Jean Shorts!

Before you read this post, Please know that I mean no offense to those who do actually wear jean shorts, mandals(men's sandals) or play world of war craft also known as WOW.

So, Way back in September I was going to a physical therapist for my shoulder. He was super fun and we got along really well. He offered after one of my last visits to set me up with a friend/patient of his. I declined the offer because I thought it was weird and I had been on a few dates with this other guy and I don't think I would be able to "play the field" very well. So, about a month or so later I decided that really what's the worst that can happen. So, I gave Ian(PT)the go ahead and he passed on my number. So, later that day Darrel called me. This was probably the first sign that things weren't going to go as planned. He was so nervous and weird, he told me that Ian gave him my number and that he didn't know what to say. I wanted to reply with Really? Then why are you calling me? but of course I didn't. Instead I asked if he wanted to get coffee or dinner sometime. I also offered up where to meet and when. So, I now had me a date for that weekend!
After I got off the phone with Darrel, Cousin Laura and I got on Facebook. This is why Facebook is so great and so awful at the same time. It's great cause you can see what you're walking into, it's awful cause you can see what people are into, how nerdy or cool they are and make all sorts of judgements on them! Right off the bat, I peg this guy as a little nerdy, maybe a World of War craft playing computer geek, Jean short and Mandel wearing guy, with not one tattoo on his whole body!
He wasn't sure how we were going to find each other at the restaurant being that we had never seen each other. Yes, in this day and age with cell phones and such how in the world will we ever find each other?!?! When I got there I texted him and he was already there with a table. So, I realize not all guys know how to dress but seriously you are on a date and you choose to wear black pants and a faded tan polo. exciting! So, we start talking and turns out he is a computer technician of sorts and used to work on cars. He does enjoy hip hop but doesn't care for JayZ. I then tell him that I love all different kinds of music and love Dolly Parton. He says "Dolly Parton is one of those influential women like Bette Milder and Whoopie Goldberg." I will give you Bette, but really Whoopie? I mean I liked Sister Act as much as the next person but really? Then I ask about hobbies and such and he replies with "well, I don't want to scare you off..." So, now I have all sorts of crazy things running through my head! If you don't want to scare someone off, I probably wouldn't use that line as my opener. He finishes with "I really like shooting guns." So we start talking about that and how he owns 20 guns but doesn't believe in hunting. I tell him that I am all for hunting if you are going to use the meat, then he says "What's a pastry chef going to do with elk meat?" Yes, cause all I know how to do is make cookies and cake. Somehow we start talking about the movie The Hunted, this movie is about a guy who hunts down hunters and quarters them like deer and leaves them in the forest. I have not watched the whole movie but it was filmed in Portland and that IS what it is about. He then tells me that The Hunted is not about that and he hasn't seen it but doesn't think that is the story line. I didn't really know what to say about that. He clearly doesn't know me and my weird knowledge about movies and celebrities! He was so argumentative the whole time! After the date we walk outside and he asks if I would want to get together again. I really don't think this is a fair question, it puts you on the spot and doesn't give you time to asses the whole date. So, I of course say sure and go home. He texted me a couple of times the next day and I responded with No worries about Saturday, thanks again for dinner. I didn't hear from him until 2 weeks later and he asked if I would want to hang out again. Well, no...but really no since you waited 2 WEEKS to ask me out again! The funny thing is s guy at work nicknamed him Jean Shorts and now that's what Cousin Laura and I call him when we talk about this date. We don't actually know if he wears jean shorts or not.