So, as mentioned in last post I currently have a few guys in my life that seem to have some sort of potential. I now realize it is me that has pretty much zero potential. I really know it!
I can't be all cool like a guy and talk sports and act all like "I am not a girl, I don't care" and then try to get upset when guys believe this attitude and don't do things I want them to.
Case in point. Mr 5 Years has a pretty firm handle on who I am and what I am like. He knows I have a porcupine-like exterior, but he also knows there is one of those pink-coloured mini marshmallows hiding in there somewhere (though he really has yet to see any of it (maybe a tiny tiny bit)) Yes I just used double parenthesis...whatever. Deal!
Mostly Mr 5 Years sees the girl who is always joking, talks sports, talks about jerking off (c'mon, everyone does it!) and speaks her mind. Anyway, he called me yesterday in the afternoon and asked me to a movie this evening. I thought it was sweet that he called so far in advance and planned something. Even though I am not sure how we will ever get passed making out if our dates continue to include others or be so chaste! Anyway, I was really excited about it all. He figured work would keep him busy late so it would have to be a late movie...fine by me!
He just texted, yes, texted! to say he is probably too busy for a movie tonight, even a late one. I sent him back a super cryptic, girly message back - what I actually wrote follows my name (what I wanted to write is in brackets):
Nic: Figured (fuck you - I turned down another date and 2 friends for this damn movie!)
Mr5Y: Not sure how I should take that
Nic: I know you're busy (You could have called dumbass!)
He then asked for my email address and forwarded me an email his brother sent to him after meeting me last weekend, which basically said how awesome he thinks I am. This guy is good. He knows how to get out of a hole!
Nic: Thanks. That was sweet. (Is your brother single? Maybe he will make time for me)
Mr5Y: After big meeting next week and other business shit (not his words - just how I interpreted them) is cleared up I will have more time and I would like to see you more.
Nic: That's nice to hear. I am just disappointed. (Whatever - I will believe it when I see it a-hole!)
But at least I got through to the point I was disappointed - even though it took 20 minutes! Mr5Y does not think this will phase me because he thinks I can take it. Well guess what - it bugged me a LOT! I actually got teary eyed. I am fairly certain it was from cutting up the onions at lunch, but still!
Here is the conversation I had with KS (the OTHER one) yesterday. He is currently staying with his brother in my burb cuz he just moved out here and relping with house renos and nanny duties. Weird, but whatever. He calls when he is watching the damn kids and it drives me f'n crazy. His nephew is always screaming like a little girl in the background. Anyway, this is how our conversation went:
Nic: How old is your nephew again? (I think I have asked him this about 4 times)
KS: 19 months
Nic: Oh, so like 2
KS: No, like 19 months
Nic: 19 months 2 years same thing
KS: actually not really
This is when I realize that 2 years = 24 months not 20 like my brain was telling me.
Nic: right, well he is closer to 2 than 1
KS: I guess
Nic: either way, isn't that a lot of screaming for a kid that age?
KS: Ya, I should go now
KS actually called later to apologize for calling when the kids were dumping bowls of KD in their head, but I am fairly certain he learned I am not all that into his underlings. Whatevs!
Something tells me my 2 front runners are going to end up tieing for last place!
Thursday, March 26, 2009
Tuesday, March 24, 2009
And...we're off!
After an entirely crazy weekend I am finally feeling somewhat human. I need to get to the gym before I am 100%. That will be happening in the next few hours.
So, to sort of pick up where I left off...I did end up going out with Mr 5 Years after my last post. We met up for a hockey game and dinner and drinks a few days after that post. We had a really great time. Our chemistry is so bang on it is kind of scary. We have a lot in common and know a lot of the same people. Our first kiss was the kind that leaves you feeling somewhat breathless. So, it was all in all a good date.
