Name: Angel. I’ll explain.
Age: 54
Status: Divorced several years, but recently broke up with a fiancé after several years together. Grown kids who have graduated from college.
Job: Worked for a million years in computer technology, but recently decided to start his own construction business.
Lives: About .75 miles from me in an apartment in the “party” district.
Length of Date: 3.5 hours
We Did: Met for drinks at the bar of this super swank steak house. Kind of a scene-y place, but I’d never been and had wanted to check out the vibe there. Glad he chose this place.
He Looked: Well, I was right about his height. Probably an inch shorter than me? But that’s not a big deal. He was dressed very nicely in a suit, no tie. Ruggedly handsome in the way that makes you know that he normally goes for the blondes with boob jobs. Now. Nothing wrong with that, but I’m like the opposite of a blonde with a boob job. He was over-tanned (from working outside), but had very nice features.
I Looked: After only two outfit changes, I landed on a black tank top and skirt, layered with a fringy suede jacket, this cool beaded necklace that falls in strands like a bib on top of the tank, and lace-up suede wedges that made it pretty easy to walk the approximately 12 blocks to the venue.
First Impression: My very first impression was…oh, hello no. This guy is waaaaay too cheesy for me. But the more we talked, the more fascinated I became. Didn’t change the cheese factor that much, but…THE STORIES!!!
Convo: So look. We started out with the usual getting to know you stuff, and the guy is so, so, SO very nice. Friendly, funny, polite, all that stuff. But then we got into the meat of the conversation and he told me story after amazing story. I have determined that he is an angel for a few reasons. Here are some examples (and these stories check out)…
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He pulled a man out of a burning car, saving his life. Yes, he is a HERO. I later looked the story up, and there are many, many news stories about it. The part that blew me away, however, is that he tried to save the guy’s wife as well and wasn’t able to because he needed help at the scene of the accident. Apparently, there were many, many bystanders who stood there and took photos or videos of what was happening and wouldn’t help him - even after he asked and asked for people to help!
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He recently talked a man out of committing suicide at a bar close to where we both live. The police even ASKED him to keep talking with the dude after the Angel was the only person the guy would talk rationally with.
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He helped save another guy’s life at a bar, performing CPR on the guy until the paramedics showed up.
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He is currently helping a dying man by re-roofing his house, even though he is not a roofer. He just felt so much compassion for the dude.
The guy is literally an angel! I mean, he clearly has done so much in his lifetime. And every time I said it, he was like, no…I’m no angel…and tried to tell me stories about when he was not very angel-like, but they were all such innocent stories (for the most part). There was nothing he could say that would make me change my mind.
High Point: Listening to those amazing stories…and the pink champagne!
Low Point: By the time the evening was coming to a close, we’d both had plenty to drink and were feeling very comfortable with each other, and he started in on this massaging thing with my back. It was awkward and weird and clearly a super-duper display of affection, but it felt sooooooo good that I let him keep doing it. He massaged by back for a good 10 minutes while sitting at the bar! I’m calling it the low point because it probably looked really bad from a bystander’s perspective.
How It Ended: He bought the drinks and we walked outside, hugged (he tried to go in for a kiss, but I moved my head), and we walked separate ways to our respective homes.
Chances Are: Would be fine with being friends with him and to see him out in social settings, but I felt zero romantic spark even though the massage felt good. I definitely don’t want to date him.
Date Rating: It gets a B because we were so compatible from a communication perspective and it was a lovely evening. Glad I went. Fascinating guy!
xox,
GS
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