Wednesday, July 22, 2009

Dirty Boy

This is the story of Dirty Boy. He didn't initially appear to be dirty of course, he saved his propensity for dirty clothes and not shaving for the second date. Seriously.
Our first date was pretty normal, on the good end of normal really. Fairly good conversation, good dinner, seemed nice enough........nice enough for a second date to be exact.
As a side note, it was on my way home from this first date that I had a blinding flash of clarity: the amount of conversation I have on a date is not directly related to the relationship potential of said date. In short, I can talk to anyone. When you have to make coherent conversation with people who are actively psychotic, people who are mostly coherent are a piece of cake.
Anyway---- date was good enough for a second date.
He emailed the next day (Friday), asked for a second date, called Saturday and we decided to take the dogs to the off-leash park Sunday morning. Phoebe was very excited to meet a new friend. Her mom was moderately interested in the date itself. I decided that capris and a t-shirt were appropriate attire for a Sunday morning park trip. When he got there I noticed he had on gym clothes. Given this was a pretty casual date, I wasn't initally alarmed. His dog was sweet (a Huskey) and got along well with Phoebe. As we were talking however, I realized he hadn't shaved, and probably hadn't shaved since Thursday's date. Through the course of conversation, I discover he went to play tennis yesterday, and that he played IN THE SAME CLOTHES HE WAS THEN WEARING on our date. Given that he hadn't shaved, I think there's a good possibility he had not showered, either. Tennis.....in Charlotte.....in July.
He called Monday morning at 7:30am. Bizarre time to call someone, even if you know they're a morning person. He called again Monday night at 10:30p, also a bizarre time to call someone when you know they're a morning person.
He is now known as Dirty Boy. There wasn't a 3rd date.

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