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| Fri, 01-13-2006 - 7:00pm |
Hi there all,
I just got back from a couple of days in DC for the job. I posted in Craig's List under the platonic section asking for someone to have dinner with. I emailed back and forth with a few guys and eventually chose one for dinner and had a really nice time last night. He was smart, funny, and a gentleman. He even insisted on buying dinner even though it was meant as a friends kind of thing. Turns out that he's really cute and I found myself attracted to him and.... he's only 5'9". I am sure you all have heard me say I am not attracted to men under 6'. Hal, in particular, will enjoy my eating crow so I thought that I would share the experience.
I had drinks with a friend planned for after dinner and he came along for the first part of that too which was really nice. He is here for work every few months and I am there now and afgain so hopefully I will see him again soon and see whether I can kiss someone who is barely taller than I am. I may have to buy some flats...
Jules

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Or the man AND the lesson.
Ah, in a perfect world.
Or the man, the lesson, a perfect size 4 body, the ability to eat whatever I want and maintain said body with no effort, inoculation against hangovers, and a million dollars.
Eh - we don't want much. Teeheehee.
>>I had that in part of one of my posts recently. I almost felt guilty that, after having gone out with a guy, I was thinking more about myself and how I felt about it than I was of him. I think we have to take those learning opportunities though.<<
I think that's good, in a way. Rather than get all caught up in the initial butterflies, and the trap of "does he like me? how can I make him like me?", you are focusing on whether it feels right or good to you. I don't think there's anything wrong with that.
AJ, enjoying life with C.
As long as we're going there...
Five million dollars, a yacht in the Caribbean, the aforementioned effortless body and a hot guy that likes to write songs about me and bring me drinks. :-)
Geez, I'm even gagging myself at this point.
I had a boyfriend who wrote some sweet songs about me years ago. I was very appreciative when he played one for me, but I have to say that I can't stand it when men write songs or poetry for me. It really makes me groan. I am just soooo not sentimental. I appreciate the small moments and little gestures but I can't stand poetry or anything vaguely sappy.
I haven't watched The Bachelor since Andrew Firestone was on but I have already been sucked into the new season. It is such a guilty pleasure for me. Every time one of those women whips out a piece of paper, and I know a poem is coming, I get all hysterical because it makes me laugh so hard. Then they show the bachelor's face and his discomfort is palpable and then I feel a little bad for laughing. For about 2 seconds.
But I would take the 5 million bucks and, since I am no longer capable of having hangovers, then I want a man who will bring me the drinks too. You can have the yacht and the Carribean and I will take a chateau southern France.
For me it is not so much the song as it is the thought that he's so inspired by me. Hence, me gagging from my own post.
Yeah, I caught part of The Bachelor last night. I knew that girl was gone before they started. I'm afraid her little "poem" just sealed the deal.
I cringed when she said "I'm a writer". I know, I know, it takes all kinds.
I hate reality TV, so I'm embarrassed to admit I watched all two hours. UGH.
But, that girl was too much - with the dorky little Hallmark-inspired poem and the orange-rind teeth. And the doctor whose "eggs are rotting" and is "entering the reproductive phase of her life" !!! Made me feel MUCH better about my own ability to date like a sane person.
LOL.
AJ, enjoying life with C.
Yeah, the orange teeth thing was not good. Goofy stuff like that is for when you're already together for a while and the person knows you're not a psycho and can just ignore you (if ever).
And the crazy "ready to reproduce" doctor was insane. I had to laugh when she said "This just solidifies why I don't date doctors." Honey, this just solidifies why doctors won't date you. I can't even begin to imagine how embarassed she must be right now.
I have a feeling that she is not embarassed and that she really thinks that everyone else is whacky and that she is the catch of the century. She struck me as one of those people with NO concept of how they appear to others.
I just kept thinking how bad it could be for her professionally. I wouldn't let that woman anywhere near me. I wouldn't let her cut my toenails, much less treat me for cancer. I also get a little sad that people like her are in such a hurry to have children - she showed so little restraint or judgment. Then again, it is reality TV and I am sure that they made her look as bad as possible. But there was definitely some crazy there that was not TV-Producer-engineered.
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