Monday, January 12, 2009

The dating scene....stinks

OK so I've been single for some time now and I unfortunately I haven’t been on that many dates. This being said...I now remember why I have been so reluctant to get out and dive right in to the dating scene. I went out on the worst date EVER...and I'm not exaggerating. Let me explain...I met the guy at a Christmas party and I was a bit sauced so that is my reason for not realizing he was a jerk. The red flags were apparent but I wasn't really paying attention to them because I just wanted to break the streak of no dates. He suggested Valkyrie , which I really didn't want to see but he insisted on that particular movie. Also on a side note...a movie on a first date although pretty safe, not my idea of a great set up for a first date. We agreed upon a neutral meeting place and time to meet. As any girl does before a date I got all primped and dressed up for the big event. I arrived about twenty minutes early to make sure I wasn't late. I txt him when I arrived and he didn't respond...I just figured he was driving and so he would call or txt when he arrived. As the time for the movie was close to approaching I started to think that maybe he was going to stand me up. He finally called about 3 minutes before the movie was to start to say "So did you buy my ticket yet?" I was like um no do you want me to get in line? So here I am waiting in line hoping he will show up before I have to actually pay for the tickets. He arrives just as the people in front of me approach the ticket counter. I step up to the window and order two tickets to Valkyrie the lady says "OK that will be $14" I look at him and wait for him to pull out money and when he doesn’t...I dig money out of my wallet for the tickets. Now did I mention that I didn't really want to see this movie and not only did I have to pay for the movie but we were also going to be late. He says to me as we are leaving the ticket booth "I can't believe you just paid for the tickets" I respond "Well what did you expect me to do...you didn't pull out any money" "Well I expected you to wait a little bit longer and make it really uncomfortable...then I would have paid" ARE YOU KIDDING ME...who does this? Now don't get me wrong I don't mind paying for things on a date, but he went about it all the wrong way. The date didn't get any better from that point on I should have just ordered a ticket to the movie I actually wanted to see and went solo because the rest of the date was a waste. I'll spare you all of the details but here are some of the highlights...no refreshments or popcorn because we were too late....He chose a restaurant I didn't really want to eat at even after I made a couple suggestions....He asked me stupid questions we as flight attendants seem to always get "So have you caught anyone joining the mile high club?" "Do you have a guy in every city?" He just really enjoyed making me feel uncomfortable and if this is the kind of thing I have to look forward to on future dates with other guys, I'm not sure I want to partake. I plan to ignore any contact from him EVER....I guess better luck next time.

1 comment:

MUG said...

Oh that is awful!! I can't believe him! I am so sorry you had to deal with that.