We went out again this past Friday night. We were supposed to go to a movie with his brother and his friend, but by the time they finished watching their beloved hockey team they were quite late getting me and none of us had eaten, so we ended up just going for dinner and drinks. We both know the owner of the restaurant we went to and he knew a lot of the staff. We all ended up going to PO with the staff after dinner. It wasn't my scene, but it was nice to have some somewhat alone time with Mr 5 Years. We have a hard time keeping our hands off of each other, but have both decided we are not rushing into anything. We are very honest with each other, so it is good to just take things slow (for now). I did tell him that I do feel like I want to see him more than we should be right now and he totally understood that. We talk every day...I guess we will see how things go there.
Saturday I had the family over and we went to a play. It was really good. We went for dinner after and then I came home and relaxed for a while then headed to Kits for poker night with the boys. It ended up being really fun. I met CP's best friend and him and I hit it off amazingly well, but of course he lives over 3,000 km away. I might see him again before he heads home, but no big deal there. He might be moving out here, in which case I would for sure see him again, but no point of anything unless he does.
I got home sometime Sunday morning and showered and had somehow planned 2 dates. Ooops. I cancelled one and the other one got delayed and wasn't sure when he was available. I ended up going for a boozy brunch with AT and the girls met up with us and had drinks on the patio. After a few too many drinks KS called and said he could come to meet me now. I had to kind of give him the head's up that we had already had a bottle of wine so I might be a little tipsy for our date. He was fine with it and came and met me on the patio. Talk about walking into a shit storm! This was our first date and he was meeting the friends in the first 2 minutes. He was totally fine and everyone got along with him great. We took off and came here so I could change. We decided to go for a walk and we ended up on the AquaBus and took a harbor tour. He just moved here 3 weeks ago, so has not seen any of the city yet, so I decided to play tour guide. We ended up on Granville Island and walked around a bit and then went to Bridges for some wine. After some more walking we took the Bus back and went to LaBodega for sangria and appies. After we finished up there we came back to my place and the girls were texting and they wanted to head out. We went and met them at Earls YT. They had some friends with them as well, so it ended up being quite the little crew. We ended up at the Roller (ugh!)
KS got along really well with everyone and we ended up having a great time. I got home and flopped onto my bed and passed out. KS slept on my couch and was freezing. I brought him into my room and we snuggled for the morning and afternoon. I was pretty damn hungover all day yesterday. Today I am in serious need of a workout and then I will be 100%.
So, as usual when it rains it pours. I am not sure what is going to happen with either (or any) of these guys, but it is nice to have met some non-douchebags who I actually like.
This weekend is shaping up to be a crazy one too. I need a break!
So, to sort of pick up where I left off...I did end up going out with Mr 5 Years after my last post. We met up for a hockey game and dinner and drinks a few days after that post. We had a really great time. Our chemistry is so bang on it is kind of scary. We have a lot in common and know a lot of the same people. Our first kiss was the kind that leaves you feeling somewhat breathless. So, it was all in all a good date.
We went out again this past Friday night. We were supposed to go to a movie with his brother and his friend, but by the time they finished watching their beloved hockey team they were quite late getting me and none of us had eaten, so we ended up just going for dinner and drinks. We both know the owner of the restaurant we went to and he knew a lot of the staff. We all ended up going to PO with the staff after dinner. It wasn't my scene, but it was nice to have some somewhat alone time with Mr 5 Years. We have a hard time keeping our hands off of each other, but have both decided we are not rushing into anything. We are very honest with each other, so it is good to just take things slow (for now). I did tell him that I do feel like I want to see him more than we should be right now and he totally understood that. We talk every day...I guess we will see how things go there.
Saturday I had the family over and we went to a play. It was really good. We went for dinner after and then I came home and relaxed for a while then headed to Kits for poker night with the boys. It ended up being really fun. I met CP's best friend and him and I hit it off amazingly well, but of course he lives over 3,000 km away. I might see him again before he heads home, but no big deal there. He might be moving out here, in which case I would for sure see him again, but no point of anything unless he does.
