I was having dinner with a friend when the two guys at the table next to ours start talking to us. They are fun and entertaining. One of the guys is straight and he picks up on the waitress. She's about to get off work, so they wait until she's done. The straight guy leaves with the waitress and that leaves Jon all by himself. We ask him to join us. He does and we talk some more. We exchange phone numbers when we leave.
The next day I get a text message from him asking what I was doing the next Thursday night. It just happened to be the First Thursday of the month. That's the Art Walk in Pioneer Square. (See previous blog Friends andHaircut). I ask him to join us and he accepts. I was a little scared about what my friends were going to think of him. I didn't know him well enough yet to guage if he would fit in or not.
He meets us all at Mitchelli's for Happy Hour. We all seem to have a good time. Then we head off to look at a couple of our favorite art galleries. He acted like he was into art and made appropriate comments and asked artists some interesting questions. As the night progressed we got closer. He grabbed my hand and we walked hand in hand from one gallery to another. At one point he moved in and gave me a quick kiss on the cheek.
When it was time to leave, I told him I'd drive him home. He said "OK".
We walked to my truck and I unlocked the door. He then changed his mind,"NO, I think I'll walk home."
"What? "
"No, really I'd rather walk."
OK, so I walk around to the passenger side to at least hug him goodbye, when he puts out his clenched fist. I look at it for a moment, then I clench mine and we do the "gang fist banging together" greeting.
He waves and walks away. Another weird ending.
But it gets better, (don't most of my stories get better?). The very next day Jon texts me and thanks me for a good time and asks what I'm doing the next week. Well it just happens that I had just got an email from Haircut Jim notifying everyone about Haircut night the next Tuesday.
So I invite Jon to Haircut night. Again a little apprehensive about him meeting my Haircut buddies. I had told them about the art walk thing, so they were watching him closely. Everyone got along and had a great time. How can you not have a good time at Haircut night?
After Luke picked Jim up, Jon asked if I was hungry. "Sure I'm always hungry." Just look at me, I haven't missed too many meals.
I ask "do you want to go to Broadway Grill or somewhere to eat?" "NO," he says "I want 7-11 nachos".
"What?"
So we get in my truck and start driving to 7-11. He then tells me, "Wait, I think you can just drop me off at 7-11, I'll go in get my nachos and walk home."
"What?"
"Yea, that's what I want, just drop me off."
By now I'm kind of mad and say "Sure, I'll just drop you off". He gets out of the truck, and I put it in reverse to leave, (my reverse gear still works), when I notice that he doesn't even go in the store. He simply just walks away.
Friends tell me he has something to hide. I'm learning lessons along the way. I don't think I'm going to ever date someone who thinks fine dining is eating a weiner from a street vendor or 7-11 nachos.
Until Next Time - Wise OUT
10 comments:
OMG - You meet the weirdest people!!! It sounds like he has issues. Maybe he's not out and someone saw him by the 7-11 and he had to act like you were just dropping him off.
LOL, Rick, you've got the worst luck. The fickle finger of fate must be pointing at you and laughing really hard right now. As I told you before, you need to hang around the Ferrari dealership. You might meet a higher class of people there. They may be just as weird or weirder, but they should have a bit more money and better developed tastebuds.
He's a drug addict. Both times he needed to fix... and quick.
WOW! When I met him, he didnt seem too strange, but with the "documented data" about him, I am going with he just stepped off the weird bus! Humm... I have someone in mind for him to take. I will send Ro_n_e to 7-11 to look for him, I am sure they will be very happy together! :-)
WOW! When I met him, he didnt seem too strange, but with the "documented data" about him, I am going with he just stepped off the weird bus! Humm... I have someone in mind for him to take. I will send Ro_n_e to 7-11 to look for him, I am sure they will be very happy together! :-)
We're all weird in one way or another. Sometimes one persons "weird" is another persons idea of "cool". I agree with Clark though, unexplained behavior in Capital Hill reeks of substance abuse.
Keep and cherish the friends you have, they are a true commodity. And let new ones in only after they've proven themselves to you.
I'm guessing it's the truck! Maybe it's time to get a new car! ;)
I agree with Cin its gotta be the truck!
well, maybe he is a serial killer, right? but he likes you, so when he has the urge to kill, he quickly asked you to leave (and he will walk back) so as not to make you his victim. i mean, that's possible! g
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