Pool Guy

So, it seems like the only guys interested in me these days are the ones I’m not interested back in.

There’s a guy who lives in my complex who occasionally walks around the parking lot (to the pool or mailboxes…whatever). If I’m out on the patio he always says hello or strikes up a short conversation.

Well, I head to the pool earlier this week and guess who’s there…yep, this guy. I sit in my chair, read my book and try to look busy. I can tell he’s looking over every now and again and when I get up to go in the water I guess he decides it’s time to make his move. He starts chatting me up, which is fine, but I am trying to continue reading and he keeps talking. Finally I put my book aside and just go with the conversation. He’s super country and a little slow I think. At least he doesn’t pick up on social cues and he has an issue with personal space. His conversation centered around partying (awesome), really really dumb movies (he was continually trying to convince me that Stepbrothers was GREAT and I really needed to watch it), and my phone. Or phones in general. I now know every single drink he had the "one night" he got really wasted and the operating system of his phone or some such nonsense. At one point he got in the water and kept getting closer and closer to me…I kept moving away inch by inch. I finally got out and sat on the edge of the pool where my towel (and book) was. He jumped out and sat nearish me. He kept asking me questions about my phone, none of which I could answer. He wanted to know what operating system I had, or something along those lines and he asked to look at my phone to check. I gave it to him and he ended up sitting partially on my towel to look.

It was just so awkward. Finally my friend buzzed the gate and I had her pick me up. It was perfect timing. I was going to use the excuse that I was going to go get dinner and he was asking me where I was going and when. Luckily Jess was already on her way. 🙁

So that’s my dating life these days. I quit E-Harmony for now. Going to see what life brings me. WalMart still texts me every now and again…still the same ole’, same ole’. "Hey gorgeous, what’s up?" Ah, well…

You stories are starting to sound like mine! Man oh man, why is it that often times you’ll get someone come along just like the pool guy who has no social skills what so ever. Blah!!! WalMart guy isn’t interested in you in ways we’d imagined to begin with. After all this, he is what I consider the “distant friend.” I have a school friend that found me through one of those school sites and since then perhaps once or twice a year, he emails me a two liner just like your WalMart man. “Hey G~ I just want to tell you how much I love you…I want you to be in my life for always, OK?” I’m like, WTF? Love? In my life always? Last we saw each other was in high school aged 17! WTF? Love??? HUH???? See, what I mean? You’re not alone in this world of crazy men, lol… G~

mjccrimson

July 3, 2011

Well, that sucks.

Mr. Mofo

July 5, 2011

The personal space thing would creep me the **** out.

A Rose

so country guy has zero potential?

July 17, 2011

ryn: thanks for the encouragement. i understand how it is. i’m not taking personally (how could i, when none of them know me at all!), but when it piles up like that, it’s still frustrating. it’s like having three quick trips planned and each one having to be cancelled for one reason or another. the first, you shake it off, no sweat. by the third, you’re flat-out pissed off at the world.