I got home sometime Sunday morning and showered and had somehow planned 2 dates. Ooops. I cancelled one and the other one got delayed and wasn't sure when he was available. I ended up going for a boozy brunch with AT and the girls met up with us and had drinks on the patio. After a few too many drinks KS called and said he could come to meet me now. I had to kind of give him the head's up that we had already had a bottle of wine so I might be a little tipsy for our date. He was fine with it and came and met me on the patio. Talk about walking into a shit storm! This was our first date and he was meeting the friends in the first 2 minutes. He was totally fine and everyone got along with him great. We took off and came here so I could change. We decided to go for a walk and we ended up on the AquaBus and took a harbor tour. He just moved here 3 weeks ago, so has not seen any of the city yet, so I decided to play tour guide. We ended up on Granville Island and walked around a bit and then went to Bridges for some wine. After some more walking we took the Bus back and went to LaBodega for sangria and appies. After we finished up there we came back to my place and the girls were texting and they wanted to head out. We went and met them at Earls YT. They had some friends with them as well, so it ended up being quite the little crew. We ended up at the Roller (ugh!)
KS got along really well with everyone and we ended up having a great time. I got home and flopped onto my bed and passed out. KS slept on my couch and was freezing. I brought him into my room and we snuggled for the morning and afternoon. I was pretty damn hungover all day yesterday. Today I am in serious need of a workout and then I will be 100%.
So, as usual when it rains it pours. I am not sure what is going to happen with either (or any) of these guys, but it is nice to have met some non-douchebags who I actually like.
This weekend is shaping up to be a crazy one too. I need a break!
Thursday, March 5, 2009
I Know it is Me!
So, after the last post I saw a lot of MM. He made me dinner that night at his place, which was lovely. We had a bunch of wine and I ended up crashing there. I saw him later on Friday night after Lea and Stace left from a drinking/gabbing session. I should have known it was not a good idea for him to come over when Lea and I were leaving to head out and I got in my elevator, walked into my lobby and turned around and came back to my apartment because I was way too loaded to go out. He came by a bit after that and we both basically passed out.
I went hiking all day Saturday with AT - 3 hours of hiking at UBC was insane. Neither of us planned to go that long, but we got somewhat lost on the trail and ended up pretty much as far away as possible from our starting point. I knew we were in trouble when I asked someone on a trail the way back to Spanish Banks and their face registered alarm. It ended up being an awesome workout though, so all good.
I got back from hiking and had a quick shower and DA and i went to new Earl's for food (for her) and beer for me. After insulting the waiter as much as we could Clark showed up and we all decided to head to DA's with wine for the night. After MUCH wine I decided it would be wise to invite MM over. Why oh why would I invite someone over to meet by besties when I wasn't sure I liked him??? Of course they loved him. We came back to my place that night and basically both passed out again.
Sunday I met AT for lunch in YT and ES came and met us afterwards. The 3 of us took the dog and went for a long seawall jaunt. It was really nice out. After the walk I came home and did chores around the house. I went over to Toady's for the game (MM went to it with coworkers and was heading out with them afterwards). He called me after and invited me to join them. Again, I have no idea why (damn booze!) His coworkers were great and we had some drinks and they all took off. MM and I went to IrishPub and drank beers and played darts. At some point in the night I finally agreed to not see other people (again, why???) I woke up at his place Monday morning wondering what the hell I had agreed to. I knew I couldn't do it and not into him enough to put him through my ridiculousness. I left there in a hurry and came home.
Tuesday DA came by in the afternoon. Now that I have beautiful home office she comes by in between appointments and works with me here. She was getting ready to go to another appointment and Clark called a little tipsy from a business lunch, so she came over with a few bottles of wine and the 3 of us started drinking at about 4:30 on a Tuesday. Jesus!! After some drinks and pizza and Clark's BF stopping by I was alone and realized I had to do the deed. I called MM and told him this wasn't going to work for me. He kind of got the hint on Monday morning, but still he was not happy. I think I apologized 6 times. I am an idiot! Another one bites the dust. I have never been in a situation where I dated someone I wasn't physically attracted to and I thought if I liked the person enough it wouldn't matter. Turns out I was wrong!
