RangerWickett
Legend
My roommate Neil met a girl at eHarmony.com. They talked a lot online and on the phone, and eventually tried to set up a date.
She calls the day before to say she had an allergic reaction to food and didn't want to go out because she didn't think she looked good all puffy-faced. Neil understood, and they rescheduled.
A week later, Neil's waiting for her at a restaurant, and she's a no-show. Half an hour later he departs, calls her, gets no answer, emails her to make sure he didn't get anything wrong, then . . . and here's the part that I adore him for . . . he says, "If I don't hear back from in a few days, I'll call you one more time. I understand if you got cold feet or didn't feel like dating, but if that's the case, I'd rather you tell me than me having to wonder if maybe something happened to you."
As it was, yeah, it turned out she got into a car accident on the way to the date.
When they finally did get to go on a date, they'd both kinda cooled to the situation, and though they're okay with hanging out, neither of them felt any chemistry. Ah well.
As for my personal 'women' problem, it's that my ex-girlfriend, who is part of my peer group so I can't avoid her, had been acting distant and a little mean for two months. Now, though, she's mellowed, and she's gone back to normal. And curse her for that! When she was being a naughty word, I didn't so much mind that she'd broken up with me, but now that she's friendly and cute again, I can't help but be interested again.
*sigh* Then again, I can't complain about having had the chance to date a cute girl, nor about the chance to hang out with her now.
She calls the day before to say she had an allergic reaction to food and didn't want to go out because she didn't think she looked good all puffy-faced. Neil understood, and they rescheduled.
A week later, Neil's waiting for her at a restaurant, and she's a no-show. Half an hour later he departs, calls her, gets no answer, emails her to make sure he didn't get anything wrong, then . . . and here's the part that I adore him for . . . he says, "If I don't hear back from in a few days, I'll call you one more time. I understand if you got cold feet or didn't feel like dating, but if that's the case, I'd rather you tell me than me having to wonder if maybe something happened to you."
As it was, yeah, it turned out she got into a car accident on the way to the date.
When they finally did get to go on a date, they'd both kinda cooled to the situation, and though they're okay with hanging out, neither of them felt any chemistry. Ah well.
As for my personal 'women' problem, it's that my ex-girlfriend, who is part of my peer group so I can't avoid her, had been acting distant and a little mean for two months. Now, though, she's mellowed, and she's gone back to normal. And curse her for that! When she was being a naughty word, I didn't so much mind that she'd broken up with me, but now that she's friendly and cute again, I can't help but be interested again.
*sigh* Then again, I can't complain about having had the chance to date a cute girl, nor about the chance to hang out with her now.