So after my two perfectly nice but unsparktafying dates I wanted to go on at least one date I was actually excited about. After asking daily if I could quit yet and was told no, I figured it was a good compromise. I had 4 guys on the line, all had potential to be a date I was excited about. One went on vacation to Hawaii and apparently never came back. One guy apparently couldn't handle the fact that I wasn't ready to give him my # yet. One guy finally, FINALLY asked if I wanted to go out, to which I said yes but when our schedules didn't match up on the first try he jumped ship. And the last one asked me out, I accepted and then he completely fell off the face of the earth. All had potential to have funny stories told about them.
The first guy I can't really remember much about. Not a good sign, I know.
The second owned two swords. Yes! TWO. SWORDS. One was from Ireland. True story. That may have been my first clue to run...not walk...quickly away. He, also, had his own YouTube channel.
The third was extremely interesting but had the habit of having split personalities (?). The fun one and the one who liked to, what I refer to as, "Horse Whisper" me. He talked to me like I imagine you would to a skittish horse you are trying to "break". A lot of the time I felt I had to jump through hoops to maintain his attention. I'd back off and he's start being normal fun guy again. It was weird. I honestly was sort of relieved by the end that he apparently couldn't handle the fate that I had a very busy & booked up weekend. I mean, he asked on Thursday for a Saturday date, what did he expect?!
The last one was the one I was most disappointed about. He was a "brain doctor"...for real, thank you Linkedin for verification, which wasn't even the most exciting or interesting thing about him. In fact, it was a little intimidating but I bring it up because it was what we called him. We being Karie, Crystal & I...since they were the angel & devil sitting on my shoulder through out this whole process. He had a wicked sense of humor and rolled right along with mine and all the crazy, inappropriate (for online dating) things I threw out at him. I have no clue why he asked me out & asked me what I had in mind to do and then totally disappeared after I accepted and suggested a date & something low key. Really?! I hope the fall off the face of the earth hurt just a little bit.
Any guy I emailed first never responded. Any guy I was talking to and asked if they wanted to meet up never responded after that. What is the deal with that?! Telling someone no or they're not interested is a bit awkward but it can be done and quite nicely too. I know, because I did it. Maybe not all the time but any time I had someone send me a genuine email or request I was nice enough to respond. Especially if there was dialogue going on, I don't like wondering why someone just disappeared so I tried to not make others wonder. Apparently, I was doing it wrong.
I was over POF about 10
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