eHarmony: Date One (and one fail) - GEORGINA

On Thursday I made two dates for this weekend: one for Saturday night and one for Sunday afternoon. On Friday I got the flu; I emailed my Saturday date and explained the situation, asking if we could reschedule. No response. On Saturday I had a very important appointment with my hairdresser, and so did my best to pull myself together. On my way back home that afternoon I texted my date. This was our text log:


Me, 3:30pm: Hey, did you get my email yesterday about meeting tonight?
Him, 3:32pm: Nope. Will 8 o clock not work for u?
Me, 3:35pm: No, sorry! Can we reschedule?
Him: [no response]


Soooo...that was that.


Sunday. Still feeling sick. Meeting Guy #2 in Kirkland. I put on makeup for the first time in days and rolled out. I was a little late, mostly because I was dawdling crossing 520 singing Christmas songs to myself. I finally reached Kirkland, just about five minutes past 1pm, when we were supposed to meet. I ran into Caffe Ladro, made a quick scan of the available chairs and came to the obvious conclusion that my blind date was not there yet. I ordered a tea and went to the one available chair to wait. Five minutes went by. Ten minutes. Fifteen minutes. I kept checking my phone and texting my friends: He's not here yet! I want to leave. I was too preoccupied texting and reading latest breaking news on my Blackberry to notice when a tall man walked in. I saw someone out of the corner of my eye, but he was wearing a beanie, so I couldn't tell if this was my guy, and I didn't want to crane my neck to check him out. Finally my phone rang. I answered it, but noticed this guy was standing right next to me, grinning in my face. He waved his phone at me and said, "I thought that was you!" Then gave me a huge hug.


Fine. Not a big deal. He was nice and easy to talk to, and not bad looking. He also was wearing a great watch. We walked from the coffee shop across the street to a pub because he was hungry. Although I didn't want to eat, he assured me I could nibble off his plate. No thank you.


Things he revealed during our hour and half together:

• He's been married before. Which he apologized profusely for not telling me. And I kept having to say "no, it's totally ok. No I'm serious. It's ok."
• He hasn't traveled - much - but did say his ideal travel spot was an imaginary resort in Alaska.
• He burped, then said his confidence was shot for the rest of the day. He was serious.
• He doesn't like cats. Then refuted that statement the minute I said I liked them and had one.

At the end of the date I was just not interested. Listen, I'm looking for a man who will debate WITH me, not agree with everything I have to say. If you hate cats, TELL me you hate cats and we'll work on converting you together. I just don't want to be in that kind of relationship, where everything is super agreeable. I also don't want to jump right into a relationship where we're on a fast track to marriage. I mean, yes, obviously I want to get married. Someday. But I'm also happy to simply DATE for a while.
Since Andy filled out her stats, I'll do mine as well.
I wore: skinny jeans, a striped sailor shirt, black leather jacket, black booties, and a scarf.
He wore: Jeans, a tee shirt, beanie.
Location: Caffe Ladro and then Wild Rover.
Second Date Possibility: Well, he asked if he passed my "test" to which I said, "I don't really have a test...but sure....yeah." So, yes.
Final Score: Not a love match on my part. Nice guy, but I don't see it going anywhere. I did agree to go out with him again, but only because...well...I can't say no.