The Journey

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

posted by Jen @ 8:17 AM