Who should get off the elevator but the gentlewoman from the previous evening along with a guy who looked kind of bizarre. What's the etiquette here? She saw me, I saw her, I smiled, she smiled, the guy didn't notice.


I have a friend who's a psychologist. And of course, some people are sensitive about it being known they see one. So she might find herself standing right behind a client at the grocery store, or at the next table at a restaurant or something. And she completely ignores them until/unless they make the first move. In which case they can chat, whatever.


Your situation would appear to be somewhat analogous. If she smiles at you first, then you smile back. If she looks right through you, you do the same.


Regards, Lee