I can't resist starting this up again. The stories are too good for others not to be laughing with me (and maybe you'll laugh at me). I recently threw myself back into the "awesome"(you can't hear my sarcasm but it's there!) world of match.com. The story of how I ended back on there is probably better than any that have resulted in my 5 days back on that site. And don't worry, 'freak of the week' will be returning!
So how did I wind up back on there? This summer hasn't been the best in regards to my love life. Every guy I meet turns out to be either a) be married (and they don't bother to tell me) or b) going to meetings to 'make themselves better' (or in some cases both). WTH. I thought back in May I had finally met the perfect guy. Things were going great but he started acting strange. Not being the shy type, I asked him what the deal was. If he wasn't 'feeling it' I certainly didn't want to waste my time. I'm a big girl...I handle rejection with the best of them. He assured me he truly liked me a lot and wasn't expecting to find someone like me so soon after his divorce. He wanted to take things slow. Great. Well that translated into me seeing him, oh I don't know, ONCE over the summer. We stayed in pretty constant contact over texts (he's apparently afraid to actually dial numbers and hear a live voice on the other end). Finally about 4 weeks ago I emailed him and said something to effect of: "look, I don't know where you stand, but I have interest in you but feel like I'm being led on. You keep saying you want to see me then we never make actual plans. If you don't feel the same way, for gods sake, just tell me and I'll move on". He responded very quickly and told me: "I have a ton of interest in you. I think about you often and want to be together....however I am a broken person and attending meetings to make myself better. It's going to take time and if you can be patient great, if not, I understand". I responded and told him I understood and was willing to be patient. That was roughly 4 weeks ago. Aside from the sporadic texts I really haven't heard from him since then. Silence...until last Friday... so I'm back on match.com, minding my own business and guess who decides to 'wink' at me? Really? A wink on match.com. DB. I have to keep faith though in that there is someone even better out there.... NEXT.....
So somewhere along the line this summer I met this other guy. We had fun hanging out...seemed to have quite a few common interests. We had a lot of mutual acquaintances and friends (we kind of work in the same industry). And then the red flags started flying like bullets. It was quite obvious he wasn't even close to having his shit together amongst other things. I decided to lay off and that maybe it would be best with so many mutual friends and a business relationship that we just keep it at the friend level. And it's a damn good thing I did....I found out this weekend that, surprise, he's still married (not exactly the story he told me). Oh, and he's spending most of September taking a 3 week 'vacation' to 'talk to some people about a potential gambling issue". IE...he's in rehab....for the 2nd time.
I mean really? Can I not freaking catch a break?
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