Alright so I promised I'd write an entry about my experiences dating. And I've been putting it off but you bloodsucking whores never seem to forget anything so I've been called out. I also promised myself I would be more honest. I don't feel like I have to blog about EVERYTHING, but it's a good exercise for me to face my imperfections (many) and not just bury it down and lie and present myself in the best possible light. It's part of my effort to give myself a break and be less critical of myself. So let's laugh at my failures! It's not the end of the world!
So...DATING! After my wretched break-up with my boyfriend of 3 years, I had the best of intentions when signing up for OKCupid. My trusted friend Taryn was a member and seemed to have neutral to positive experiences. Her opinion has since changed and her account has since been deleted because of an incident I have no business sharing here. I don't think any of this is OKCupid's fault, and I'm still a member I'm just not going to meet anyone for a while. Take a break and regroup.
I'm stalling. Okay so here we go:
I do way better in person than I do on the phone or online. I have a pretty good performance mode I go into so with any of the men who contacted me I wanted to go ahead and meet, have a drink, and not waste a bunch of time emailing back and forth. I went into these dates REALLY blind other than the information given on the profiles.
Date #1 We met at a bar/coffee shop in lower haight. He was an early 30s lawyer of some sort. He dressed like much more of a hipster than I expected. Black hoodie with band patches (I think...) I was a little turned off by the age inappropriateness of the ensemble. Not that I expected him to be in a suit with a bluetooth (bluetooths headsets...blueteeth?....would be a total deal breaker for me btw)
we had a decent conversation and shook hands as we parted. I thought he was gorgeous and emailed him later saying I had a nice time and would like to hang out again. No response. Honestly I think he was out of my league in terms of hotness and hipness. No tears shed though. ONWARDS!
Date #2 This guy was only in town for the summer on an internship at a law firm. He's currently in law school at an east coast ivy league university but not the ones you are probably thinking. He was really blond (boo) and had recovering fat kid syndrome which means he's super in shape and has to exercise compulsively. The last I heard from him was me ending things after he stood me up to go rock climbing. He also wasn't really hip enough. A little nerdy and over eager.
Date #3 This one I saw twice. A very tall half mexican hipster working for Louis Vuitton. I thought he was hilarious but at the end of the day he embarassed me. I didn't want my friends to meet him which is a bad sign. Super good looking but he's 33 and only working a regular job because his real dream of his band taking off hasn't happened yet. I just can't take people who want their band to be their career seriously. He was unusual though. He would ask things like "how's your hair? what's your favorite sandwich?" instead of the usual "whats up"
The thing is, I'm already crazy. I don't want some sort of insane rock and roll constantly travelling no committment no rules alcohol and drugs bohemian san francisco lifestyle that so many people cherish here. If I lived that way I have a feeling I would go from 0 to Hunter- S-Thompson-shooting-my-friends-with-a-sawed-off-shotgun-because-I-hallucinated-they-were-a-grizzly-bear-attacking-me-insane really fast.
Date #4 This one I liked. This was the only one I slept with. I got WASTED because I was nervous. He just is interested in casual flings which is on his profile but I didn't see until after the fact. Too bad so sad for me. Considering that I only remember a total of 20 minutes of our date and that's in hazy flashback memories, I'm not going to worry too much.
Date #5 This is where things start really going south. So this guy EMAILS ME. Not vice versa. All profiles clearly state all important statistics about yours truly along with three straight forward, not deceiving photographs of myself (remember that for later). There's no way I am trying to trick anyone. So he wants to meet up at a local bar. Fine. I go.
I get there and he is reasonably attractive, after some beer and coversation I am not really feeling a spark and I'm kind of bored. BUT I'm trying to have a really great attitude about dating, you see. Being picky is a character flaw right? So anyways, this guy smells like he's been sleeping on the subway for about a week and that he also lost his toothbrush. It's that particular flavor of body odor you only smell at outdoor music festivals. Hippie funk.
I also learn he has completed no education greater than a GED. I'm not even going to apologize for this being a deal breaker for me but with the infinite power of female forgiveness and willingness to create a fit where there is none, I made the conscious decision to give this guy a chance.
So he's like egging me on drinking. Challenging me almost "I can drink you under the table" things like that. He keeps buying more and more beer. I shouldn't make it sound like he was forcing me to drink. Obviously I am to blame for that. I just would have stopped early into it had he not been so gung ho about tying one on. So by the end of the night I'm pretty drunk. He asks if he can come back to my place. I say I don't think that's a good idea for tonight. I go in for a quick kiss and he blocks me pushing me back. It's now he tells me that I'm way too young for him (he's 31) and he'll never be able to get over the age difference and that he was straight about that the whole time. (his original email said "i've never dated anyone as young as you but you seem awesome and worth meeting)
Well I go on some sort of humiliating angry rant on the sidewalk. I don't remember it completely clearly. It's basically what you'd expect someone to do when they've had their ego bruise and their time wasted. I wish I had told him how much he smelled. I would say I took the high road but I'm sure I didn't. I was a little hung over the next day and I was pissed.
Date #6 This is another embarassing one. After Date #5 I had made the executive decision to stop drinking. Not altogether, but I just had been turning off all of my internal regulation mechanisms and throwing all caution to the wind. I still haven't drank since that night a few weeks ago. And when I do ever have a drink again I'm going to be more mindful about it. Not just consume anything that is put in front of me. Date #6 was the last one I went on, and it began my dating sabbatical. It wasn't so much angry embarassing as awkward embarassing.
So this guy...I feel so bad. I hope he never sees this for any reason. It's not his fault. This guy was a silicon valley tech guy. About 28 years old...nice....outgoing....and 95 pounds. That wasn't something you could tell from his photographs. It was definitely my sex and the city moment where the whole time I'm smiling and trying to be nice but in my head I'm screaming "THIS IS A FUCKING NIGHTMARE I WANT TO GO HOME" In a perfect world I wouldn't care. It was just the story he told me about going on a medication one time that pushed him over 100 lbs and he and his friends had a party to celebrate. He kept trying to put his arms around me and you could feel every single bone. I felt like I could pick him up and just toss him into the air. I don't know if he has a medical condition or what; I just knew I wasn't going to be the graceful woman who could see past it. I'm curvy. I weigh 150 pounds on a good day. This was just not happening.
So there it is fools. I hammered it out pretty fast and I don't feel like proofreading so just take what I give you and LIKE IT