I think I have a problem...or everyone else has problems.

I learn new things about myself every single day. One of the things I've learned about myself is that I am a magnet for weird people with problematic lives. By this, I mean that everywhere I go, people find me and tell me all the things that are wrong with their lives, their entire stories. While this at certain times can be cool, it's also extremely creepy. Let me tell you a story.

Recently - as in a couple of days ago, I went to Starbucks to grab a cup of coffee and read my brand new edition of Tender is the Night (I highly recommend F. Scott Fitzgerald, by the way)
I got my Café Americano, and went to sit outside with my book. It had just started to get chilly, and I had my left hand wrapped around my coffee because it was warm, and I like warmth. There was a guy who looked like he was in his fifties sitting at the other table outside of Starbucks, and he was talking to someone, so I figured he wouldn't talk to me. The person walks away, so he's left there alone.

On my left ring finger, I wear a purity ring. This does not mean I am engaged, married, or promised to anyone in specific. It means that I am saving my virginity for marriage - it signifies that the only kind of intimacy I experience right now is with God, and that intimacy isn't physical, because since God is perfect, He doesn't need a physical act of unification to become one with me. A lot of people ask me about it, and that's partly my intention. It's a really cool witnessing tool, but most of the time, random people I don't know don't ask me about it. It's mostly people I've talked to a few times and just happen to glance down at my finger. One may think that it may be kind of awkward explaining to someone that I'm not having sex until I get married, but it's really not, it's just simply a commitment I've made to God, my future husband, and myself. It's never been creepy or awkward until this specific day.

Since I had my left hand wrapped around my coffee cup, seeing my left ring finger was pretty easy, and he abruptly (I didn't even realize he was speaking to me at first...) shouts out, "You aren't married already, are you!?"
Now, first of all, if I was married or engaged to be married, and the ring on my finger WAS an engagement ring, it's really not all that abnormal for a person my age to be engaged. I actually know quite a few people who are around the same age as me and engaged.
So bursting out into that kind of statement is a bit strange considering that he later told me (when I told him how old I was) that I didn't seem that young, that I seemed like I was about 23. And I definitely know PLENTY of people who were married by the age of 23.
So, anyway, I correct him and say that no, it's a purity ring. He says "Oh! Yeah! So that means you aren't going to...you know...until you're married" I nodded, and he said "Oh, so you're one of those Christian girls, right?" "Right" I said "I'm one of those Christian girls" then he asks me all the normal things you ask after that, what church do I go to, blah blah blah.
This is where the weird comes in - he starts telling me all about sex. That he's single and he's been single all his life, and he's 54 years old, and he can count on both hands how many times he's had sex in his entire life - but that my decision is smart because from a man's perspective, once a guy get's some from you, who won't marry you.
Then he says he's not going to lie, that sex does feel good, if I know what he means, and I say I don't know what he means, hence the purity ring and he laughs.
He keeps going on and on and on about his sad pathetic life where he's never been married and he's always wanted to get married, and all I can think is how can I find an excuse to get the heck out of here without looking like a jerk - I was thoroughly creeped out. So I check my watch and I say "Oh! Nice talking to you! I have a meeting" and dart to my car.

All I wanted was to sit and read my book and drink my coffee.

Do I put off a scent? Am I wearing some sign that only I can't see "Bring your problems here!"

Apparently, yes.