Dating Idol Week 4

I was half-asleep when the phone rang near my ear. I didn’t recognize the number on the caller ID, but I answered it anyway.

What telemarketer called this late?

I still didn’t recognize the voice, even after it said my name.

Who was this?

“You don’t know who this is, do you?”

I agreed that I didn’t.

My man fast was working faster than I realized, since the voice was male and obviously knew me. It was Wyatt! Ugh. Did he qualify under my man fast rues or was he exempt since he was an old college friend?

I decided he was exempt because last I knew he had a fiancé, we had never dated and he was one of the best friends a girl could have that wasn’t female. Well, he was exempt until we played the catch up game. He broke up with his fiancé 6 months ago and he asked ME out. Grrrrrrrr. Come on, I just agreed to a man fast with Claire!

Why does this always happen to me!

I told him we could hang out, but I didn’t want to date right now. Even though I did, I figured I needed a few more days before I could weasel my way out of the agreement with Claire!

Dating Idol - Day 23

Today was a stark reminder of why I shouldn’t have turned Wyatt down.

It was a beautiful Saturday morning and I had agreed to go shopping and help my sister. My very pregnant, happily married sister!

Could I be like that with Wyatt?

I wasn’t sure if he was the answer or not, but he was a good start. Maybe I should call him back tomorrow and make it an official date.

Anyway, I agreed to go with my sister and help pick out some baby things to put on her shower list. She has a few months to go, but is at the glowing, eternally happy stage right now. I’m happy for her, and I can’t wait to have a niece or a nephew, but it’s a bitter pill to swallow, especially since she is two years younger than me.

And I should be a little grateful, because with the baby coming and my mother being a first time grandparent, she has forgotten about finding a date for me. She is busily shopping and sewing and doing whatever it is grandmothers do.

I’m not complaining there. At all. So, I will continue to put on my happy face with my family and wait for my niece or nephew to arrive.

Dating Idol - Day 24

Work today was a bitch. I know running an office shouldn’t be that hard, but when I have to monitor the people AND the numbers they churn out, it can be stressful. And it’s the end of the quarter Friday, so the bosses want those projections and accounting numbers yesterday, which I didn’t have to give.

I found another mistake by Eric, so now I have to write him up. Makes me feel like an old codger, but I want to keep my job too. Besides the boring office routine, it does pay the rent.

Michelle and I went out for lunch. She seems pretty nice, but I’m not sure I get her. There is just something off, but I can’t put my finger on it. She has trained well, and I have never caught a mistake with her numbers, the off part is in her personality. I don’t know if I just don’t get her sense of humor or what. And I checked her references myself, so I’m not worried she’s going to go postal or something. She wants to come out clubbing with me but I’m not inviting her out with the girls though – they are a closed club.

Dating Idol - Day 25

I got another phone call from an old college friend tonight.

What – did my name and number turn up on some alumni list that I don’t know about suddenly?

This time it was Rene, who had been my roommate for two years. I hadn’t talked to her in a year or so, even though we had been best friends for years through college. She moved to Colorado after graduation and had a great job in accounting too.

The conversation went great until it got to the part about personal lives. Then she dropped the bomb on me. She wanted me to be a bridesmaid in her wedding next spring.

I would love to!

But the best – or worst, depending on how you looked at it – came next. She met him online!

Oh. My. God.

What am I missing with the online dating thing? Everyone else besides Claire and myself seem to be making it work.

Are we just inept and attract the losers?

Are WE the losers??

God help me!!

I’m happy for Rene, but now I feel a pity party for myself coming on. I’ll have to buy ice cream for tomorrow.

Dating Idol - Day 26

I went to my parent’s house tonight for what I thought was a planning session for my sister’s baby shower. I didn’t smell the trap until I had walked in to it and left myself no escape.

Yeah, my mother had plans on her mind, but they included me and Sam. Sam being her friend’s son who is visiting from California.

Luckily, between courses and during a beer break out back, Sam and I had a chat. He felt “guilted” and “pushed” into coming by his mother tonight too. So once we found out we were in the same boat and really had no interest, we had fun.

The conversation picked up at dinner, over dessert and he even stayed for a few rounds of cards after. I knew by the glimmer in my mom’s eye that she thought she finally had success. I felt bad and that I was lying to her, but hey, it was her big nose that caused the problem. And it wasn’t really lying. I wasn’t going to spoil it for her and say Sam and I dissed your plans out back over a smoke break – when neither of us smoke but the tension was killing us both.

Anyway, Sam is going home next week and I’ll never see him again.

Dating Idol - Day 27

I get home after a boring day of crunching numbers and guess what – another man in my past life showed up!

So, my theory on man fasting means that you decide to fast, and a lot of prospects will fall in to your lap. Since you are fasting and give them up, you can’t take them up on any offers, therefore resulting in no bad dates, no relationships to screw up, nothing. That’s how man fasting works. It gives you a false sense of accomplishment since you didn’t screw up something you can’t have in the first place.

So, I read the email and replied, but didn’t agree to any dates. I said life was good, a little more garbage and lies to stall him off until I am off this fast and hit send.

I hope Claire is happy. I don’t think I am. I could have had a few dates by now, and with seemingly reasonably normal people.

And then when the phone rang and I recognized the number as Brad’s – who I dated last summer – I threw the phone down and ran to take a bath. In private. With no men trying to break my fast.

Dating Idol - Day 28

The man fast with Claire didn’t specify that I couldn’t look. She just said no dating.

So, in order to appease my appetite, I created a new online profile. I know, I know. It hasn’t been that long since my little snit went off and deleted it. This time I would give away less of myself and have more demands in what I wanted. Here’s what I wrote:

Relationship minded, family oriented, funny, smart, loyal, honest, caring and sensitive man wanted. If you are missing one or more, don’t bother to reply. I will provide a written test to make sure you qualify with all of the above characteristics. References may also be requested. Think I’m kidding? Try me.

Ok, so it may seem a little harsh, but I’ll see who bites on this one. No more Bryan’s or Billy Bob’s are going to waste my time!

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