Yesterday I trained with DA's trainer. It was awesome to get back into that. It is such a good workout. I was supposed to go to DA's for dinner later, but our wires got crossed and by the time we touched base we were both bagged and I just decided to get some food and stay home.
I was up at 5:30 this morning for hot yoga, went to Richmond to get a monitor from the office, filled up, washed my car, got groceries and showered and got ready before 10 am! It is noon and feels like it is about 8 pm. So productive! ExT texted yesterday to see if I wanted to get coffee today. We haven't seen each other in a long time, so I figured why not. He just called and somehow he mentioned that he is living in Kits now...with his GF...who he BOUGHT a place with. Wow! I don't care about him in that way anymore, but holy fuck it was still like a punch in the stomach. He still wants to get together this afternoon, but I am not sure I am going to do it now. Argh!
In the craziness of all of this I actually have a prospect I am super excited about. If this date happens it will be a first date 5 years in the making (maybe even longer). About 5 years ago Lea and I were at the BC Lions Western Championship. I was in the beer lineup (Duh!) and a guy came up to me and whispered something in my ear and walked off. I didn't quite get what he said and just wrote it off as a drunk at a CFL game, which is usually the entire crowd. Anyway, I went back to my seat and he was 2 rows behind me. We kept smiling at each other throughout the day. After the game he came over and told me he had seen my on an online dating site. Ahhhhh...OK, so not just a drunk at a CFL game...a drunk at a CFL game who is also a creepy online stalker! Haha. Anyway, the next day he emailed me on said site and we stayed in touch, but nothing ever came of it. I ran into him at bars a few times and there was always flirting, but again nothing. One of these nights I did give him my number and we had a date all planned for a Friday night. There were lots of flirty texts leading up to it and the day of he called to let me know he had an emergency at work, so it was a no go. For whatever reason we never rescheduled. We have been FB friends for quite some time and I noticed when he added me he had a gf (or at least it seemed he did, so I never got in touch). Cue to Tuesday night - I am back on said dating site and I see his profile. I emailed him to laugh and say hi. He emailed me back immediately and said he was just sending me an email at the same time to ask if we should finally have the date. After many back and forth emails he called and we chatted for a while and it looks like this time we are actually going to go out. There has been flirty texting since then, so this could be interesting. The anticipation of 5 years could ruin this one, but it is nice to be excited about something!
The same night this was all happening DA had left here and was on her way home when she got a call from an old friend. He was at a pub with some friends so she went by. One of his friends was single and DA thought he was cute so she emailed me his pic. He added me to BBM and we started chatting. I know nothing about this guy, but we are supposed to go out for drinks tonight. It was a busy night!
Reporting on my disastorous dating life one failure after another!
I went hiking all day Saturday with AT - 3 hours of hiking at UBC was insane. Neither of us planned to go that long, but we got somewhat lost on the trail and ended up pretty much as far away as possible from our starting point. I knew we were in trouble when I asked someone on a trail the way back to Spanish Banks and their face registered alarm. It ended up being an awesome workout though, so all good.
I got back from hiking and had a quick shower and DA and i went to new Earl's for food (for her) and beer for me. After insulting the waiter as much as we could Clark showed up and we all decided to head to DA's with wine for the night. After MUCH wine I decided it would be wise to invite MM over. Why oh why would I invite someone over to meet by besties when I wasn't sure I liked him??? Of course they loved him. We came back to my place that night and basically both passed out again.
