Chemistry.

I have probably learned one of the most valuable lessons in life today.
I was walking about in Glasgow doing some shopping and I wandered into an Art Gallery.
I worked my way through and as I was walking about on the 2nd floor I noticed a security guard. He wasn't a typical security guard, he was basically some student in a uniform. He was tall, a little chubby, probably about 19, pale with head full of choppy black hair and tattoos just poking out from the sleeves of his jumper and an ear stretcher (probably about 20 mm) in each ear.
He was not at all the kind of person I am usually attracted to but I felt drawn to him.
He wasn't exactly unique looking, there are plenty of pale men with black hair, tattoos and ear stretchers; none of his features were particulaly distinctive but I could not stop staring at him.
And I think I had exactly the same effect on him.
He kept his eyes on me constantly, I could tell from his expression that it wasn't because I looked shifty or that I was going to vandalise the art that hung around us, he genuinely was staring at me.
I kept seeing him and catching his eye wherever I went, and he was everywhere.
It was then I realised that not only could I not stop looking at him, but I was attracted to him, this stranger who I had merely looked at from across the room. I felt an odd rush, my heart began to quicken and I felt a strange need to run over and talk to him, find out his name, find out anything about him, just to talk to him.
I put it down to hormones and walked away, but he followed me and seconds later we were looking at each other again.
As I turned to leave, he returned to where he had been when I walked in, but didn't stop looking at me.
It was odd.
But I have realised that it doesn't matter what anyone looks like, or even their personality really (even though they both contribute majorly in the long run). A relationship is nothing without that connection, that spark that thing that will hold you together even if your partner doesn't look how you want them to look or isn't as funny or kind as you want them to be. It really doesn't matter at all because you'll be willing to put up with it. You might not even notice it's there.
It was the weirdest thing I think I've ever experienced sober.