Sorry, I was on vacation

I was on vacation for a few days, which turned into a couple weeks away from the blog, but lucky for you.... I'm back!

So here's what's been happening lately. I dropped my membership from the free site. It was nothing but losers and people that didn't want to pay for anything. There was even one guy that flat out said on his profile that he was looking for a one night stand or more often! So for now I am sticking to the paid site.

There is a new guy that I was talking to before I went on vacation. He asked for my number before I left, so I gave it to him and told him to text me or call me while I was gone. So he texted me a few times. Then, when I was back in town, I texted him to let him know that I was back and then I never heard from him. This past Saturday, I was at the bar with the girls and I decided to text him to see what was going on.

This guy, I'll call him Nurseboy, he's 30 and he's a nurse. It's his second career, I don't remember what his first career was, but he was worried when the economy started tanking a few years ago, so he went back to school to get his nursing degree. Ok, I'm thinking that's really smart, he must have a good head on his shoulders. And in his profile he said that he was looking for a relationship, gives his all to his girlfriend, you know... blah blah blah, all the stuff that you want to hear from a guy.

So we're texting on Saturday and he tells me that he's at work. Then he told me that I have sexy lips. I said thanks. Then he texted me a video of his penis! I was shocked, for a couple reasons. One - I can't believe that he actually sent it, and two - he was at work, which means that the video was already on his phone, that's a little scary! So then a little while later he said that I needed to send him a sexy pic. Um, I don't think so! I do not want pics of me floating around anywhere. Then at 3:00am, he sent me "u suck". I am assuming this is because I didn't send him a "sexy pic"! So I ignored him. Then on Sunday afternoon he texted asking if I was hungover. I ignored that as well. Then Sunday night again, "u must be really hungover". Um, no, Nurseboy, I am ignoring you! Then Monday night at 12:15 (so technically Tuesday morning) he texted me asking if I was not talking to him anymore. Ya think! I haven't heard from him since then, so I guess that he finally gave up. But really, what was this guy thinking? It sounds to me like he only wanted to hook up. I do have only one word to say if that really was his penis - WOW!

First In Person Date

On Saturday, I had my first date with one of these online guys. Well, technically not my first online date, but my first one in several years. We chatted a couple times over e-mail and we talked on the phone once, to arrange a date and time. Then, it was all downhill from there.

So I was to meet Zit Picker (is the suspense killing you as to why I call him that?!?!?!) at a restaurant at 1:00 on Saturday for lunch in downtown Royal Oak. Of course, this was the Saturday that it was pouring, so I was not pleased about having to walk in the rain in the first place. Then, at 12:55, I was in the parking structure and he called me and said that he was running 10 or 15 minutes late. **Way to make a first impression!** (Sidebar: I am not a timely person, my parents will tell me to be at their house 15 minutes earlier than I need to be sometimes depending on how important it is that we leave on time or not, but when I am meeting someone for the first time, I will make an EXTRA effort to be on time!!) So I went to the restaurant and I grabbed a table. He ended up being about 15 minutes late. Of course, the second he sat down, the waitress came over to get our order and he hadn't even looked at the menu yet, so we weren't ready. So we started chatting a little bit. While we were chatting, he picked a zit on his chin and it started bleeding. Then I was in an awkward position, do I tell him, do I ignore it? Surely he must have realized that he had done it. But no, he decided to ignore it. Of course, that was all that I could look at while he was talking, after all his chin, like most people's is near his mouth, so that was my focal point. And then it just got worse. He was boring and didn't really have anything interesting to say. And Zit Picker wasn't very good looking either. But I was thinking, I shouldn't be shallow and only go for cute guys, I should give the average ones a chance.

Then, when the check came, I excused myself to go to the restroom and I texted one of my friends telling her that it was painful. And when I came back, Zit Picker had paid the check. Now that might be rude that I made him pay, but he was the one that asked me out and doesn't the new etiquette say that whoever does the asking, does the paying? Then since we had parked in the same parking structure, he walked me to my car. This is where it got even worse. He said that he had a nice time and asked me if I did. Of course I had to say yes to his face! Then he asked me if I wanted to go out again and I had to say yes again. Then he gave me this weird half hug thing, I tried to make it quick. I made a mental note that I was going to have to e-mail and tell him that it's not going to work out.

To make matters worse, on Sunday morning, Zit Picker sent me an e-mail saying that he had a great time and was really looking forward to going out with me again. Argh. So now I have to write that e-mail, shooting him down.

Here's to hoping that these dates get better!!

Nothing exciting going on

Not much new to report. I am communicating with about 3 different guys on the paid site. The free site is worthless. I could keep posting funny profiles or poorly written e-mails. But that could get boring.

I hope that something exciting will happen soon. I would like to go speed dating again, but the company that I want to use doesn't have any new events coming up. I have been a couple times and it is pretty fun. Keep your fingers crossed that something will come up soon!

Nothing else to report other than that after Friday, I am on vacation for 10 days - yahoo!!