[Dating Papers]

I chatted with a guy who sounded ok. We were supposed to meet at 5 at

a mall which was sort of on my way home from work, since I don’t have

a car. The guy called and cancelled, and then rescheduled for later

that same day, which meant that I had to stay later at work, but I

didn’t really mind.




We met at the mall, and we decided where to eat. I ordered a bowl of

soup. He ordered a beer. Just a beer. I thought that was kind of

strange, but okay… I like to give the benefit of the doubt.




Then I said I wanted to wander around the mall, and he said that was

ok. We went into a few stores, and anything that interested me, he

totally ignored. Then he went to ask in-depth questions about some

kind of pen. The whole time he was talking to the salesperson, he

ignored me, and didn’t really bother to see where I was when he was

done, either.




Then he took a phone call from some friend and he said he was going to

split to meet up with this friend. I checked my bus schedule, and i

saw that I didn’t have a bus from there, but only from somewhere about

5 miles away. I mentioned it to him, since he was there with a car,

and not only did he not offer to take me, (although I’d spent an extra

hour in transit to meet him) but he didn’t even bother to walk me out

to the bus stop when it was dark out, despite several hints from me

that I don’t like being outside in the dark alone.




This was one of the few times that his not calling the next day was

way more of a relief than a disappointment!




- L -