2007: A dating odyssey
Okay, a lot has happened to me in the past year...particularly in my lovelife. I had 8 dates...8! That's 8 more than I had in 2006. Or 2005. Or...you get the picture. I wrote about all my dates with Glenn in this blog already. But here are the 3 before I met him.
1st date - Feb. 23, Friday
How am I so sure of the date? Well, it was the night of the Taylor Hicks concert (sighhhh). I bought 2 FRONT ROW tickets from eBay. 500 bucks! But it was so worth it! You can read all about it in an earlier blog entry. Now, about the guy I went with...Glen...no, not the same one. I had just joined match.com and he was the first guy who wrote to me. I had written to a few, but with no luck. Glen was 40 and kind of weird looking. His only keyword was 'dragon'. Weird, right? Anyway, he asked me out for coffee or something and I declined but then I decided I needed to find someone to go to the concert with me. So I asked him, he said yes, and we met at the concert place. He was a lot fatter and older looking than his picture. Absolutely no chemistry there but I was so excited about seeing Taylor that I didn't notice too much about Glen. During intermission, I asked him what he did and he said something that sounded like 'school board'. He didn't seem very well-educated though and he was kind of lower-class. When we walked outside after the show, Glen was kind of looking at me and I thought "Oh, dear God, please don't let him kiss me!" So to circumvent that, I gave him a very quick hug and ran off to my ride. We kept writing to each other but I was definitely waiting for something better to come along.
2nd date - mid-April, Thursday
Glen had asked me out again and I finally reluctantly agreed. We met at Carrabba's for dinner. I was wearing my black and red dress and I know I looked good. I looked way too hot compared to this guy. That's not a good thing. Conversation was...uncomfortable. He talked about comic books and then went on to talk about how Velma from Scooby-Doo was a lesbian and Daphne and Fred were porn stars. And he was pretty serious about it! They're just cartoons! He used a lot of obscenities and vulgar language. There's nothing really wrong with swearing but, on a date at the beginning of a relationship...it's a turn-off. And denigrating Scooby-Doo? That's just too much! I asked him again where he worked, because I was having trouble believing this loser was on the school board. He said something that sounded like "Scoop Org". I didn't want to say "What?" so I just asked what he did there and he said warehouse. That made a lot more sense...I can picture him in a warehouse easier than in a suit on the school board. I still don't know what 'Scoop Org' is, but it doesn't matter. I don't remember too much more of our conversation except that I was bored and really glad I had told him I had to get up early the next day (I didn't really; I just didn't want to spend too much time with him). When we got up to go, he got up first and as I was sliding out of the booth, my skirt rode up and I think he was trying to get a peek...gross! No hug this time, I just jumped into the car. We wrote each other once or twice after that but then he just stopped writing. Thank goodness! I was scared he was going to turn out to be one of those troublesome stalker types. Thus ends the chapter called Glen. Total loser! It's unkind, but true. He was kind of creepy and I'm really glad I didn't accept a ride from him.
Fast-Forward to June: My first date with Ryan, Carrabba's again.
Ryan. What can I say about him? He had kind of an effeminate voice and not much of a sense of humor. We talked on the phone a couple of times then met for dinner. He said I looked really nice, which was a good start. He gave me a hug, also nice. Conversation was good, but a little dull. He didn't seem to get my jokes. Halfway through the meal, I noticed he looked a lot like Uncle Hassan...great. That kind of ruined it for me. He gave me a hug when we said goodnight. We exchanged a couple more e-mails and then he disappeared into the night, like so many others...it wasn't meant to be, I guess. I don't remember much about it so I must not have been that interested.
Other recaps of 2007 coming soon!
1st date - Feb. 23, Friday
How am I so sure of the date? Well, it was the night of the Taylor Hicks concert (sighhhh). I bought 2 FRONT ROW tickets from eBay. 500 bucks! But it was so worth it! You can read all about it in an earlier blog entry. Now, about the guy I went with...Glen...no, not the same one. I had just joined match.com and he was the first guy who wrote to me. I had written to a few, but with no luck. Glen was 40 and kind of weird looking. His only keyword was 'dragon'. Weird, right? Anyway, he asked me out for coffee or something and I declined but then I decided I needed to find someone to go to the concert with me. So I asked him, he said yes, and we met at the concert place. He was a lot fatter and older looking than his picture. Absolutely no chemistry there but I was so excited about seeing Taylor that I didn't notice too much about Glen. During intermission, I asked him what he did and he said something that sounded like 'school board'. He didn't seem very well-educated though and he was kind of lower-class. When we walked outside after the show, Glen was kind of looking at me and I thought "Oh, dear God, please don't let him kiss me!" So to circumvent that, I gave him a very quick hug and ran off to my ride. We kept writing to each other but I was definitely waiting for something better to come along.
2nd date - mid-April, Thursday
Glen had asked me out again and I finally reluctantly agreed. We met at Carrabba's for dinner. I was wearing my black and red dress and I know I looked good. I looked way too hot compared to this guy. That's not a good thing. Conversation was...uncomfortable. He talked about comic books and then went on to talk about how Velma from Scooby-Doo was a lesbian and Daphne and Fred were porn stars. And he was pretty serious about it! They're just cartoons! He used a lot of obscenities and vulgar language. There's nothing really wrong with swearing but, on a date at the beginning of a relationship...it's a turn-off. And denigrating Scooby-Doo? That's just too much! I asked him again where he worked, because I was having trouble believing this loser was on the school board. He said something that sounded like "Scoop Org". I didn't want to say "What?" so I just asked what he did there and he said warehouse. That made a lot more sense...I can picture him in a warehouse easier than in a suit on the school board. I still don't know what 'Scoop Org' is, but it doesn't matter. I don't remember too much more of our conversation except that I was bored and really glad I had told him I had to get up early the next day (I didn't really; I just didn't want to spend too much time with him). When we got up to go, he got up first and as I was sliding out of the booth, my skirt rode up and I think he was trying to get a peek...gross! No hug this time, I just jumped into the car. We wrote each other once or twice after that but then he just stopped writing. Thank goodness! I was scared he was going to turn out to be one of those troublesome stalker types. Thus ends the chapter called Glen. Total loser! It's unkind, but true. He was kind of creepy and I'm really glad I didn't accept a ride from him.
Fast-Forward to June: My first date with Ryan, Carrabba's again.
Ryan. What can I say about him? He had kind of an effeminate voice and not much of a sense of humor. We talked on the phone a couple of times then met for dinner. He said I looked really nice, which was a good start. He gave me a hug, also nice. Conversation was good, but a little dull. He didn't seem to get my jokes. Halfway through the meal, I noticed he looked a lot like Uncle Hassan...great. That kind of ruined it for me. He gave me a hug when we said goodnight. We exchanged a couple more e-mails and then he disappeared into the night, like so many others...it wasn't meant to be, I guess. I don't remember much about it so I must not have been that interested.
Other recaps of 2007 coming soon!
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