I guess it had to happen some time, but its a first. It was strange though, because I think it was a set up. Tall, dark and handsome, too-good-to-be-true with Villa in Italy, winks, makes a last minute suggestion for a drink. I decline. A few days pass, another invite. So I go, suspicion sirens blaring, and arrive early. No one matching his description is there. I sit at the bar and order a glass of wine. And still he doesn’t show. All is not lost. I have an excellent glass of Chardonnay, I spend an hour chatting with a sweet guy at the bar who gives me his card and have a Bill and Melinda Gates sighting. I laugh with my new friend at things I could write in an email to make Mr. NoShow regret his no show. I leave and come home to a message sent from Mr. NoShow Italian Villa at the exact time we were supposed to meet, “You stood me up.”
WTF?
So I was played. I took the bait. Perhaps someone felt avenged for some terrible injustice I did them.
Bad dating juju for him.
Learning to live again after the sudden death of my husband Arron on 9/11. I wrote my book, The Alchemy of Loss, as a testament to finding the silver lining of grief and loss, to discovering the defibrillator effect of trauma and its power to awaken us into really living. I now live in Seattle with my two teenaged kids.
wow. I just came across a blog called “dating is war,” I haven’t looked at it yet, but this may make me do it. You just keep on putting yourself out there, girlie! I will do the same. I always enjoy reading your stuff. Even though you are quite a bit younger than me, we are still trying. Thank God! What else to to?
Probably someone taking something out on you that was totally unrelated to you. Infantile but I think dating reduces a lot of us to our high school selves at some point – insecure and slightly crazed by hormones.
Bad dating juju indeed.
Psycho. Totally psycho. I’m sorry you have to encounter that sort of trashy behavior. Some gentleman.
Sorry to hear, but great that you met someone charming at that bar. Real life is so much better than online dating!
Ah, I’m sorry there are people out there who do such things. You’re sure it wasn’t a mix-up on time, though?
I think I would have been hovering in the corner waiting instead of enjoying some chardonnay and conversation. Good for you! I’ve just stumbled across your blog.
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