These are Carmen and Pietro as I met them the other day at the Galleria d'Italia, in Milan. The story is actually Carmen, Pietro is just the "vittima innocente": when two and a half month ago Pietro was transferred from the Pavia office to Milan and Carmen saw him, she decided she wanted him (in a major way). Grapevine query came back negative (which is positive): straight and single. She had a long (Chardonnay fueled) strategy sessions with her friend Nicolosia and decided to treat Pietro with studied, cold and calculated ignorance and reel him in. It did NOT work at all, he ignored her right back for weeks. After more Chardonnay, they decided on an attacking approach (with escalation): every time she saw him she would smile broadly and cheerfully and say "Ciao Piero" (deliberately using the wrong name to provoke interaction). Promising results: they went from Ciao to short chat ... and then Carmen escalated to all-out offense: anything Pietro said she would giggle and play with her hair, also she would blatantly time her checkout/check-in to match his and catch the same elevator. Eventually, on a Wednesday, Pietro caved: on Friday, he said, he is going to this art opening and would she like to go? Carmen almost fell off the floor but played it cool and said "Yes ... (giggle-giggle) ... that sounds ... (twirl lock with right thumb around pointing finger) ... great!" Chardonnay and Nicolosia decided on the dress ... Carmen's original proposal bright orange very tight and very short was voted down as too slutty. From what I saw, it is wooooor-kiiiing!
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