"Jack"

Next: "Jack"

"Jack" was from Jersey, and yes, I asked if he GTL on a regular basis. He confirmed he did not. He messaged me first and our conversations were pretty good, but not great. He was a Giants/Yankees fan, and I am not a fan of either of those teams (Let's go Red Soxs!).

Despite his lack of taste in sports teams, I still gave this guy a shot. We could at least joke back and forth about who had the better teams, clearly I was the winner. However, he had a very odd schedule. He worked in security in DC and would have a schedule of 2-11pm or something like that. I have a schedule of 8am-4pm (sometimes 9am-5pm if it was a rough morning. Clearly, our schedules don't really match up. And occasionally he would have to work weekends. Well, frequently he would have to work weekends. So it was no surprise that he was on a dating website; when the heck is he supposed to meet a lovely lady, like myself, otherwise? How many single ladies are there just bouncing around during the day from 8am to 3pm looking for a man? I hope not that many.

We found a day that would work for both of us and set up a date to grab sushi. He wasn't very familiar with the area, so picked a place he knew near him. It was only a 15 minute drive for me, so I didn't mind zipping on over there. If you have a 15 minute drive to get somewhere in this area, that's pretty stinking fast. Granted its not rush hour.

I got there first and waited in my car. Eventually, I got out and gave him a call in which he said he was just pulling in and thought he saw me. I saw this sleek black Audi A4 pull up; something about it said Jersey. Maybe it was because the windows were tinted as well. It just looked very.... not DC area. He got out and he was pretty cute! A little shorter than I expected, but I'm 5'4" on a good day so that really didn't bother me.

I could tell on his face that he was nervous/not what he expected to meet. I thought I looked cute with my wavy hair down and a nice sun dress with flip flops. Apparently I should have GTL that day and got some fake boobs or something, prob would have gone better with the car.

We went inside and conversation was awkward. It was hard to get him to talk at all. I tried to ask the usual questions that would at least get him to SPEAK about SOMETHING. We ate our sushi and just sat there for a minute. It was only 7pm on a Saturday, and I asked if what else he was up to that evening and if he wanted to do anything else. I can't quite remember what his response was; it was something along the lines of finishing up laundry (how GTL Jersey of him) and that he might have to go into work. What I do know and gathered is that whatever he was doing that evening, it didn't involve me.

So we got up, headed out the door, and parted ways. He kind of zoomed out of the parking lot, I kid you not.

"Craig," Again.

I know, slap me. "Craig" round 2.

I never met "Craig" and I have to keep reminding myself that's a good thing. We left off at the end of May/beginning of June with him messaging me about getting together on a Wednesday. At this point, it was mid July when I got another message in my inbox on the first site I had joined.

Although I was excited to see that he had contacted me, I was NOT excited that it took him over a month to get back to me.

Here is the EXACT text of the messages:
"Craig": "hey, sorry it's been so long, things have been crazy - how have you been?"

I took a day to decide whether I wanted to respond.

Of course I was going to respond. I thought this guy was "dreamy" and I was ecstatic that he finally got back to me. I responded with this:

Me:"Hey!
So I had this nasty sinus thing for 4 weeks, but now I'm good. I never get sick like that but this kicked my ass. Otherwise, been keeping plenty busy myself. How was all your traveling? This weekend has been a lot of fun hanging with friends and just relaxing. Just what I need before a busy month. Hope your weekend has been treating you well! Up to anything good?"

Yea, there's nothing like talking to a guy about how you had snot dripping from your face for a month. I bet guys really like it when a girl talks about how ill she is. Bet I left the impression, "Great, this is one of those girls who is always sick."

No, I'm not always sick. I try not to be at least. And I missed a total of 4 days from work out of those 4 weeks, thus supporting my point that yes, I went into the office sick, exposing everyone of my plague.

It took him several days to respond, but less than a week. Progress.

"Craig": "Hey,

"Last weekend I went out on Friday in Dupont, then watched the UFC fights on Sat with some friends, and then went and watched the fireworks on the mall on Monday. Otherwise very low-key, hung out by the pool at my apartment (between thunderstorms, haha). Glad you're feeling better, those lingering sicknesses suck.

"My traveling was good, Denver was cool, and Utah was a lot of fun. I'm visiting Atlantic City next weekend, so I'm excited for my first true Jersey Shore experience. What are you up to this weekend?"

SCORE!!!!!! A QUESTION ABOUT THE WEEKEND!!!! I thought this meant, hmmm possibly we would hang out? Huh? Huh? Huh?

Fail on my part. I didn't get back to him for two days, like he did to me, but it was well into the weekend at that point. I had sent the following message:

Me:"Hey "Craig!"

"Dupont is a great area; I haven't been out in that area in a while. Which places did you all go to? I really like Madhatter, every time ive been there, I've had an awesome time. Sometimes its hard to convince Virginians to travel into the city, maybe I'll suggest a Dupont night sometime soon! I've heard nothing but great things about Denver, so I'm thinking I might have to make a trip out there in the near future.

"A few friends of mine have visited Atlantic City and have had a great time! I have yet to visit, but both Atlantic City and Vegas are on my list. Although I am an awful gambler. I went to the slots a while back and didnt win anything, and I have absolutely no poker face, ahaha. Maybe I'll just watch and cheer folks on! Have fun in Jersey, it's an interesting place for sure! Fist pump like a champ while youre there and dont forget to GTL before hand! :)

"This weekend is looking pretty low key, but busy as well. Last night was my friend's bday and he also passed the CPA, so we went into DC and celebrated. Then today is filled with some chores and errands, and tonight is another friend's bday, so we're planning on hitting up a karaoke place in Adams Morgan. I'm pretty pumped for karaoke, its been a while since i worked these vocal chords. I'm awful, but who is actually good at karaoke?! Sunday some friends and I are planning on hitting up the pool for the day. So overall, good weekend spent with good friends.

Have a great weekend! Any fun plans?"

I don't know if it's the fact that I admitted I'd go to casinos to cheer people on (who does that, honestly) or that I said GTL, maybe he thinks karaoke is dumb (uhh, clearly who ever thinks that hasn't tried it) but I never got a response back after this message.

Maybe I should have asked if he was DTF after his GTL. Kidding. Ew.