I get to see an old friend next week. I am really excited to catch up and "be myself." I love this person. He is special, funny and the only person (so far) that can keep up with my bantering. Its not just anyone that can love someone like Lisa Lampanelli, Chelsea Handler, or me :)
Anyway, I hope for fun, good material for my blog. I expect to have the funnest 72 hours that I have had in many years. Wish me luck,
Sloppy Kisses,
Meriska
Saturday, February 25, 2012
Elvis, Burrito's and Upset Stomach
Its 2008, and I met a "landscape artist" on the Internet. We had several conversations on the phone and for whatever reason, we were unable to get together in person. This upset my artist to the the point that he became hostile and said some pretty unreasonable things on the phone. I quickly ended the conversation and didn't think of him again.....Flash forward to 2010, when I have entered the world of face boo and am enjoying catching up with long lost friends. I am the first to admit that my memory is not what it used to be, so I was "accepting" anyone that asked to be my friend. Guess who one of them was? I'm not sure how he found me or how he even remembered my name (oh, who am I kidding, you don't forget "Cher" or "Madonna" right? lol). Anyway, I added this guy and we exchanged short emails, IM's and/or posts to each other. Every few months or so he would throw out an invitation for a date and in my usual lack of trust in men, I would turn him down. So many years, texts, emails and posts later, I decide to take him up on his offer and we agree to meet at a Mexican Restaurant.
My date pulled up in his "paid for" 1996 Ford truck and proudly told me "it has over 250,000 miles!" You don't say? Anyway, he was cute, really tall and built like I like. We enter the restaurant and already I can feel some regret on our restaurant choice. My first clue on how the food would be should have been the 50's music playing overhead. Mexican restaurant, Elvis....hmmm. We get seated and after asking the server her recommendation, went with the Chile Verde burrito.
We talked about the usual topics, including past relationships. I had remembered he had a posting about a girl he had been dating for two weeks, and was suddenly told she was on her way to see him and was in a roll over and died. He repeated the story, telling me that he thinks she really is not dead and had several people in on the scam. OMG, how screwed up does one have to be to date someone like this, and/or what might he have done her for her to go to the trouble of faking her own death to get away from him? He finishes his story and we finish our meal. Both left me troubled and with an upset stomach. I hate dating, it takes way too long to get to the point where people stop trying to be who they are not and the real person comes crawling out. Although often lonely, my gut reaction in 2008, was this was not the guy for me. In 2012, I still believe this to be the case. Or, maybe I am just regressing back to sabotaging. Either way, he was off on another date the next day, so I don't think there was loss on either of our parts.
My date pulled up in his "paid for" 1996 Ford truck and proudly told me "it has over 250,000 miles!" You don't say? Anyway, he was cute, really tall and built like I like. We enter the restaurant and already I can feel some regret on our restaurant choice. My first clue on how the food would be should have been the 50's music playing overhead. Mexican restaurant, Elvis....hmmm. We get seated and after asking the server her recommendation, went with the Chile Verde burrito.
We talked about the usual topics, including past relationships. I had remembered he had a posting about a girl he had been dating for two weeks, and was suddenly told she was on her way to see him and was in a roll over and died. He repeated the story, telling me that he thinks she really is not dead and had several people in on the scam. OMG, how screwed up does one have to be to date someone like this, and/or what might he have done her for her to go to the trouble of faking her own death to get away from him? He finishes his story and we finish our meal. Both left me troubled and with an upset stomach. I hate dating, it takes way too long to get to the point where people stop trying to be who they are not and the real person comes crawling out. Although often lonely, my gut reaction in 2008, was this was not the guy for me. In 2012, I still believe this to be the case. Or, maybe I am just regressing back to sabotaging. Either way, he was off on another date the next day, so I don't think there was loss on either of our parts.
Monday, February 13, 2012
You Get What You Pay For
So I was recently on a "free" dating website, when I got IM'd by one of my "compatible" matches. He was cute and a quick check of his profile found that he met my initial criteria. He was witty and funny and could keep up with me (a skill I often use to weed out men), so I thought I would talk to him some more. He indicated that he has been married, two kids and an ex wife who is a professor at a local University, so he seemed normal. He said he was initially attracted to me because of my education and career. He said he only surrounds himself with "intelligent people." Hmm...I better pull out my thesaurus before he catches on. Anyway, lots of texting and phone calls later, I asked if we could meet. He informed that he is in transition, trying to find an apartment and immediately the red flags start to pop up. I ask what he does for a living and he tells me he is a "life coach." More red flags. I mean, really? He then asks about specifics with my career, since I only put "government" on my profile. I explain in detail what I do, and he says: "like a parole officer?" I tell him yes and then I get the "I need to tell you something." Oh god the whole room has turned red. He proceeds to tell me that over six months ago he was arrested for Felony, Interfering with a Police Officer and Assault on a Police Officer. That's just great. I hear the usual: "its all a big misunderstanding," but he tops it off by telling me that he just got released from jail because he couldn't pay his bond and his case hasn't been adjudicated. I about died. I told him I couldn't see him anymore and he was actually cool and said he totally understood.
Lesson learned: Do a background check on anyone you meet on line.
Sloppy Kisses,
Meriska
Lesson learned: Do a background check on anyone you meet on line.
Sloppy Kisses,
Meriska
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