I met Larry David today - and lost my cool!

June 21, 6:50 PMMiami Relationships ExaminerDr. Erica Goodstone

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Is there somebody you've wanted to meet and then one day, accidentally, the person appears before you.  But  when you are face to face with this person, and he or she looks you squarely in the eyes and says, "Hello," you get all tongue-tied and don't know what to say.

Well, that is exactly what happened to me today when I was face to face with Larry David, the director and actor in the hit Home Box Office Series, Curb Your Enthusisam.  It happened quite unexpectedly.  I was contentedly shopping at one of my favorite local supermarkets, when I overheard someone say that he was seen in the store.  The two people behind the counter were excitedly talking about someone famous, some celebrity.  So, out of curiosity, I asked who they were talking about.  They explained that Larry David was in the store and pointed me in his direction.

When the guy behind the counter finished wrapping the turkey burgers I had asked for, I rushed toward the front of the store, expecting to go searching for Mr. David.  However, I suddenly saw someone who looked something like him, but I wasn't sure.  So, I went up to this total stranger and asked, "Are you Larry David?"  Somehow, since I would never have recognized him if someone hadn't forewarned me, I was sort of expecting him to say, "No, you have the wrong person."

So, when he looked me squarely in the eyes and said, "Yes," I was suddenly at a loss for words.  Stumbling over my words, as he walked away, I said, "Now I am even more interested in watching your show."  His persona, in person, appeared so much more gentle and so very much in the present moment, unlike his sort of cocky character on the TV series.

Doesn't matter how old I get or how experienced or how cool I might think I have become, I was suddenly transformed into a starstruck teenager when meeting a famous celebrity.  And it doesn't only happen with someone famous.  It could just be a person that I admire, that I believe knows more about something than I do, someone with an attitude, someone incredibly beautiful or strikingly handsome, someone extremely wealthy or obviously very poor.

Some of us, maybe even you, have this type of difficulty quite often when attempting to socialize with potential romantic partners or when applying for an educational program, a new job or dealing calmly with your family, friends or intimate partners.

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