So, I fell off the blog wagon in the fall when health/surgical recovery issues took me down for a while. Thankfully I'm back up and mostly mended now! I know you're all DYING to read my inane prattle, just admit it...there's no shame..well, a little, but not much. ;)
When last I wrote I had started to chronicle my recent (if I went back further I'd have to write a book I think!) dating adventures in the Lower Mainland. In the interest of getting the rest off my chest and moving on to newer topics and discussions I'm going to summarize them in rapid succession. Hold onto your hats!
**All names have been changed**
1) Curtis: Personal trainer, former actor. Try watching tv or a movie with THIS guy!! The bitterness that he never got a real foothold in the industry isn't concealed in the slightest. He's openly hostile and critical of actors, especially those that have had the misfortune to work with him (and yes, he has worked with some big ones in small roles, I was made to watch a couple as proof haha). We had 2 dates and he managed to ruin the entertainment portion of each really well. Then there was the chip on his shoulder. The most memorable example being when I exclaimed that something he said/thought was cute and he said "When you say that it makes me feel like you think I'm stupid. I don't like that." I really, really, really wanted to say "man up" but I bit my tongue. If only I had tossed him at that point I wouldn't have gotten to experience his other...let's call it...dysfunction. Anyways, good times...not! Hope I don't run into that man-boy any time soon!
2) Max: Tradesman I met through work. Here's proof that the "Missed Connections" section on Craigslist actually works! He was doing some contract work on campus this summer and he caught my eye. I posted a missed connection figuring it couldn't hurt, and when I got back from vacation I had an email from him. He was able to confirm his identity through email and we set about to talking. He was worried about the fact that he's older and has kids, which wasn't a big deal for me. The thing that I had a problem with was his foot fetish. Yup, foot fetish. Keep in mind he didn't even make a date or attempt to get to know me before telling me that he likes "toes that look like little rolled pieces of cookie dough with red smarties on the end". SERIOUSLY, I could not make that up if I wanted to - and why would I want to?? I tried for a couple of days to wrap my head around it, but in the end I told him I just couldn't deal with it. He was surprisingly nice and that was that.
3) Andrew: Works in northern Alberta, was home for a couple of months on turnaround. We met up after talking on POF for an evening and he got really touchy feely right off the bat. Thankfully it was a work night so I begged off early and sent him on his way, but not before he managed to snag a kiss. He then texted to tell me how much he enjoyed the kiss when he got home, and what else he'd like to have done. And proceeded to spend the next couple of days telling me "It's a guy's job to try to get in his woman's pants, even when she doesn't want him to." I told him to stop contacting me after that message. Where do they get their manners???
4) Zack: In the service industry. I've known of him, and had friends in common in the past so was definitely interested in getting together and seeing what we had in common. Bad move, should have let it remain a mystery haha Nothing in common...yet another Vancouverite guy going to film school with no real sense of where he's headed in life. Except he's 38. Too bad it didn't work out, I really did want to be left wondering where he was nights when he wasn't working or when he would meet some 'actress' and ditch me. Darn! ;)
5) Paul: Professor at a local university. Nice guy, alright looking, educated, English accent, thinks I'm amazing and attractive, didn't try to to anything except hug me when we met. The whole package right? Except no chemistry...at least not on my end. I tried soooo hard to like him, he texted regularly, wanted to get together, had all sorts of ideas for what we could do together...but I pulled a fade-out. I just couldn't make myself like him enough. Nothing wrong with him, and I hope he meets someone great, but in the end it wasn't going to work out. Plus he was anti-religion, so that doesn't work with an Anglo-Catholic girl, now does it?? ;)
Right! There's the quick version of dating in the end of 2011.
I've managed to avoid making any poor dating choices since...let's say October...yeah that sounds about right. That may be because I've stopped meeting anyone that doesn't really spark something in me over email, so I haven't met anyone since then haha.
The one fellow that has attempted to talk to me in 2012 (all 4 days of it so far haha) was on Plentyoffish the other night. He was on Vancouver Island so I thought it was odd, but some people go back and forth regularly so I accepted the message/chat. He was...not...he...I can't describe him politely. Hmm...he wanted to chat on Skype because MSN wasn't cooperating so we did, and when he logged on he looked like he could have fit in well with the Trailer Park Boys, and actually made them look attractive...get the picture?? He then started talking about nudity and living alone and how great it was and that he was nude from the waist down. So I started talking about church :D the conversation ended REALLY quickly after that hahahahaha
Aaaaaaaaah it takes all kinds, I just don't want them in MY life!!!
Onto the next experience, right? ;)
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