Southern Comfort
Wednesday, May 26th
I met Southern Comfort for drinks at my spot! Wednesdays are always fun at Sherlocks! I was a little nervous about this date, almost expected it to be a total and complete bust. Mississippi small town boy has some southern habits I’m not too particularly fond of. He sends texts and calls me babe in them. While I’m all for terms of endearment, I don’t care for them prior to a first date, or right after really. Babe especially, it’s a term that requires feeling to me. Maybe I’m being too hard on him, but it just annoys me really. Sometimes men try too hard to do and say the things they THINK woman want. This would be one of those things that they are mistaken on. For me at least, I am sure other woman would love it.
Good news though! I was actually pleasantly surprised our date was a good time overall! He is a little goofy, a little nerdy! He seemed to be a gentleman which is always a plus. We shared some laughs, we danced a little (although, I don’t like grinding and at times he got too close. Downfall! I don't want to feel your ish dude, I'm a lady!). But, all and all it was good. I mean I wouldn’t say perfect, but good! It probably didn’t help that half way through our date I spotted the man of my dreams who happened to be hanging out with a guy that my friend knows. Lori – set it up girl! Terrible, I know!
Southern Comfort seems like a decent guy so I’ll probably go out with him again and hopefully to play some Top Golf soon! I’m open to see if there is anything here.
Thursday, May 27th
POST DATE UPDATE
More texts with babe and a conversation that went... You are hot, I couldn’t keep my eyes off you, I think you are awesome, Sorry I didn’t listen, I was distracted by your beauty. In a five minute conversation, that’s a lot.
WHATS WRONG WITH ME! Why am I annoyed? I can’t think of a single compliment Jake the Snake ever gave me and always wished he would, but this is TOO MUCH! Southern Comfort is way too over the top. Isn’t there a happy medium?
-The Trying To Be Open Minded
Mr. Monopoly
Everyone knows how this game is played. Invest and Return! Simple but OH SO BORING!
Enters him…
On Saturday May 22nd, I met Mr. Monopoly at Blue Mesa for drinks. It became apparent that I was going to carry the conversation and ask a lot of questions; otherwise, I might slit my wrists.
I’m almost positive it began by him talking about work without saying what he did, and he opened the door for me to ask. Just to make it clear, I don’t like to ask this question early on. Men are put off by it, and it always comes across like you are digging to see how much they make. But if you are going to go there, so am I. He had a small look of distaste for my question. C’mon, CLEARLY you wanted to go there. The Retirement Planner started talking to me about how 401K is not enough and how people need to invest in their futures! How he knew right away that he didn’t like his job, but that in 3 years he would be fully vested so he stayed for the investment. YAWN! He then bragged about how well he does and how he makes a lot of money. BIGGER YAWN!
I quickly interjected. SUBJECT CHANGE PLEASE! I thought maybe talking about disc golf would be interesting since he likes to play. This can’t be too serious a subject… WRONG AGAIN! Even Disc Golf is serious. He plays 2-3 times a week and started telling me about all the things you can do with a Frisbee and how serious he is at it. Another HUGE YAWN! Let me know when you make the Olympics buddy.
Diet – Now let me tell you I admire those who eat healthy. It’s so hard for me, I love food! I strive to be better, but I live a little too. Kudos to Mr. Monoploy for investing in his body and health. He doesn’t eat carbs, he doesn’t eat out, and he is lactose intolerant. The thought of a nice dinner with him just went out the door and the lactose part, TMI DUDE.
Now that I think about it I’m not sure Mr. Monopoly cracked a smile once. He was so serious about everything. Good guy, but BORING AS HELL.
Moral of this story… I will not pass go and will NOT collect $200!
-The Risk Taker
The Tail of the Cowardly Lie-on
So if we are going to talk about my dating experiences, we will have to go back in time a little.
Oh where to begin with Jake the Snake. First let me say that Jake the Snake seemed to be a great package, smart, funny, charming if he wanted, successful, and handsome. Good Catch? I thought maybe… Hmmm, but I thought wrong!
