Hello everyone, lubey has instructed me to pop over here and join in with my stories of woe in internet dating...I was having dinner with one of the oddest men I have ever met last night and couldn't help but to think there must be a book in this somewhere.
I had my first first date in about 18 years last night. We'd been talking online for quite a while. Chatted for well over an hour on the phone last week and finally met for dinner last night. On paper he looked & sounded great....really really hot looking, very sporty and athletic, professional (turns out he used to work for the same company as I did - it's a huge company).
In real life...hmm. Very short. I am a tall. I was wearing heels. He said he was 6'. I would have put him at 5'7 max, I therefore towered over him. There were glimpses of the nice smile and eyes I recalled from his photos, but he must either be really photogenic or had the photos touched up. And then there were his really odd mannerisms. His tendency to fling his arms back when talking crap, each time nearly knocking a waitress out. And miming strangling and stabbing ex girlfriends when talking about them. And going on about money all of the time.
And he bought me really crappy horrible petrol station flowers with the price torn off the label. I chucked these in the bin on the way home. Perhaps that last bit makes me a bitch.
There are fit, fun, intelligent men out there, aren't there??! Please ladies, tell me there are!