Thursday, January 26, 2012

For What It's Worth...

...I don't take my own advice.

I'm seeing the girl who disappeared for a week.  So far, so awesome.

We'll see what transpires,  I guess, but I'm enjoying it while it lasts.

Friday, January 20, 2012

Lessons in Sketch

First, let me give myself plaudits for the physical attributes of the women I've been dating.  I am definitely attracting beautiful women.  Yay for me.

However, I've not allowed their stunning looks to override my male intuition.  Yay for me, again.

Two lessons I've learned:

1.  "I've never dated anyone like you.  You're so hot.  You look like that guy who plays Kirk in the new Star Trek.  My friends say you're a keeper.  Etcetera."

....when they say that, it may be time to run.  Because when I don't, they do it first.  Honestly, though, it's probably my fault.  These compliments are soon followed by daily calls to "come over and hang out," and "hey what are u doing?" to which, I'm ashamed to admit, I fail to say "No." and "I'm busy."

I seem to forget the availability kills mystery - and killing mystery (at ANY point in the relationship) kills everything.

2.  At the first sign of sketchiness - run.

I dated a girl twice and she disappeared for a month.  For some reason, I decided to call her again after that month - and we dated for the next 4 months.  Seems great, right?  Except it turned out she was a totally self-absorbed young woman - a fact made evident when she disappeared the first time (she blamed that on me, by the way).

I dated another girl who did something similar - she was all over me, then disappeared only to come back when she found out I was behind a bar again.  That was a fire-filled two weeks of receiving constant texts, pictures, hanging out and fooling around...   followed by a swift disappearance.

If I had just paid attention to the signs in the beginning, I'd have saved myself trouble.

Next time maybe I'll learn.

Tuesday, January 17, 2012

Back? Why not!

Hi Team...  Team!

I'm back for a quick post.  Lots has changed - I'm in Houston now in an awesome new apartment with a great new job - and almost done with graduate school.  I'm 26 now.  Getting...  old.

Living in the "Big" city has changed things.  Women are different here.  This is what I've learned in the past six months of dating:

1.  It's not worth waiting 5 1/2 months for a commitment from a woman.  Or for sex, for that matter.  I turned down a whole bunch of opportunity for a girl who ended up being a waste of time.

2.  When a girl says "Don't be mad at me if I disappear for two weeks..."  Well, don't be surprised if she disappears.  Literally.

Other than that, in addition to my corporate slavery and academic pursuits - I is back behind a bar, slingin' drinks.

Best,

Parad0x