#dateasisay

Mich and I went out last night for dancing and flirting. Great time, aside from the slight hangover this morning. So at the end of the night a guy I'd been talking to asks me for my number. I hesitate, who knows why, maybe it's fate stepping in as it turns out.

He suggests maybe just fb-ing him. He gives me his name, I give it to Mich to remember; cause I sure as shit aint. 

I don't really use Facebook but I have one. So I log on in the morning to look him up. 2 mutual friends? No way, really? Who?

Oh good. It's just Lunch Date! Lunch Date is the affectionate name I've given to the guy that I sleep with on lunch breaks a few times a month. 

What are the chances that this random guy would know him?! Especially because Lunch Date and I aren't exactly in the same age bracket, and really only have lunch times in common. 

A month ago I was on vaca in Mexico with The Oldies. I met a great guy one night. He is from Canada, he was super cute, and knew all the right things to say...and do.

We spent an amazing night on the beach. Way too cheesy for my normal taste. Waves crashing, thunder and lightning in the distance, stars and palm trees. A. MAZE. ING.

When I left all I got was a wave and goodbye. I was so mad at myself for not running after him and hugging and kissing him farewell. But it is what it is.....or so I thought.

Then I receive an email from LinkedIn that says that someone named John, from the Winnipeg area, that works at CNR, has viewed my profile. I was so dumbfounded that I couldn't eat lunch. (That's kind of a big deal for me.)

I wanted to contact him immediately! So after some technical difficulties with the app, the phone, and  the website I successfully contacted John. I request to "connect" to him. He responds immediately. Then I send him a message asking how he found me with only my first name, state, and occupation. (My multiple social media and Google searches with the same info were an epic fail.)

He responds and says that he doesn't think that he is who I think he is!!! You have GOT to be kidding me.

How could it be that a man with the same first name, lives in the same city, AND has the same job is not the same guy that blew my mind on a beach in Mexico!!! HOW???

Huge fricking coincidence! Now this is just a random dude with amazing similarities to a guy I met on a random vacation.

And keep in mind that this random person viewed my profile first!!! That means this similar person randomly viewed a random girl thousands of miles away who lives in Kansas and has the same occupation as me.

Possibilities:

1) this really is a huge coincidence and two random people found each other by pure accident in a world where you can find anyone

2) it is him. he didn't know I was going to be able to see that he found me but has no desire to talk to me

3) it is him. he's married, has a girlfriend or is otherwise unavailable but didn't want to say it in Mexico or now (and I did ask him)

4) it is him. he saw my pic and thought that his beer goggles were on the night we met

All of these possibilities suck. It would be my luck that I thought an amazing guy would try to find me after one crazy spontaneous night on vacation.

This is the way my life goes.

I was enjoying a usual Thursday night out with Mich when I receive a text. It's from Aiden. We met Aiden and his friend about a year ago. Recently Aiden has been a rare sight around these parts. So getting a text from him was a big surprise. He says he's coming to see me.

Let me preface this by saying that I was leaving for a family road trip at 1:30am, it was now 10pm. I fully intended to be perched atop my bar stool until we left anyway so why not have a little reunion with an old friend. The longer Aiden and his friend are there the more we drink and before I know it Mich is telling me she's heading home. How did it get to be 12:30?!

I realize that I am running out of time if I want to have a little fun with Aiden. I tab out and get right to the point. "You should walk me to my car." We head out the door post haste and who else would be waiting for us in the parking lot but unsuspecting Michelle. And on this particularly cold night her warm car is looking very inviting, of course Aiden and I climb in the back seat and tease Mich with a little making out. Since she was pretty toasty she didn't care, so since that fun was lost, we headed to my car.

Well in such close quarters Aiden and I barely get the door closed before most of our clothes are off. As you can imagine time has gotten away from me and all of the sudden I notice my phone is ringing. Of course it is, I'm late!!!!! Shit! Answer it. "Of course I'm on my way, see you soon." 

Quickly depart with a promise of more frequent rendez vous. I'm driving half dressed attempting to look a little put together by the time I get to our meeting spot for the road trip; which doesn't work because about a half a block away I look down to see my back pockets. Yes, my pants are on backwards. How very typical. Hit the breaks and spin them around just in time to see my 17 year old cousin peaking around the corner for me. Nice role model, Em.

What kind of person thinks they can get in a quickie in the parking lot of their neighborhood watering hole half an hour before a 14 hour road trip? Oh but it was SO worth it.

I don't pretend to know a damn thing about dating. Frankly most would think there is no reason for me to date anyway. I don't want to get married. I don't want to have kids. 

But i do get myself into some pretty stupid and hilarious situations. I'm not real shy so I tell it like it is. It's not a lifestyle for everyone. 

BUT maybe my stories can help other chicks, if nothing else just to know that there's another fellow woman out there that has screwed up, "no way in hell did that just happen", fun, and super awesome stuff that happens to her too. Good luck