WOW! 2010 is definitely off to an interesting start:
Mike never called. Lauren saw him on Tuesday night and mentioned that he had asked about me and had told her that he thought I was “adorable” and “so much fun” but that he’s “sort of dating someone.” NEXT.
Larry has been semi-stalking, as predicted. It leaves me in a strange predicament because I need his working relationship (and contacts) and can’t blow him off like I normally would. I’ve made a point of not picking up his calls, calling back days later (if at all) and being slow to respond to his emails. He clearly is doing all that he can to flirt with me and try to make plans to see me again. I’m not sure how to proceed with this one—if I’m too nice, it will backfire and if i’m too mean, it will backfire. There is no way to win!
Ethan and I have been in pretty steady contact since our Florida “date.” He wanted to grab drinks with me last week (on the day he was flying in from Florida no less!) but I had other plans. I invited him to come with me to my best friend Erin’s birthday party with me tomorrow afternoon. It’s a bowling party in Brooklyn and it’s an afternoon/early evening kind of shindig, so I figured that’s a safe event. I don’t want it to be too dateish. Ethan and Erin and her husband, Eric, and I all went to high school together, so again, there’s this buffer zone of safety for this. But, he did suggest that we go to one of his favorite pizza places in Brooklyn to get food after the party. I have to admit, he’s been sort of cute in how proactive he’s been to spend time with me. He gets major points for that. He doesn’t mind hanging out with my friends. More points for him. And he’s thoughtful. Points! I just am not sure that I am attracted to him! WHY?!?
Rick, the total creep-o that I met in the lobby of my old building at work, emailed AND texted me this week to see if I was free to grab coffee with him. The best part? He literally signed off on his text messages by writing: “Ciao, Rick” EW! I ignored the hell out of that one.
Martin seemed to pop up out of nowhere, sending me an email to see how I’ve been and suggesting that we grab drinks soon. Not sure what’s going on there, but I’m not really interested. This is the part where I don’t know how to handle anything…Do I ignore his email? Do I respond and suggest drinks and then be friendly? Do I tell him straight up I’m not interested? I HAVE NO IDEA!
Michael is back! Started texting me out of nowhere after months of nothing. I am still not interested in dating him, but we’ve had some funny exchanges and he is persistent about seeing me. Unlike the others, I have no problem telling him that I am not interested for some reason. But we have tentative plans to have dinner together on Wednesday night.
What I find so interesting is that I haven’t had sex in a while (3 months? 2 months?) and furthermore, haven’t had GOOD sex in forever (6 months!) and it’s about that time of year when I am DYING for it. Crap. All these boys who are interested and no one I want to even picture naked. Universe, you are cruel!
