Strongly Worded

UpDATE #501,217.5 and #501,217.75

I am so damned evolved. You truly have no idea.

I thought a lot about the situation with "Mark", and concluded that despite the appalling failure of our last encounter, he is a cool guy. Not only does he personally know Nate from Girlyman, but he is funny and brilliant and artistic. If we fell in love, maybe I'd be immortalized in art. (Plus, as I've mentioned at least once, he has sexy glasses and he smells good.)

Given the scarcity of Jewish guys with the aforementioned qualities, I decided that if Love is trying to find me, I'm going to give it every single chance, and if that means emailing a guy after a hideous date just on the off chance that it might be an incident we laugh about on our honeymoon, well then--by golly--I will do it.

Approximately 47 hours ago I penned a delightful (and carefully thought-out) message to "Mark", suggesting we give ourselves another shot, and asking him to let me know either way if he is so inclined. I requested a response because I want to know if he's not into it, and not be checking my email constantly and wondering if he never got my message and if the yahoo spam filter is the one thing standing between me and Happily Married Life.

But you know how all of you said he sounded jerky? And I was all open minded? Well, not replying after 47 hours--after a response has been specifically requested--is fairly jerky, is it not?

I will be moving on with my life now.

BREAKING NEWS: He emailed very soon after I posted this. Commented on how I am "adorably cute" and "a wee bit quirky", and yet regardless he's just not in a dating space at this time. As I said, I will be moving on with my life now.

Posted by Dori at 9:39 PM