Little Red Corvette

At the time, I was early into internet dating. This guy contacted me and seemed like a normal guy on paper (don’t they all). What initially attracted me to his profile was his tag line. It said, "even a blind squirrel finds a nut". I thought that was funny so I wanted to meet him.

He lived in the burbs and I happened to be going to a girl’s dinner in the burb he lives in. I asked him if that was a good night to meet? He said, absolutely. I told him we could meet at a different place than where I would be with the girls. I knew that I would not put him through the awkwardness of meeting a crowd.

He said, are you kidding? I would love to meet everyone. Really? Surprising he would want an audience. A bold choice but it was easier for me so I was all for it.

Since the girls I was having dinner with are married and living in the burbs, I decided I would print his profile and pass it around the table. They, of course, loved this.

As everyone was reading his profile, they said he is so adorable and, as always (spoken like married women), they would all do online dating if they were single. I find married people always have a lot of courage when there is no possibility of actually having to do it.

So, my friends are all excited. I get a call from him and he is in the bar of the restaurant we are at. I sent one of my friends to do a lap to get some initial stats on the guy.

She comes back hysterically laughing. She said, there is a guy at the bar who looks about 10 years older and 75 pounds heavier than that picture.

Great. I go to see him, and my friends come with me as back up. We end up talking for a little while. He was jovial and a good sport but there was something off about him.

I finally realized it was his bragging that I didn't care for. He is one of those guys who is so impressed with his big suburban house and his red convertible corvette. None of that mattered to me.

Another deal breaker occurred when I barely know him and he is asking about what type of undergarments I was wearing. My answer? That is for me to know and you to never find out.

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Lesson learned? Things aren’t always as they appear on-line.