I had a date last night with a guy i met on PoF. Although it started off quite well, as the evening went on I started having serious doubts about this guy. Just wanted to put it down here to get a bit of perspective. Please tell me whether you think I should see him again...
So on the plus side, he bought be a nice box of handmade chocolates ' to say thank you for meeting me', seems to be a kind person, has 5 rescue dogs, told me a story where he gave a waitress a £30 tip as a group had done a runner and she told him that the loss would come out of her wages so he gave her the money to help make it up. He made me laugh, is intelligent and rang me later to make sure I got home ok.
But...he was 4 stone overweight ( by his own admission and definitely a lot heavier than his profile pics )
Told a sexist joke about Edwina Currie, " what's the difference between Edwina Currie and Tasmania? Everyone knows it's there but no one wants to go there.."
Constantly interrupted me, drinks a lot and smokes a lot.
Pulled a face when I said I did yoga and pilates and called me a 'hippy'
Said that in his 30 years working as a journalist that yes you can judge a book by its cover. ( and made lots if assumptions about things throughout the evening)
I had been shopping earlier and showed him my purchases, I'd bought 2 DVDs, 'Blue Jasmine' and 'Before Midnight', he looked at them, sneered and said 'chick flicks' dismissively. ( they're not)
I had also bought 'Two Brothers' by Ben Elton, he looked at it and just said 'no'.
He admitted he was sarcastic but I found his sneering, opinionated, contemptuous attitude towards things he didn't agree with increasingly exhausting as the evening went on.
Finally as we left the restaurant and walked up the slight incline back to the station, he had to keep stopping as he was out of breath/ in pain. ( he's 54). This is despite him saying he'd like to go walking in the Scottish Highlands, play badminton and tennis.
When we got to the train station there was a 15 minute wait and he spent the time mocking the young late night revellers. It was funny but mean spirited.
There was other stuff but basically I think he'd be really hard work to be in a relationship with. Would be good fun as a friend as he's entertaining but I don't think there would be anything more. He's called me 3 times today but I haven't answered as I needed time to think about it.
Just wanted to write it down and see what other people thought...