Free fortune on the Metro?

The other day was quietly chatting in English on the metro ride home with another student who lives out where I do. She's a blondie so it was hard to keep a low profile even though we were speaking softly. Our differentness must have been intriguing enough, because this random guy approached us and started chatting it up.

In 4 weeks of using the metro every day no one has ever approached me. Usually in the metro you're a bunch of folks in close quarters but there isn't usually a lot of chatter. I imagine it's the same in all other subway systems---people staring off in the distance, reading something, bobbing their heads to mp3 players, or just riding with eyes shut and resting until the anticipated stop arrives.

After almost 5 months of study I'm happy to report that I can understand a good portion of what people say to me. The other girl however could not. So it was me straining to hear what this guy was saying over the noise of the moving train. At first the chit chat seemed normal. The conversation took a strange turn when he said to me ¨you´re Mormon aren't you?¨

Well what proceeded after that was some sort of fortune telling of the sort I've never experienced. Let's see, this is what I could understand... I'm introverted but intelligent, that I'll only find love once in my life, that I want a husband and family, and more interesting tidbits I missed due to the circumstances. He also mentioned things about the other girl that were surprisingly accurate as well.

We all got off the train at the end of the line, he suggested that he could tell me more, I politely declined, and we all parted ways. I left the metro scratching my head and wondering what kind of Mormon vibe I must emit. That's the only thing I figured he couldn't have deducted just by observation.