Dating Dori Don'ts
So I went out on two "secret dates" over the weekend which renewed my disgruntlement with my current single status and the depressing task before me: Getting Back Out There.
The appalling features of the composite experience (two dates, two guys):
- Abysmal spelling. This is usually a deal-breaker for me, but I'm trying to be open minded, since many lovely people have learning disabilities. (But shouldn't they spell check if this is the case?).
- Use of the term "addy" (for email address).
- Suggestion by one guy that he pick me up at my house so we "can go sleding and get coco after" [sic]. OK, Mr. Strange Man, let me tell you where I live. And then, let me hop into your car so you can drive me to some remote steep place and rape me and leave me to freeze in the wilderness. Hang on, I'll give you directions. Do you have a pen?
- Reference to enrollment in a not-very-impressive college as "five awesome years".
- Charge that a mainstream Jewish organization is comprised of "Stealth Zionists". (I'm a Zionist.)
- Sub-par living situations: with parents, with valium-snorting roommates ("I'm cool with drugs, but I draw the line at snorting or injecting").
- "Funny" drug-related anecdote. "So yeah, in college we all made friends with the owner of this restaurant, and we'd bring our 'shrooms over there and he'd bake them into the pizza!"
- A total of four hours of social interaction in which I wasn't asked a single meaningful question about myself.
This SUCKS. Where is my husband already?
Posted by Dori at 3:53 PM
4 Comments
Ok, as your "primary friend" I too want you to find your husband, but as your devoted reader and fan, this post made me laugh for like 10 minutes. "Five awesome years!" Heeeeee hee hee!
Oy. My mom says "it takes a very good man to be better than no man at all." How's that for a heartening comment?
I'm so not envying your situation. Thinking about being single this day and age makes me OK with the fact that my biggest pet peeve about my husband is that he's too easy-going and accommodating to my needs. Hang in there.
That's a rather "smug married" comment from Jen. I agree with hucpuc - it is way better to be single than with a guy who's just okay. Hold out for the amazing one - I'm sure he's out there. In the meantime, just make your life as awesome and fun as possible.
At least, that's the advice I try to give myself as a single person out there in the world... Good luck!
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