When trying to think of a title of this post, I was a little stumped. Some titles I played around with: "How many chances is too many"; "Talk is Cheap"; "Texting is Turning Some Men into Social Retards"; or "Doug is a BUST!". Truth be told any one of those titles would fit but after you read this post you decide.
So as I stated in a previous post my online dating experience has yet to lead to an actual date but I have come close one of which is my experience with Doug. Ahhh where to begin...... well Doug sent me an email through match and it was pleasant and respectful. We exchanged personal email addresses and later exchanged numbers. After exchanging numbers Doug didn't hesitate to give a sista a call. Points for moving quickly. We spoke for about 15 minutes. He had to get off the phone because he was working and got called in on an installation. Not sure what Doug does for a living, we didn't talk long enough for me to get that question answered. And we never were able to continue our conversation but Doug sent me a text indicating that he was looking forward to getting to know me. Ahhhh sweet, right? A day or so later around lunch time I receive a text message from Doug asking how my day was going and oh.... I quote: "Do you miss me yet?". Yes I know what you're thinking, "Uhhhh REALLY?" I thought the same thing. I basically responded that I didn't miss him because I didn't know him and we only spoke 15 minutes! His response: "Well I am just letting you know that you can miss me if you want to". Now after speaking to some of my co-workers I chalked it up to well maybe he has been out of the game for awhile and he is a little socially retarded so I decided not to be too quick to cut Doug off. Well folks it didn't get better.
Incident 2: Doug and I discussed via text about meeting up for coffee over the weekend. We talked about meeting up Sunday early evening like 4pm. We text back and forth on Friday (Doug attempted to have a conversation via text message) but didn't text on Saturday. Sunday comes along and I sent him a text at 1pm inquirying if he still wanted to meet up-- no response. Monday goes by-- nothing; Tuesday comes and I get an apologetic text message that asks if I had deleted him out of my address book yet? The sympathy angle: interesting. I said no and he proceeds to tell me that on Sunday NIGHT he had to take his mom to the emergency room because she fell and was there all night. Now, I know what you are thinking "didn't you text him at 1pm" or maybe your thinking "while you are waiting in the emergency room why not send a response saying something has come up after all you spend most of your time just waiting in an emergency room". Now I have to be honest and say that I did wonder if the story was made up but needless to say I let it be. He stated his mother was doing okay and he reiterated that he VERY MUCH WANTED TO TALK TO ME. Okay whatever!
Incident 3: Doug sent me a text message asking what I was doing. It so happened I was eating dinner. Doug proceeded to request time later on that evening to talk. I suggested 8pm and he said that after he completed a task he would give me a call. UHHHH CRICKETS! No call.
Incident 4: Doug sent me a text message asking what if we could talk that evening. I had plans but stated I could talk at 9pm. We were all set or so I thought. 9pm came and went and no call!
Ironically when he would reach out afterwards, via text messag of course, he would never mention not calling. But he would end up texting the following: "Just wanted to know I was thinking about you"; "You crossed my mind today"; "I look forward to getting to know you"; "Hey"; "Good morning"; "How are you"; etc, etc. You get the drift. I should also like to add that after our initial 15 minute telephone conversation we have yet to actually TALK ON THE PHONE. Uhhhh REALLY? And it gets better! So for incident 5 and 6 stay tuned for the Doug Saga Part II. Hey maybe that's what I will call my post!
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