How Odd!

How odd!

So I've been doing work as a background actress for the past few months and I totally love it.  It's fun. It's exciting and it's brings me closer to one of the main goals I have in my life:  acting in a movie with a real role and all of that.

Now while doing this work, I've also met some very interesting people which has been a blessing overall.  Many of them I now consider good friends.

Yesterday on set I met a man, or rather remet a man because we had met last week on the same shoot, who said something completely odd to me which threw me off.  He said that I was the 'kind of woman he'd like to have an affair with'.  Wow? really?  I think I would have rather heard 'you'd make a great girlfriend/wife' or 'you're the kind of woman men fall in love with.'   Anyway.....

I didn't know how to react so I retorted with, 'Well if you think I'm pretty, you could just say that instead.  I don't get involved with men who are married, separated or any thing resembling that.'  He and his buddy just laughed.

Now I'm pretty sure it was meant as a compliment, but at the same time an insult.  I mean, really....why can't some men have a little decorum and pay a woman a real compliment, not some have laced pervy compliment that alludes sex.  I just don't get it.

And the story gets even weirder because as he was leaving, he asked me how old I was.  Well, I'm 38. I asked him right back, "How old do you think I am?"  He wouldn't answer, but pestered me about my age, asking at that point if I was over 30.  'Well yeah, I am,' I replied.

Then he said, "Would you like to be part of a project I'm working on. I would take your picture and you could get a professional head shot out of it."  For some reason, the hair on the back of my neck started to stand up so I asked him, "What sort of photos are we talking about here?  Fashion? Period? or ?"  He smiled and said, "Well we can do all of those. I'd really like to take some sexy, bourdoir photos of you if you are comfortable with that."

and again, I'm thinking how freaking odd!  I'm not skinny. I am not a model and this married man is wanting to take sexy photos of me in my skivvies?  What is wrong with the universe today?

I know I should be complimented and it should have made me feel really honoured that someone wants to take my photo because NO one ever takes my photo.  Unfortunately, that's not how it made me feel.

*Sigh*

How odd