because the charmers in my past had an influence on my first impressions of my husband-to-be.
We worked at the same large company in different departments, but our jobs required us to interact on the phone. Completing my tasks depended on information from his department.
He was a new employee who had come to my office several times with a group of his co-workers. He wasn't as boisterous as the other guys & I had noticed that he blushed whenever I spoke to him.
Yet he came across in a blunt manner whenever I talked to him on the phone.
As incredible as it sounds, I found his bluntness & lack of charm refreshing. What you saw is what you got.
I'd call him on the phone for the input I needed & he'd say, "We're still working on it". Click. No goodbye.
Timely results were essential, but I wasn't used to that cold treatment, either, so I called him again with a lame question just to size him up again. He gave me the same attitude but with just a hint of flirtation in his voice, & when I asked him again about the results I needed, he told me he couldn't get it done if I kept calling him, so "stop calling!"
Hmm, I thought. 
I picked up the phone & called him with another aggravating question. And to flirt.
Soon after, the three-day Labor Day weekend came up & I took that Monday off. On Tuesday, he called me at work & asked me where I'd been the day before. He had missed interacting with me on the phone & asked me for my home number.
He did call me at home & the first thing he said was, "I just wanted to see if you gave me the right number." We talked until early the next morning, found out that we had a lot in common, & we were a couple from that point on.
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