Girl goes out with friends, has a couple of drinks, locks eyes with guy across the bar. He buys her a drink, they dance together and make out a bit. Or a TON. It feels like they're the only ones on the dance floor. At the end of the night they exchange contact information, go on their merry ways (or go home to hook up) and hope to hear from each other again. He calls her, they go out and the rest is history, right? Or WRONG.
In the age of technology and iPhone apps like Match and my new favorite Tinder (It's hot or not, but you can hook up and no- I haven't met anyone yet) all the communication seems to happen online. You read their profiles and know the basics about them before being even meeting them. It takes away all the mystery and most of the excitement. I've been on lots of online dates over the years but can't say that I've had too many with strangers from the bar.
Cue the paragraph above- word for word happened to me a few weeks ago. I had been out with a friend at a Rockies game, went to the bar after and ran in to another friend and a group she was with. I smiled at a guy across the bar- talking, dancing and making out all happened before I realized that I was real drunk. Almost to 'I'm going to get myself in to trouble' drunk so I booked it out of there, but not before handing him my business card which has my cell phone on it.
I received a text exactly 2.5 days later and we went out over the weekend, and have plans to go out again soon. The night is a bit foggy for the both of us but we both remember him saying to me that I seem like a lot of fun and asking if he can take me out. So we'll see where things go from here!
Wednesday, July 31, 2013
Monday, July 29, 2013
The Blog is Back- Finally!
So I've taken a bit of a hiatus from blogging and from dating. Call it two new jobs in one year or sucky dates or what have you. I'm ready to get back in to it as I've really missed telling my readers my stories and its great therapy.
I've had a few dates here and there or have attempted to plan dates with guys from Match but nothing has really panned out.
One of said men I went out with on five or so dates. We had a good time together and he seemed fairly nice although as I got to know him he seemed to get needier and more desperate. I went over there one night to have dinner with him and things just didn't go well. Too much wine, his house was too hot and he was way too pushy. That's when I realized I just wasn't in to him as his touch made my skin crawl.
I was also supposed to have lunch with a guy who has a kid and wasn't ever available in the evenings. That should have been a blatant red flag but oh no, I attempted to schedule a lunch date with him. Now I'm in sales so meetings and opportunities take precedence over me taking a lunch typically. Call me crazy but this girl needs to put food on the table. The first attempt at lunch he cancelled because he has a meeting. The second attempt I had to cancel because my boss called a meeting. His response was 'sorry but it seems like this isn't going to work out, good luck in your search'. WTF? You can cancel but I can't? Ya, no thank you.
Tomorrow look for my story about meeting a man at a bar- does that even happen anymore?
It's good to be back!
I've had a few dates here and there or have attempted to plan dates with guys from Match but nothing has really panned out.
One of said men I went out with on five or so dates. We had a good time together and he seemed fairly nice although as I got to know him he seemed to get needier and more desperate. I went over there one night to have dinner with him and things just didn't go well. Too much wine, his house was too hot and he was way too pushy. That's when I realized I just wasn't in to him as his touch made my skin crawl.
I was also supposed to have lunch with a guy who has a kid and wasn't ever available in the evenings. That should have been a blatant red flag but oh no, I attempted to schedule a lunch date with him. Now I'm in sales so meetings and opportunities take precedence over me taking a lunch typically. Call me crazy but this girl needs to put food on the table. The first attempt at lunch he cancelled because he has a meeting. The second attempt I had to cancel because my boss called a meeting. His response was 'sorry but it seems like this isn't going to work out, good luck in your search'. WTF? You can cancel but I can't? Ya, no thank you.
Tomorrow look for my story about meeting a man at a bar- does that even happen anymore?
It's good to be back!
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