Wednesday, May 16, 2012

Another Failed Attempt at Dating a Boy

I am writing this story as I am sitting across this guy on the train. I see him every morning now on my way to work, we get on at the same station, get into the same car and usually sit within yards of one another and yet we have not said a word to each other or even smiled/nodded/acknowledged the other and that is because we used to chat and the one time we did hang out it was so bad that I left and never spoke to him again and then he deleted and blocked me on Facebook. I'm sure your curiosity is tingling so here is the story....Facebook is a funny tool that can be used to keep friends in touch or give people the confidence to reach out and talk to someone they are interested in (those are 2 of my top 3 reasons for utilizing facebook, the third reason is to make incessant fun of the pictures people post) so this guy sent over a message and we begin an exchange, he lives in the same neighborhood (just a few blocks from where I live although I have never seen him before) and we went to college together (this was right after graduation) I recalled he had a girlfriend throughout college but I didnt know much else about him so he was interesting at first. He is very cute,although I don't really have a type I do tend to go for shorter men with dark hair and dark eyes and small builds pretty much me with a peen, so we had some conversations and one of my biggest turn offs is when a guy doesn't flat out ask for a date, we are not 16 anymore, you can make a decision on when and where to take a lady out on a date, the whole back and forth of "we should hang out" "yeah we def should" "when do you want to hang out?" "Idunno whenever is good for you" "I'm free whenever" ugh that exchange is awful, it's very simple, just say "hey I want to take you out to dinner Friday, be ready at 8" and if I reaalllyyy want to see you the answer will always be "okay!" but I digress... So we went back and forth like that for a while without ever really meeting... I was losing interest and I just had a feeling I wouldn't be into him but A said to give him a chance, there werent any blatant red flags so I continued to bullshit with him....then a former coworker invited me to a sports auction at a space in Astoria so i decided to invite him knowing that he is a big sports fan and i also asked A and then bf "douche-a-louche" to come... There were going to be a lot of people; it was business casual dress and there were some notable businessmen and A, Dbag and myself walk in and grab a drink (standard), and then I spot the boy, which is precisely what he looks like, he is wearing a striped Aeropostale polo shirt that my 13 year old cousin would wear and he brought a friend, a stranger looking Indian fellow. We all sit together and he proceeds to talk to his friend and doesn't really try to make conversation with me or include us into his conversation at all...the auction begins and they start naming some of the memorabilia they have coming out and one was a basketball signed by LeBron James, well I have never heard someone boo another in dead silence before...but that is what this boy did, so I was sufficiently mortified and i had to make a break for it, we told him we were going to grab a bite to eat and since I don't have it in my heart to tell someone to their face that I'm not going to tell them just where we were going to eat I told him I'd text him where we were going and then I never answered. He was upset because he blocked me on the blackberry messenger and on facebook (ouch) in the end he was too immature for me and just not the type of guy I'd want to date, I want my man piece to be the center of attention for being wildly funny and sharing interesting experiences and stories not for booing in a crowded room. Now when I see him on the train, he is still cute but I know I made the right decision because wherever he works he wears sweatpants and that's just lame.