RAD: Friday Night Mike* in Open Diary 2001-2018 (Pre-Prosebox)

Name: Mike

Age: 42? 43? Can’t remember.

Relationship Status: Divorced, 2 kids

Occupation: Marketing and Advertising Consultant

Length of Date: 1 ½ hours

What We Did: Met him at a tapas place I used to really, really love. I think I’ve been there a hundred times…it’s actually still a great place

He Wore: Black short sleeve shirt, jeans, black loafers

I Wore: Black strapless dress with full skirt, gold gladiator sandals, black satchel with tassels, gold filagree earrings and gold beaded bracelet

First Impressions: Very, VERY handsome. Movie star handsome. He had black, kinda wavy hair and piercing brown eyes. He was in fantastic shape (VERY nice body, and that’s important to me the older I get. I’m really starting to look at the super-healthy ones in a whole new light!).

Convo: He rambled on and on about some work shit that I had absolutely NO interest in. Blah, blah, blah….that was really all I heard. He did mention that he used to work for the company that Nabe works for (remember him?? My old neighbor who lived across the hall—was in LOVE with him, sort of), but I didn’t want to even ask him if he knew Nabe because I didn’t want him to tell Nabe if they did know each other. Can I just tell you? NO sense of humor. NONE. He was boring as HELL!! UGH! * I guess in his defense, he’s a workaholic. He has his own business, and I know that takes over most of your life. PLUS, again in his defense, he is VERY involved in his kids’ lives, and I could tell he didn’t want to bring the kid thing up until I asked him outright. And that’s very stand-up in my book. I’m sorry I said he was boring. Doesn’t mean he’s awesome though. Read on.

High Point: That I got to the venue before him.

Low Point: Before the date, he’d sent me a few confirmation texts regarding our meeting place and time that I thought were completely ass-like. They were so jerky that I almost didn’t even show:

Mike: U still good, beautiful?

Ginger: Sure! 7:00. See you then!

Mike: Cool. Last to show, buys 😉

Ginger: [silence]

Mike: And since u r a woman…

Ginger: Go on?

Mike: Well, let’s just say, bring plenty of cash 😉

Ginger: [silence until I get to the venue, 15 minutes EARLY] When you get here, you’ll see me sitting outside enjoying a glass of wine!

Let’s just say, he paid.

How It Ended: He walked me to my car and gave me a hug, said he looked forward to seeing me again. I got in my car and drove to my local where I found TONS more fun and met some old and new friends!!

Chances I’ll See Him Again: Probably about 25%. He asked me mid-date if I’d like to go out with him again, and I said that it would be fine (not very enthusiastically, I guess). He hasn’t contacted me, and I told him that I didn’t think his texts were very funny some time after he’d asked me for a 2nd date. So. Oh well. No big loss there.