asked about my sisters and my family in general, and what I'd done at Baylor, and if I'd known a few communications majors he'd run around with at school. {I told y'all he was chatty!} Somehow none of these questions seemed intrusive or strange to me at the time, which is funny, because thinking back I find them particularly telling.
At the time, it was just like talking with an old friend.
John finally stood up, and this baseball-cap-wearing customer that John had introduced as Chip followed. "Well, nice talking to you," he said.
"Nice talking to you too," I replied, and that was it. I went back inside. The guys in the shop wanted to know what I thought about Hot John, and I just laughed. "Sorry, guys, I don't think it's gonna work out."
The next day I came back from my lunch break to find a note on my desk: "Chip Gaines called. Call him back." I thought, So I called him. I honestly thought he was going to ask me about getting a better price on his brakes or something, but instead he said, "Hey, I really enjoyed our conversation yesterday. I was wondering…you want to go out sometime?"
And for some reason I said okay--just like that, without any hesitation. It wasn't like me at all. When I hung up the phone, I went, "What in the world just happened!"
So you said okay immediately? I don't even remember that. That's fun! No reservations? Man, I must've been good-lookin'.
What Chip didn't know was I didn't even give myself time to have reservations. Something told me to just go for it.
Cute, Joey. This story makes me love you all over again.
At the time, it was just like talking with an old friend.
John finally stood up, and this baseball-cap-wearing customer that John had introduced as Chip followed. "Well, nice talking to you," he said.
"Nice talking to you too," I replied, and that was it. I went back inside. The guys in the shop wanted to know what I thought about Hot John, and I just laughed. "Sorry, guys, I don't think it's gonna work out."
The next day I came back from my lunch break to find a note on my desk: "Chip Gaines called. Call him back." I thought, So I called him. I honestly thought he was going to ask me about getting a better price on his brakes or something, but instead he said, "Hey, I really enjoyed our conversation yesterday. I was wondering…you want to go out sometime?"
And for some reason I said okay--just like that, without any hesitation. It wasn't like me at all. When I hung up the phone, I went, "What in the world just happened!"
So you said okay immediately? I don't even remember that. That's fun! No reservations? Man, I must've been good-lookin'.
What Chip didn't know was I didn't even give myself time to have reservations. Something told me to just go for it.
Cute, Joey. This story makes me love you all over again.
( Joanna Gaines )
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