So here I am, single as a dollar bill, and one of my female friends suggests that I should go on a date with her friend. So I say what any guy or girl would say when a friend is trying to set you up with a friend, "Can I see a picture of her?"
Of course I can ask that! As much as character, personality, and chemistry is important - you have to be physically attracted to someone! So this girl is pretty, pretty. That's when my friend drops the knowledge that she is a model my first thought is, "I've always wanted to go out with a model."
After some back and forth from my friend and her friend, I get her phone number, we start texting and I ask if she would like to get together to meet and get to know each other better. She says yes! Through talking with her and our mutual friend we decide to go to downtown Knoxville on Friday and get some gelato at this place called Coolato Gelato.
The day of our date arrives and I am super excited. This girl is pretty and from our limited conversation she seems super cool and we have a lot of shared interests. Anyway, I do the typical pre-date text sometime early in the day to confirm that we are still on for that evening and that I am looking forward to it. Several hours go by and I don't hear anything. Not unusual, but I would be lying if I wasn't a little concerned. When she does text me back she breaks the bad news to me that she is super sick, throwing up, and is going to have to cancel tonight.
I'm disappointed, but at the same time, I'm a nice guy and I am understanding of being sick and not able to go on a date. Throwing up is the worst. It's like an alien is rolling around in your stomach and finally crawls up out of you in a disgusting, smelly projectile! There is no way I would not be up for a date while feeling like that. So I respond the way any nice guy would, I say that I am sorry that she is feeling bad and ask if there is anything that I can get for her or do for her to help her recover and feel better. She says no, but thanks me for the offer.
My brother gets a hold of me that afternoon and asks me if I have any plans. It is after all, Friday night. I let him know that I had a date, but it got cancelled to her being sick and that I would be up for whatever. We decide to go to downtown Knoxville that evening anyway to hangout and grab some food.
That evening, my brother and I are walking down Gay Street in downtown Knoxville. It is a beautiful night. The weather is perfect and downtown is bustling with all kinds of people. In the distance we see a group of girls walking towards us. Who is leading that group of girls laughing and talking all done up for a fun Friday night out? That's right. The girl I was supposed to get gelato with that night and was supposedly at home throwing up and too sick to go on a date.
I quickly tell my brother that she is the girl who cancelled the date because "she was sick." He asks if we are going to say anything, and I quickly tell him, "I got this."
I walk up to her with a big smile on my face. I was smiling so big that I looked like 1) I had just won the lottery or 2) I was about the embarrass this girl that had lied to me, cancelled a date with me, and couldn't have enough decency to be honest about it. It was the latter. 😁
This is how it went down: "Heyyy! I'm SO glad you're feeling better! You look great for having been throwing up earlier today! I'm happy that you were feeling good enough to come out and hang out with your friends. I hope you have a great rest of the night." And with that my brother and I keep on walking and smiling. She had the look of absolute horror and dread when she saw me. She faked a smile when I was talking to her, but her friends looked super confused.
Needless to say it had the desired effect. She sent me a text criticizing me for embarrassing her in front of her friends and that she can't believe I did that and communicated general sentiments of upset-ness towards me. My brother and I laughed and laughed. I didn't text her back, and we went on to have a great night.
Dating Rule #4: If you're going to end it, be honest and own it.
Of course I can ask that! As much as character, personality, and chemistry is important - you have to be physically attracted to someone! So this girl is pretty, pretty. That's when my friend drops the knowledge that she is a model my first thought is, "I've always wanted to go out with a model."
After some back and forth from my friend and her friend, I get her phone number, we start texting and I ask if she would like to get together to meet and get to know each other better. She says yes! Through talking with her and our mutual friend we decide to go to downtown Knoxville on Friday and get some gelato at this place called Coolato Gelato.
The day of our date arrives and I am super excited. This girl is pretty and from our limited conversation she seems super cool and we have a lot of shared interests. Anyway, I do the typical pre-date text sometime early in the day to confirm that we are still on for that evening and that I am looking forward to it. Several hours go by and I don't hear anything. Not unusual, but I would be lying if I wasn't a little concerned. When she does text me back she breaks the bad news to me that she is super sick, throwing up, and is going to have to cancel tonight.
I'm disappointed, but at the same time, I'm a nice guy and I am understanding of being sick and not able to go on a date. Throwing up is the worst. It's like an alien is rolling around in your stomach and finally crawls up out of you in a disgusting, smelly projectile! There is no way I would not be up for a date while feeling like that. So I respond the way any nice guy would, I say that I am sorry that she is feeling bad and ask if there is anything that I can get for her or do for her to help her recover and feel better. She says no, but thanks me for the offer.
My brother gets a hold of me that afternoon and asks me if I have any plans. It is after all, Friday night. I let him know that I had a date, but it got cancelled to her being sick and that I would be up for whatever. We decide to go to downtown Knoxville that evening anyway to hangout and grab some food.
That evening, my brother and I are walking down Gay Street in downtown Knoxville. It is a beautiful night. The weather is perfect and downtown is bustling with all kinds of people. In the distance we see a group of girls walking towards us. Who is leading that group of girls laughing and talking all done up for a fun Friday night out? That's right. The girl I was supposed to get gelato with that night and was supposedly at home throwing up and too sick to go on a date.
I quickly tell my brother that she is the girl who cancelled the date because "she was sick." He asks if we are going to say anything, and I quickly tell him, "I got this."
I walk up to her with a big smile on my face. I was smiling so big that I looked like 1) I had just won the lottery or 2) I was about the embarrass this girl that had lied to me, cancelled a date with me, and couldn't have enough decency to be honest about it. It was the latter. 😁
This is how it went down: "Heyyy! I'm SO glad you're feeling better! You look great for having been throwing up earlier today! I'm happy that you were feeling good enough to come out and hang out with your friends. I hope you have a great rest of the night." And with that my brother and I keep on walking and smiling. She had the look of absolute horror and dread when she saw me. She faked a smile when I was talking to her, but her friends looked super confused.
Needless to say it had the desired effect. She sent me a text criticizing me for embarrassing her in front of her friends and that she can't believe I did that and communicated general sentiments of upset-ness towards me. My brother and I laughed and laughed. I didn't text her back, and we went on to have a great night.
Dating Rule #4: If you're going to end it, be honest and own it.
