Another Phone Call

Okay, so last night, I was sitting at home, cleaning, and trying to veg a little when my phone rang.....It was the worst voice mail guy. He was calling, AGAIN! Needless to say, that is one phone call I won't be returning.

Worst Voicemail Ever

Okay, so I'll start with my most recent really bad date. First of all, he left me 3 voice mails before I called him back. In his defense, he called on a Monday, and I didn't call back until Wednesday, but still. His first message was full of long pauses, and ums, and was bad enough that a friend chastised me for my opinion of it. The second message, he gave me his cell number (after lots of long pauses!). The third message explained to me that the cell was for the day and the home number was for the night. So, Wednesday evening, I called the home number (hey, I can follow directions!), and a woman picked up. Took me a few minutes to realize it was his MOTHER! Needless to say, I didn't leave a message. So, we finally talked on Thursday (after I think 2 more messages!), and the phone call might have been worse than the voice mail. He wanted to meet at Starbucks, and I said well, I only know of 2, the one in Owasso and the one at 71st and Garnett, to which he replied, I'm not very familiar with Collinsville. So, you can use your imagination on how any other part of the conversation went! So, I met him for coffee (which, I don't even drink!) on a Friday evening at Starbucks. I was hoping he was just nervous on the phone, I was wrong. Real life was a lot like the phone. First, he went to the wrong starbucks, then he questioned the coffee several times about whether what he wanted was decaf (to be reassured each time!). I really kind of felt bad at the end, because I wasn't even trying. Pretty much at the point where he was amazed that I had my own house, I knew it was over. I even pulled out my cell phone and checked for calls! I finally begged off with needing to run errands at places that closed early. In my defense, I thought Mardel closed at 8 (it closes at 9), but it did work. Of course, he did walk me to my car (which again he was amazed at!) and then said he'd like to do it again. Okay, I was so bad, I wouldn't have wanted to date me again! He called a few days later, but I screened and let it go to voice mail. When I filled the service in on the fact that he lived at home, the response was "we don't ask about that, WHY don't we ask about that."

Engineer Dude

Okay, so let me tell you about my date from Friday night. First, apparently these guys are supposed to call within 72 hours, and so the dating service had to call him again to get him to call me (I really wasn't worried). We ended up talking for 45 minutes (supposed to just set up the date). Usually, conversations like that make me bad, but I got off the phone woo hooing anybody that would listen. We met for dinner at a really busy restaraunt, and the date lasted 2 hours, which is how long it took us to eat. He was really cute (as well as really tall, 6'5), and we had a really good conversation. And, we had a junior high moment. You know that, is he looking at me, oh crap, she caught me looking, dang it, now he caught me looking kind of moment. He was very well mannered, even offering me the last sweet'n'low. After the date, he walked me to my car. When we got there, he said, "Well, I had a good time" and I said me too, and then he said bye. So, now, I'm playing the waiting game to see if he will call me back. He told me he's a pretty laid back guy, so I'm hoping he just hasn't got a around to it yet. All I can do is wait and see! Oh, yeah, he's an engineer too! Tomorrow, I'll start in on the funny stories!

Busy Bee

Okay, so let me tell you about my date on Saturday. First of all, it was at a GREAT mexican restaraunt, and at 11. For starters, he was late, but he did at least call. When he got there, I opened the door, and he walked through. He talked to the hostess on the way to the table, and didn't even notice I had lagged behind. He took the first seat offered (are you noticing a pattern here!). The reason I named him the busy bee was because of his job. When I asked what he did, I kid you not he told me about 5 different jobs that he is currently occupied by. It made me tired just hearing him list them off! And, I more than agreed with his statement that he is too busy to go out and meet women. Personally, I thought he was too busy to be on a date with me! At least I got some good food out of it! And, it lasted less than a hour!

New Match

So, I got a new match yesterday. We'll call him rancher guy. He's 34 and owns his own ranch. I guess I should be happy he owns a ranch, given that I've been match with guys that still lived with their parents. To be honest, I'm still pretty hung up on the guy from Friday night (I'll talk about him later!). Oh, I probably should mention how the matching thing works. The dating place calls me to see if I'm interested, and then they call the guy to see if he what he thinks. They tell you to expect a week for them to get a hold of the guy. So, back to the story. The dating place called me yesterday around 3 to tell me about this new guy. Since then, he has already called me 4 times, which seems a tad excessive! Anyway, I called him this afternoon, and we are going to wait until after Christmas to try to get together. I'm hopeful that in the mean time, the other guy will call, but I'm not holding my breath.

First Post

Okay, so people have been telling me I should blog about my dating life (given how funny it seems to be), so I thought I would go for it. For those of you who don't know, I've signed up for a dating service, and usually go on 2 to 3 dates a month. I've been at this for 9 months, and have only met 2 people I even wanted to call me back. I've also met a few that made me go wow (and not in a good way!). I'll try to post stories about the older dates as I have time.