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all about ex-girlfriends, arrogant and obnoxious, but no thank you, conceited and full of himself, contact lenses versus glasses, how not to date, online dating
“Trust your heart if the seas catch fire, live by love though the stars walk backward.” ―
Last Thursday I decided to accept a spur of the moment invitation for coffee. This is a person that I had just started exchanging messages with and didn’t know anything about him. I wasn’t that interested but thought I could spare 10 minutes and see if there was any chemistry. After all, how bad could it be?
BAD! It was really bad. I am normally able to get something out of any date I have, except this one. It is common for me not to have any chemistry but to like the person enough to want a friendship, but not with this one.
As soon as I sat down, and by the way he sat on the chair and I had to sit on top of the air vent. As he studied my face he asked: Do you only wear glasses? Do you plan on getting contact lenses? I said: no. I was a little taken aback by this question. He pressed on: Why not? You never considered it?
I said: No, not really. On my list of things to do or to change about myself, contact lenses comes in at the very last, if at all.
He seemed disappointed and proceed to tell me how an ex-girlfriend once convinced him that everyone looks better without glasses. No matter how beautiful someone is, glasses are never a good look. So he now wear contacts. Then, sounding disappointed he added: but you already said you have no interest.
I changed the subject by asking him about his day and his work. He mentioned he was almost retired. That he was tired of dealing with employees and now only took care of a few select clients. He has some kind of electrical work company.
“Conceited people never hear anything but praise.” –
Instead of perhaps asking about my day and my job, he then asked me what I thought of all the men online. Before I had a change to answer his question, he said: I have been told that most men are short and bald, so because I am tall and have all my hair I am better than 99% of the men online.
I politely reminded him that hair and height was not what I valued about people, that I was interested in the whole person, and more about the inside than the outside. I doubt he heard me. If he did, he ignored it.
I geared the conversation towards food. I asked him if he cooked. He said that now he did, but for the longest time all he did was eat in fancy restaurants. He mentioned how an ex-girlfriend turned him into a foodie and a traveler. He also mentioned that she paid for everything. But added: but I am not going into that now.
He also mentioned an ex-girlfriend that disappeared after she spent a weekend at his apartment. He suspects that she was after his money and needed a green card and after she saw that he lived in a studio she thought that there was nothing there for her to go after. He asked me if I agreed with that assumption since the girl in question was also Brazilian. I said: “that calls for a lot of speculation and assumption and I am not about to do that without having her side of the story” I got a disappointed face again.
“Comparison is the thief of joy.” Theodore Roosevelt
After these painful minutes I got up to leave mentioning a train I had to catch. He got up with me and hugged me good bye. He then asked if I was intimidated by his height. I looked at him in surprise and asked: Why would I? Why would anyone? He looked disappointed again. One would think he is 7 feet tall, but even though he said he is 6’4, I don’t believe it. My boss is 6’4 and this guy was definitely shorter.
Needless to say I had zero interest in getting to know him better. He emailed that night to say that he was unsure about the chemistry – as if there was any chance I would be interested in him. I, humoring him, said: sleep on it.
The next morning I wrote him and I said that there was really zero chemistry and wished him luck. He asked me to keep his number in case I ever had any event to attend and wanted him to accompany me. I wanted to reply that he was just too old to be a gigolo, but chose silence instead.
And another bullet was dodged 🙂
“He knows nothing; and he thinks he knows everything. That points clearly to a political career.” – ―
joyroses13 said:
OH MY Gosh!! I thought perhaps I was reading a fiction novel! I am impressed that you didn’t walk away right after the first question about your glasses! Shaking my head about all he said, CRAZY! As the saying goes Life is stranger than fiction! Hang in there and how nice of you to tell him to sleep on it! LOL! Thanks for the laugh, though sorry you had to deal with the craziness!
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A Star on the Forehead said:
I was listening to him and thinking to myself: is this normal? is he this clueless or am I just being too sensitive?
In the end I realized that some people are just so into themselves that they behave in such a way.
Better luck next time…
Thank you and many blessings! 🙂
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joyroses13 said:
Yes it’s sad how some people really are. You are very welcome!
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MyLittleBird123 said:
As a trained therapist that sounds like the date from hell!! One can only laugh.
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A Star on the Forehead said:
Thanks Heaven it didn’t last long. Lesson learned, next time will pay attention to some flags.
Wishing you a blessed rest of week! 🙂
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ajeanneinthekitchen said:
He definitely sounds like a LOSER! I’m glad there was no chemistry. Good for you for following your instincts.
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A Star on the Forehead said:
I don’t go around calling people “loser” lightly, but this one certainly was, or at least he behaved as such.
Thank you and many blessings! 🙂
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ajeanneinthekitchen said:
I am with you. Normally, that is not something i would call someone, but it seemed appropriate in this case. Take care of yourself. There are a lot of weird people out there.
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A Star on the Forehead said:
There are all kinds of people out there so i am always proceeding with caution. Always careful!
Thank you and stay blessed! 🤗
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ajeanneinthekitchen said:
As you should. Thank you. You as well.
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utesmile said:
Oh dear, good there was no chemistry. Such men are around too… ( I had a date with one and he told me on that first date that his wife cheated on him and brought back Syphilis- needless to say that was a goner….) 🙂
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A Star on the Forehead said:
Hi Ute,
You and I were lucky they showed their true colors right away.
I hope you are having a wonderful weekend! Blessings! 🤗
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K E Garland said:
Sheesh! I started to ask if this was a full-grown adult man person, but you mentioned he was going to retire, so I guess the answer is yes. Also, I wonder who he’d be if he didn’t let all his exes change him
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A Star on the Forehead said:
He is almost 60! Old enough to know better. That is a good point: who was he before the girlfriends changed him?
Thank you and have a blessed day! 🤗
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kindredspirit23 said:
I suppose one thing that united men and women is the fact that both sexes have people with “those” types of issues. I have been told, “We aren’t going to date, but we can be ‘colleagues’ “. I wanted to say that the most used term for that work was “coworkers” and that we wouldn’t be, I decided that we wouldn’t be anything, so just take the gold and be silent.
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A Star on the Forehead said:
Colleagues? that is a weird choice of word.
There are some guys that I would love to be friends with, but they are just not interested.
Either a romantic relationship or nothing at all – I respect that.
Everyone needs to do what they are comfortable with.
Sending you blessings! 🙂
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snakesinthegrass2014 said:
This sends shivers down my spine. After my first marriage was over, I did online dating and suffered through many a coffee date like the one you describe here. My eyes are still bulging out at the hug he offered you. – Marty
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A Star on the Forehead said:
Hi Marty, welcome aboard!
I always try to be positive about it, and just count those as bullets that I dodged, and lessons learned.
But it was painful 🙂
Thank you for stopping by! Blessings! 🙂
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Ellen Hawley said:
Ick. Ick, ick, ick. The only question about why the Brazilian woman left after a weekend was why she stayed that long.
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A Star on the Forehead said:
hahaha – that is right!! I cannot imagine listening to him more than 10 minutes.
Thank you for stopping by and blessings to you! 🙂
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