Latest Date

Thought you all might want to hear about my latest date. Yep, it's been about 4 years since I took an active role in the dating scene. This one was all accidental - I did not actively search for a man this time - he found me. We shall call him George (fake name to protect the guilty).

As you should know (if you have read my blog) that I love craigslist. I usually go on there every day to search the pets, men, and furniture. Don't even ask me why - I don't need another pet, I don't "need" a man, and I don't have money for furniture. I keep hoping my son will take pity of me and buy me some of the furniture that I send him pictures of off craigslist - but no such luck so far. Anyways, I digress (which I am good at), and one day I thought I would put an ad on craigslist asking about Baker Junior High. Way back in '66, '67, '68, I lived in Austin and I went to Baker Junior High. I had heard that they had torn it down, so I was curious about it. So, in the ad, I asked about it. I got several responses - some saying it had been torn down, some saying it hadn't (so don't ask me). Well, one of the responses was from George.

George wanted to know if I had a boyfriend. I told him I didn't. He wrote back and said "why don't you have a boyfriend, or are you too mean?" and I replied with "well, didn't you hit the nail on the head - yes, I am too mean OR it could be one of these reasons....get my feelings hurt too easily, too fat, give too much in a relationship and expect the same thing back....talk too much...maybe I am too bitter....being a scorpio scares some...being a red-headed scorpio scares even more...maybe I am ugly.

There !! I have given him enough to digest and ponder and then decide if he were man enough...well, I guess he decided he was man enough, so he kept writing. He said he just loved redheads. Did he not read any of the other scarey stuff or did his male-brain just zoom in to the red hair??

Don't you think an intelligent man would have the sense to think, "hmmm, ok, she has said she might be mean, she gets her feelings hurt easily, she is overweight, she talks alot, and she might even be ugly." So, he would then consider to walk gently around the trepid waters....no, not this one. I guess he wanted control over me - wanted to make me feel bad - or whatever - because he said the omnious words - the final words any man mentions to me....."Diane, being overweight is dangerous to your health."

He claimed he said them because he was concerned. Now let's reason this out, shall we?? I am 53 years old, educated and not a complete idiot - do men think that I am not aware of my weight?? Do they think it just sneaks up on me and attacks me when I am not looking? Do they think I carry it around because I am bored? So why do they think it's up to them to tell me I am overweight???? The only people I halfway listen to about my weight are people with the letter MD behind their name and the only reason I halfway listen to them is because I am writing them a check to tell me something.

Ok, my point is - how come I am willing to accept men with their faults and flaws but yet, they are willing to point mine out??? Again I say, I go for what is on the inside and not on the outside. How come men can't do that?? The irony of the whole situation is - if I concentrated on my weight and my outer looks, then I wouldn't be caught dead with most of the men I have dated !! Ironical isn't it?

Ok, I must tell you the rest - George said I need professional help and it's not too late to get it - (but he didn't offer to pay for it). So, now I am taking donations for my professional help. Any amount will be appreciated by the next man I date.

But, like I told my daughter - I think the next man I date is going to be a mute - that way he can't say anything about my weight. She said he would just write it down. I told her that at least I would have proof that they say it. So, now I am looking for a mute that doesn't know sign language nor knows how to write - if you know of one, please let me know. And, please do not forget the donations towards my professional help.