The Smart Dating Connection

03/11/10

by Dayle Turner

After breaking an engagement, then turning the Big 3-Oh, I swore off men and lived quite happily single for over a year. However, in a vulnerable moment one night, I agreed to a date with a soft spoken man I met at a local nightclub where I was partying with some of my friends.

Although I tried to keep an open mind and heart the “meet market” of the bar scene wasn’t really my cup of tea… So I was somewhat excited, but apprehensive when he picked me up to go dancing at a popular downtown nightclub.

From the very beginning, something told me this was going to be a lonnnnng night. And I was right. After ordering drinks, my date informed me that it would be “Dutch treat” and I would be buying the next round. Well … oh-kay.

Apart from that, the loud band, and his indifference made it nearly impossible to have any kind of quality conversation. He didn’t even ask ONE question about me all night. Hmmm.

When we were finally dancing to the one song he liked, my wallet was stolen from my unattended purse When we returned to our table and discovered this, I was devastated.

But after sweating on the dance floor this guy’s toupee had come loose (which made him look 10 years older). And he was more concerned with fixing his hair than reporting the robbery to the club management or consoling me. And when he realized I wouldn’t be able to pay for anything, BOTH of us were more-than-ready to leave!

As we arrived at my place, I realized I had no money to get to work the next day. So, although I mentioned this, he still didn’t offer me bus fare. This guy was vain, insensitive, boring and squeaky cheap, with a bad rug to top it off.

This dude was a Dud.

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