Sunday I met AT for lunch in YT and ES came and met us afterwards. The 3 of us took the dog and went for a long seawall jaunt. It was really nice out. After the walk I came home and did chores around the house. I went over to Toady's for the game (MM went to it with coworkers and was heading out with them afterwards). He called me after and invited me to join them. Again, I have no idea why (damn booze!) His coworkers were great and we had some drinks and they all took off. MM and I went to IrishPub and drank beers and played darts. At some point in the night I finally agreed to not see other people (again, why???) I woke up at his place Monday morning wondering what the hell I had agreed to. I knew I couldn't do it and not into him enough to put him through my ridiculousness. I left there in a hurry and came home.
Tuesday DA came by in the afternoon. Now that I have beautiful home office she comes by in between appointments and works with me here. She was getting ready to go to another appointment and Clark called a little tipsy from a business lunch, so she came over with a few bottles of wine and the 3 of us started drinking at about 4:30 on a Tuesday. Jesus!! After some drinks and pizza and Clark's BF stopping by I was alone and realized I had to do the deed. I called MM and told him this wasn't going to work for me. He kind of got the hint on Monday morning, but still he was not happy. I think I apologized 6 times. I am an idiot! Another one bites the dust. I have never been in a situation where I dated someone I wasn't physically attracted to and I thought if I liked the person enough it wouldn't matter. Turns out I was wrong!
Yesterday I trained with DA's trainer. It was awesome to get back into that. It is such a good workout. I was supposed to go to DA's for dinner later, but our wires got crossed and by the time we touched base we were both bagged and I just decided to get some food and stay home.
I was up at 5:30 this morning for hot yoga, went to Richmond to get a monitor from the office, filled up, washed my car, got groceries and showered and got ready before 10 am! It is noon and feels like it is about 8 pm. So productive! ExT texted yesterday to see if I wanted to get coffee today. We haven't seen each other in a long time, so I figured why not. He just called and somehow he mentioned that he is living in Kits now...with his GF...who he BOUGHT a place with. Wow! I don't care about him in that way anymore, but holy fuck it was still like a punch in the stomach. He still wants to get together this afternoon, but I am not sure I am going to do it now. Argh!
In the craziness of all of this I actually have a prospect I am super excited about. If this date happens it will be a first date 5 years in the making (maybe even longer). About 5 years ago Lea and I were at the BC Lions Western Championship. I was in the beer lineup (Duh!) and a guy came up to me and whispered something in my ear and walked off. I didn't quite get what he said and just wrote it off as a drunk at a CFL game, which is usually the entire crowd. Anyway, I went back to my seat and he was 2 rows behind me. We kept smiling at each other throughout the day. After the game he came over and told me he had seen my on an online dating site. Ahhhhh...OK, so not just a drunk at a CFL game...a drunk at a CFL game who is also a creepy online stalker! Haha. Anyway, the next day he emailed me on said site and we stayed in touch, but nothing ever came of it. I ran into him at bars a few times and there was always flirting, but again nothing. One of these nights I did give him my number and we had a date all planned for a Friday night. There were lots of flirty texts leading up to it and the day of he called to let me know he had an emergency at work, so it was a no go. For whatever reason we never rescheduled. We have been FB friends for quite some time and I noticed when he added me he had a gf (or at least it seemed he did, so I never got in touch). Cue to Tuesday night - I am back on said dating site and I see his profile. I emailed him to laugh and say hi. He emailed me back immediately and said he was just sending me an email at the same time to ask if we should finally have the date. After many back and forth emails he called and we chatted for a while and it looks like this time we are actually going to go out. There has been flirty texting since then, so this could be interesting. The anticipation of 5 years could ruin this one, but it is nice to be excited about something!
The same night this was all happening DA had left here and was on her way home when she got a call from an old friend. He was at a pub with some friends so she went by. One of his friends was single and DA thought he was cute so she emailed me his pic. He added me to BBM and we started chatting. I know nothing about this guy, but we are supposed to go out for drinks tonight. It was a busy night!
Reporting on my disastorous dating life one failure after another!
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