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MATTERS OF THE HEART AND LOINS
So I went out with this girl on a dote. We
met on the Internet, and she was cute. I sent
her a note; she sent one back. Things were
going well for a few days, 'with us exchanging
messages and information about each other,
so I decided to man up and ask her for a real
date. We met downtown; she was still cute,
but almost as soon as we sot down I thought
something was off. I couldn't figure it out
and I thought it was probably just
nerves, so I continued. We ate.
we had coffee, it was...
okay. There were awkward
silences, and there were
a few things about her
that I thought might be
trouble down the line. No
deal breakers, but some
tastes and tendencies
that we had NOT in
common at all. Still,
I thought, not a big
deal.
Our waitress was
very Chatty and very nice.
I got up at one point to
go to the men's room and
ran into the waitress in the hallway. She and
I exchanged a laugh, and I told he. that I was
on a first -date. She asked how it was going,
and I said okay, but really, just okay. She
laughed again and wished me good luck.
When I got out of the bathroom there was
another waitress waiting. She handed me a
piece of paper with a number on it and said,
"This is in case the date doesn't work out." She
motioned her head towcud my waitress. I asked
if the waitress knew she
was giving me the num
ber. Yes. Okay. So, back
to my date. The waitress
never reappears. Another
wait-ess drops our check
and the whole staffs
standing around smirk
ing. I pay, and we leave.
We go to a bar down
the street, and things get
weirder when my date
goes to. the bathroom. I.
can't tell if she has done
some kind of drug or
what, but when she gets
back she starts acting
weird. Manic. She kisses
me, which I wasn't ready
for and didn't want
Then she goes all quiet
and tells me that this
place reminds her of an
ex. I ask if she hds bad
memories, and then she starts crying and says
she isn't really over him and apologizes a bunch
of times.
I try to say it's okay, and she says some
thing like, “But you really like me, and I feel
bad, ” and I answer that I don't REALLY like her
because we have just met, and then she freaks
out and tells me I am mean. And she gets up
and storms out, trying to start a scene, telling
me I was flirting with the waitress and I made
her insecure. I try to say that I wasn't flirting
with the waitress; I was just being nice and
being my usual chatty self, and she apologizes
again and tells me that I shouldn't have kissed
her. I remind her that she kissed me, and she
freaks out again, crying and telling me fm
mean. So I basically tell her I don't know what
she wants me to say but that I didn't feel like
I had done anything wrong. She ran off. When
I woke up the next day and turned my phone
on, I found nine text messages from her, some
apologies and some ranting about how much
I suck.
Two questions here: Did I do anything
wrong? I swear I haven’t left anything impor
tant out, and I have thought about it a lot,
because the whole thing was just so weird. And
the other question, can I call the waitress?
Sofa King Confused
I can see why this situation,
might seem confusing, SK, but
I assure you that it isn't.
What you have here, see, is
a bullet. And having dodged
said bullet, you should cel
ebrate life by having a stiff
drink and calling that wait
ress. Not necessarily at the
same time, mind you, but yes.
Call her. And don't forget to
block the other one's number.
I am in a class with -this
woman who I really like.
Several of us have gone out a few times after
class, and there’s another guy in there who
always seems to be hitting on her. I can tell
she doesn't like him, but he doesn't get it or
doesn't care, and she is too polite to tell him
to fuck off.
So the other night, we all went out, and it
was a Friday and we all got really drunk, and
the woman and I ended up on the dance foor.
I am not a dancer, mind you, but there was no
way I was going to say
no to her, and we were
all really drunk, so it was
fine. She actually seemed
like she might be hitting
on me at one point, and
we were kind of bumping
and grinding a bit, but
only in a plcyful way,
when the guy comes out
of nowhere and gets on
the other side of her and
starts joining in. So I
don't really know what to
do, but she doesn't seem
to care, and then her
friend comes along with
two drinks and grabs her
hand and pulls her away.
I think my lady friend
was too drunk to realize
what was up, and I know
the friend likes me better
than that guy, but now I
don't really know what to do. The class is really
smali and I am afraid to ask her out because
it will be totally awkward if she says no. But I
also don't want her to wind up going out with
that guy just because he is more aggressive
than I am. What do you think?
Um, does the phrase "Get your balls out of
your purse" mean anything to you? Ask the
woman out for god's sake! What could you
possibly be waiting for? Who cares if she says
no, or if it doesn't go well? At least you can
say you tried, right?
Jyilnov
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