I felt the need for a quick date horror story I encountered
that ended the following day with an extremely funny ending ….
So I had recently ended things with a guy I was “dating.” No
titles were given, but we were exclusively seeing each other
for about 3 months. He ended things by a
simple text that read, “I’m not ready for this” and I never heard from again…
but that is another story that will be told at a later date. Point being, after things ended I went back to my typical online dating rampage. I started messaging and
responding to people like it was my job. Mostly I looking for distractions and
potentially that next “mister right.” Well this man whom I started to talk to I
knew off the bat I would not be entirely interested in but I was in the state
of mind to “give people a shot.” This is one of the times I wish I would have
followed my own advice and trusted my instincts.
His photos followed all my rules of having people in them,
but he did not have a Facebook. He
explained since he worked with kids he did not want one for them to find which
I found as a decent reason but it should have sent off a bigger red flag for
me. We chatted on the site OkCupid for a few days then quickly exchanged
numbers. Now I am not the best writer (which you are probably starting to
notice if you have been reading my posts) but I am intelligent. This guy had no
concept of anything and used slang left and right and sounded extremely (excuse
my terminology) “ghetto.” We spoke on the phone and oh my goodness it was even
worse. Everything was telling me "do not meet up with this guy." Well, it was
Cinco de Mayo and I had plans to go bar hopping in a local port area with a
friend. He called when I was driving home from work and asked what I was up to
for the night, I expressed how I was going out with my friend. He instantly
said, “I will get some friends together and meet you down there,” completely
inviting himself. I am a fairly honest
person, sometimes too honest. I told him, “You can come down, but just warning I
am going out with my friend and If we don’t stay with you guys do not take it
personally, regardless it’s a fun area and you guys will enjoy it.” He
responded, “So you are going to ditch me?” I responded, “Uhhh Potentially?” He
decided to still come. I was dreading it before he even got there…..
I ended up meeting up with more people than just my one
friend. We were all sitting at a big table in the back of a bar playing a card
game when the guy and his two friends arrived. I could tell it was the same guy
that was in the photo but those were definitely his better pictures. His friends
were interesting fellas who barely spoke English and were of Indian descent. One of
which looked to be in his 40’s and had his shirt half unbuttoned displaying his
hairy chest… hot! And just an idea of my age at the time was 23 and everyone
else was around the same age. They were extremely awkward and made passes at my
friends whom I was with including the guy who was “supposed” to be interested in
me. They made everyone at the table uncomfortable and by this time I was a
little drunk, the guys got up to go to the bar to get another drink and our
group found it a good time to exit…. Mean, I know, but C’mon I warned the guy
before coming out and they were creepy. He ended up texting me asking where I
went… I never responded… then texted again saying “I had fun let’s do it again”
before the night was over… I was too drunk to respond. So I waited till the
next day….
I am not the type of person to not text someone back, especially if I have met them in person. I believe honesty is the
best policy but these few exchanges of texts are priceless…
He had texted about 1:30 am- “I had fun let’s do it again”
I texted back around 11am the next morning something like- “Hey,
I am really sorry It was really nice meeting you but you aren’t really my type
and I wouldn’t want to lead you on.”
He texts back- “It’s cool I wasn’t feeling it either”
I texted- “ Okay lol” (because I obviously knew that was
bullshit because he had texted he had fun and wanted to hangout again)
He texts- “Were you interested in either of my friends?” (Now
trying to push me onto his friends which I suppose I understand but would I
have ditched you guys if I was?)
I texted- “They were very nice but sorry not my type”
He texts- “Hey guys I tried she’s not interested in any of
us.” (texting me on accident rather than his friends)
I texted – “lol”
That was the end of that conversation.
Okay, important lessons from this awful but comical
experience. Do not meet someone if you really aren’t interested, it will just
lead to an awkward situation which sometimes I live for because I love a good
story… sue me. Be honest, I was honest
that I would probably ditch him… and I did… but I warned and felt guilt free.
Make sure you check who you are texting before actually pressing send. Texting
the wrong person like that can be such a big problem… thankfully for him it was
just probably embarrassing (if he even realized) and he will never know the
times I have retold this story for a good laugh at people’s stupidity.
Ever have this happen to you?
#dating #onlinedating #firstdate #text #textissue #wrongperson #notinterested #ditch
#baddate
grt
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