Two Terrible Dates

Thankfully it's quite rare that I have a terrible date or dating experience, but in the last week alone I've had two.

I'll start with the one that required this picture of the lips. My last craigslist post was about 2 months ago and PediGuy responded. We texted off and on repeatedly but he'd never follow through with plans. I concluded he enjoyed playing games, and i'd play along at my convenience. I call him PediGuy because he enjoyed getting pedicures.

When I returned from thanksgiving vacation, I texted PediGuy that I planned to get a pedicure that evening and he was welcome to join. Low and behold he actually did. He was very... unattractive. So I just went along for the friendly pedicure companionship. Conversation was great, then we went to chipotle for dinner and then got a glass of wine. After wine, he went in for the kiss with PUCKERED lips. It was gross and I turned my head. We got into his car to get me home and he tried again!

This time I pulled away and said I don't kiss on the first date. I texted him once I got home that I got the friend vibe and hope we can be friends. I don't ever expect to hear from him again.

The second terrible date was last night. I went out with a very cute guy who complimented me the whole night on my looks. We went to a pool hall to get drinks and he got up and told me he'd be back in 2 minutes. I figured he went outside to smoke a cigarette since I asked him not to while I was around. About 10-15 minutes go by and he's still not back. I sent him a text and no response. I got up and left, thinking I'd see him outside. Nope.

This has never happened to me before, and I can't think of a single thing that was said or done to cause him to leave other than asking him not to smoke around me.

On the plus side I did have an awesome date with a guy close to my age. He was very cute and we had a lot in common. Mostly we love the same movies/music and love to drink. He owns a couple liquor stores and used to work for a winery!

Is it sad that I get this excited about alcohol?

I'm sure I'll have more to report about him in the near future. In the meantime, I'm going out with AccountExec tonight...