It's been so weird. Within the past week I've been asked by two of my patients to join them for lunch. One of them is a 65 years old female, very warm, friendly, caring, intelligent and talkative woman of an Indian descent. We've really bonded on many different levels while I was providing my services and she extended the invitation to get together some time soon; we'll see. The other one is a 40 years old male, married with two kids; he kept trying to "charm" me, while I was trying to ground him by asking questions about his family and he was answering without even blinking and then kept "flirting" all over again. I was determined to keep communication to the minimum and politely refused his invitation to join him for lunch. Talk about uncomfortable situations. :)
Oh, then I have a couple of my regular female patients(who only desire to receive treatment from me, and we have 4 hygienists in the office) who boldly try to match me up with their sons, continuosly. I honestly adore those ladies, but I cannot help but laugh when they start those conversations and we end up joking around. Good times.
I love what I do and I truly enjoy the company of my patients...and it's mutual, most of the time. :) Life is good!