I have a feeling these first date posts are all starting to sound familiar. I feel that way because all these first dates are starting to blend together in my mind.... because they all have a same theme.
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Well, you will see.
A few short days after joining match, I received an email from a guy named D. He seemed very nice and said that he enjoyed the fact that I was tall and that my family was important to me. He was tall (6'5) and his profile implied that we may have quite a bit in common. We emailed back and forth a couple times and then he asked if he could call me since he felt it was easier to get to know each other. I, of course, said yes because (as I may have mentioned before), I really hate this whole texting phenomenon.
We picked a day to talk and ended up chatting for about an hour on the phone. It was very nice, although there were a few things that stuck out for me as odd. This is where I admit that online dating - or generally not dating much - has really made me feel hyper critical. If there is something (even if it's stupid) that gives me a weird vibe, I tend to follow my gut and bail. It's worked out for me - if you consider the first date and done behavior working out. Anyways, we tentatively set a date time for the following Saturday and would be in touch again during the week.
We chatted on the phone one more time during the week to set plans for Saturday and I was actually looking forward to getting back out again.
Saturday came around and I was a little less than enthusiastic about it. I blame it on the general winter feeling of NEVER WANTING TO LEAVE THE HOUSE. This winter has sucked.
So I went. We met at a restaurant I had never tried, but was familiar with the area. He was waiting for me when I got there.
Now is the point (for all you non-online daters - which is basically everyone that reads this blog) where I tell you about the "blind date meet". When you only have photos that the individual has selected to share, there are one of two things that can happen the first time you actually meet someone in person.
The first, the person shows up and is slightly better looking than they were in their photos. There's a decent chance that this happens since photos aren't always the most accurate representation.
The second, the person shows up and does not look as good as their photos - OR - not even remotely close to their photos. I'm sure you remember the date I had last year where the guy was a good 10 years older and 40 pounds heavier than his photos. I will never understand why people don't attempt to put an accurate reflection of themselves online. People don't like to be tricked.
Anyways, I'm regressing. Getting back to my date. So needless to say, when I first say D he was the latter. Slightly less cute than he appeared in his pictures. There was not an attraction on my part, but I knew that he was at least nice, so the date wouldn't be a total bust.
To spare you the recap of the entire dinner date, let's just say this. He was certainly nice. Almost too nice. So nice is was kind of boring.
I feel terrible saying that, but he was. The lack of general physical attraction plus the boringness did not bode well for a follow up date. At the end of the evening, he said that we should do this again (this is starting to sound like a broken record of dates). I told him that I had to head out of town and he said he would touch base when I returned.
Since then, not a peep. I expected him to be the guy that would text a follow up after the date, and he didn't. And to be honest, I didn't reach out to him either.
So, we'll chalk this up to another one-and-done date. I'm getting good at these.
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