Single and in Debt Part II

gwen80

Lula-Hula wrote: »

Good, are we all sitting comfortably ?

Lulas latest from the Plenty Of Fiascos site :

Mr. 'Ooooh I really like him :rolleyes: Posh Town messaged me to say he was fully recovered from his illness & please could he call ... all fired up with enthusuiasm & keen to put Mr. Camper Van & his Tent Peg behind me I agreed, He called, then called again & again & again , we chatted & some more & more again.

He was so lovely, he was full of wit, experience & tales to tell. We agreed that I should go round for dinner on saturday, he would make lasagne & salad I would bring some bread & strawberries & wine.

I arrived just after 7 as agreed & waited a good 5 minutes for him to answer the door. I said 'hello', he said 'you've taken ages to get here' .

I produced my contribution & was told to them through to the kitchen & find my way around . Unperturbed as yet, I asked for some glasses to put some wine in. He produced 2 rather grubby ones & when I pointed that out as tactfully as possible he told me to wash them up which I did, trying to air dry them so as not to have to use the grimy looking tea towel :rolleyes:.

I had to open the wine & then went through to the living room trying not to wrinkle my beautifully made up nose at the damp & musty smell. He sprawled on the sofa so I made myself at home on the floor :mad:. The conversation was a bit odd, he appeared slightly dazed & confused so I politely asked whether he'd had a glass or two before I got there, he denied it & suggested that I get the dinner in the oven :mad::mad:. I finally got the oven working & put the ready made lasange in & returned to the living room to find that he'd drunk my glass of wine as well as his :eek:. I was fast losing any sense of good behaviour & asked outright if he'd drunk it, trying to be lighthearted. He denied it. I asked if he'd like me to make him a coffee & he said No very bluntly. I was damn hungry & now just waiting for the perfect opportunity to get out of there. I served up the lasagne taking care to wash the cutlery first & as he got up to put a cd on he fell over :rotfl:. I ate my lasagne, packed my unused salad bowl that he'd asked me to bring & said thanks very much, I'm really tired, no, please dont get up , I'll see myself out & ran ... inwardly thanking my driving instructor for all those lessons that he insisted I practice reverse parking so that I can always make a quick getaway :rotfl:.

I was home by 8.30.

I have no idea what it was all about & my suspicion is that he was a) very nervous, b) very drunk, c) a recovering addict or d) all of the above.

I was completley & utterly mystified by it all & had to console myself with some retail therapy new rug at £165 :shhh:

I have since returned to my sense, paid £100 off CCs today & hidden my pic on the site. The scary thing is I cannot find a delete profile button so fear that there is no escape from the bottom of the barrel :eek::rotfl:


yes, go on laugh ... I am now :rolleyes:

Oh....My....God....Lula. I'm afraid I am laughing, mainly at the image of him slurping your wine, denying it then falling over! What an idiot and how rude? You're so much better off out of that. Be careful though. I always try to have the first date or two on 'neutral territory' so I can suss them out a bit. I guess luckily he would have been too p1ssed to be much of a threat.

I think some retail therapy is entirely justified. A traumatic experience like that needs to be replaced in your memory by happy things. I think I'd have gone on a big spree after something like that and I think my friend had to email POF to get them to delete her profile.

sarahb123_3

Lula-Hula wrote: »

he denied it & suggested that I get the dinner in the oven :mad::mad:.

:eek::eek::eek::eek::eek::eek::eek:

Oh Lula:eek: Thank goodness you got back okay. Could have quoted your whole post but that bit just made me extra :eek::eek::eek: What a scummy horrible man. :mad::mad::mad:

_pale_ to glasses and cutlery

_pale_to musty smell

:rotfl:to falling over

:jto Great Escape

I think b) and c) are the correct answers.

gwen80

sarahb123 wrote: »

:eek::eek::eek::eek::eek::eek::eek:

Oh Lula:eek: Thank goodness you got back okay. Could have quoted your whole post but that bit just made me extra :eek::eek::eek: What a scummy horrible man. :mad::mad::mad:

_pale_ to glasses and cutlery

_pale_to musty smell

:rotfl:to falling over

:jto Great Escape

I think b) and c) are the correct answers.

Yeah, I know. That bit got me too! First date...romantic meal...get the dinner in the oven, love... There are definitely very solid reasons why some people are single.

Lula-Hula

skint_spice wrote: »

I'm glad you are laughing now Lula, sounds like he's got a drink problem which could explain a few things. Please don't go to anyone's house you don't know though - way too risky! meet in a public place next time... also much easier to nip to loo then leave!

Oh, I forgot to mention that I had done a recce with a friend before hand so she knew exactly where I was & we also had a text sytem in place so that I could update her & she could swoop in if necessary. He really wasnt scary or threatening in any way, just rather odd & nervy.

That'll teach me to be swayed by artistic types with classic cars :rolleyes:

sarahb123_3

Lula-Hula wrote: »

I was completley & utterly mystified by it all & had to console myself with some retail therapy new rug at £165 :shhh:

Excellent work, Lula's karmic law in action. :j

Lula-Hula

Thanks girls, it really does seem rather funny now that i'm safely back here.

I really think he was more out of practice than anything - I'm rather miffed that n my haste to escape I didnt pick up the orchid he'd bought for me or the bottle of wine ... mind you he did say that the orchid had been looking at him & it was rather scary

think there's a clue there somewhere :rolleyes:

sarahb123_3

Lula-Hula wrote: »

Thanks girls, it really does seem rather funny now that i'm safely back here.

I really think he was more out of practice than anything - I'm rather miffed that n my haste to escape I didnt pick up the orchid he'd bought for me or the bottle of wine ... mind you he did say that the orchid had been looking at him & it was rather scary

think there's a clue there somewhere :rolleyes:

Have you heard from him since? Does he have your mobile number?:eek:

gwen80

Lula-Hula wrote: »

... mind you he did say that the orchid had been looking at him & it was rather scary

think there's a clue there somewhere :rolleyes:

:rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl:

Lula-Hula

sarahb123 wrote: »

Have you heard from him since? Does he have your mobile number?:eek:

Certainly not, I'm not falling for that one again I did send him a message to say thank you for the meal :rolleyes: but that I had no interest in taking things any further ... no reply as yet :T

I really have had enough of all this dating nonsense & have told DD1 ( the one to blame for all of this ) that I am quite happy to be an old spinster & to get a cat but she insists that I shouldnt be put off & that Mr. Perfect may be the next one. I have Mr. Adrenalin Junkie & Mr.Own-Business-but-rather-on-the-short side currently trying to get my attention.

I'm still reading the book & think that really ones needs to lauch oneself with a plan in mind & frankly if it wasnt for DD I could be saving myself loads of money by getting all these free meals & drinks .

I do have an underlying feeling of being slightly relieved that no one who really rocks my boat & isnt a complete @rse hasnt turned up because then I wouldnt know what to do.

I quite like my life really & think I'd be better off putting my energy into debt busting rather than trying to find new man. Cant quite remember what started all this off now

gwen80

Couldn't just put one laughy thing apparently, cos it was too short. Shame about the orchid, but at least you got out!

I think that might be the worst date I've ever heard of Lula, but a friend of a friend met a guy in a bar, they got drinks, half way through, he got up and left. Didn't say anything, didn't finish his drink, just got up and walked out of the door! The fear of that happening to me has haunted me ever since.

On the subject of POF. I had another chat with my fish this evening. He sounds nice. I'm not sure it's going to go anywhere though. Not sure if he just wants somebody to chat to or something more. He doesn't seem overly keen, that's for sure, but he still initiated the chat this afternoon.