Date one, FUN! Date two, I thought FUN, then he disappeared like Houdini. I was tricked! Ok, not really. It bruised my ego for a day or two, but I didn’t think much of it.
You wouldn’t believe me if I told you that a couple weeks later the girls and I decided to have some fun and go speed dating (15 dates 5 minutes each). We all agreed this will be a good laugh. As I sit waiting for this ridiculous event to happen… and who walks through the door, you guessed it, Jake the Snake! I laughed out loud, and then thought, do I really have to spend 5 minutes with this guy? I did, chemistry was ON the heat was GOOD and then he tricked me again!
I don’t blame Jake the Snake. He is a confusing being, yes. God forbid he opened up a little. A constant wall always kept me at a distance. I became the girl with the flower.. He Loves me He loves me not. Well, it went more like, He Likes me, He Likes Me Not, He’ll Call Me, He’ll Call Me Not! It made me Coo Coo for Cocoa Puffs. I knew better not to get involved, I knew he was Just Not That Into ME, but something felt better than nothing and I guess I hoped he would come around since we always seemed to have fun together. NEGATIVE GHOST RIDER!
Classic girl mistake I told him I cared and BAM he was gone with the wind. After months of dating and speaking in some form everyday he didn’t even think enough of me to tell me he didn’t want to see me anymore, or maybe he met someone else. The world will never know. I guess he owes me nothing and I should get use to this. Not everyone is as honest as I am. So why the Cowardly Lie-on? I handed Jake the Snake an out clause by having two dreaded “talks”. The hardest part about having the “Talk” is starting it, and I did it for him. I gave him his get out of jail free card, and instead he told me everything was fine and that he cared and enjoyed spending time with me. Only I never heard from him again. Thanks for caring Jake the Snake.
What I realized, Jake the Snake didn’t have it in him to let me down. He wasn’t man enough to be honest. Mr. I’m a Good Guy didn’t want to hurt the sweet girls feelings, but he failed to notice that I am a BIG GIRL. He isn’t the end of the world and he certainly isn’t the end of me. So to Jake the Snake you get an F! An F THAT AND A F YOU TOO! No one likes a Cowardly Lie-on!
Lessons learned:
1. Don’t avoid the signs. When a man is into you, you’ll have NO doubts
2. Things that don’t work the first time tend not to work at all.
3. Don’t date on their terms, date on yours.
Thanks for the ride Jakey, it was fun while it lasted!
-A Much Wiser Fisherman
The Story... The Rules!
Dear Diary,
So as the years pass and I watch more and more of my friends find what their looking for and settle down...part of me thinks , WHY NOT ME? I look at their Facebook posts and all the happy pics and start to wonder when will it be my turn? I realize you can’t rush it, AND I realize it will happen for me one day. I am aware I am learning from all my mistake and that this my friends, is a simple numbers game.But here is the thing, I am so far behind, in fact, I might be so far behind, I’m ahead. I’ve been in long term relationships or I’ve been single… NOTHING IN BETWEEN!
Too sweet, too honest, too compassionate… Loves to love, loves to share, loves to express AND SEEMS TO LOVE TO SAVE THE UNSAVEABLES… I make the classic girl mistakes! Yeah that’s me! So what’s a girl to do when she is about to turn 29, has no prospects? Well some can sulk, and some could settle. Not I captain! I have decided to make this fun! Date is the answer! Date the pretty, date the ugly, date the smart, date the not so smart! The answer is DATE! Keeping in mind, I’m AWESOME and I deserve nothing but AWESOME!
Every date brings me closer to the day I’ll meet my LOBSTER! Learn what I want, learn what I don’t want. Have good dates, have bad dates, and laugh in between. Share my dates with the world and laugh along the way! But more importantly learn ME!
Rules of engagement:
1.Be open to all gods creatures… Or whoever else is running this joint!
2.Date Date and MORE DATES! It's a numbers game!
3.If a prospect comes along, give him my focus. I’m not a serial dater! One guy at a time if I feel potential!
4.No Names, I won’t name the puppy in my blogs, unless they are worthy!
5.Have FUN!
-The girl in search of her LOBSTER!
