Wine Not?

One of my very good friends wanted to set me up to a guy she went out with but wasn’t interested in. She said she thought he was a great guy, cute, but too much of a mover and a shaker for her. She thought we would be a perfect match.

This guy calls me during the middle of the workday and says hi, this is Kevin. I said, yes, he said, how are you doing? I said, you are going to have to tell me more than just Kevin. I turned him off so much, he just kind of said good bye. I immediately forgot this ever happened being in work mode. Whoops.

Fast forward to months later and I am on vacation with this friend. I said to her, whatever happened to that guy you were setting me up with? She said, he called you and you kind of offended him that you didn’t recognize who he was. She then refreshes my memory of the conversation.

Honestly, I didn’t even remember it, but, I believed it was something I could have said since I was in work mode. I told my friend I am sorry I acted that way and for sure have him call me again, this time I would respond appropriately.

He does call again and we have our first phone conversation. I quickly learn this man lives in the one up world. He kept telling me about how many great hotels he stays in, how many vineyards he goes to annually and generally speaking, his overall awesomeness.

He is the best, just ask him.

Thinking he might just be nervous, I agree to a date. He says he wants to go to a BYOB place because he has a 9 year old bottle of wine he would like to bring for this special occasion, otherwise known as a FIRST date.

He is a half hour late, I am immediately annoyed but he did text to say he would be late. I just felt like he should have just picked a different time. He also picked a Lebanese restaurant. I am a meat and potatoes type of girl but was going with the flow.

When I saw him, there were definitely no sparks. And, he was far too serious for me. No joking around or anything.

He might have been more excited about this wine than our date, not sure.

Once the bottle of wine was open, he was now attempting to school me on the bouquet, legs, etc. I have been in the hospitality industry since college and have had my share of wine classes, but he would never know that because he didn't ask me anything.

After the bottle breathed for a little while, he interrupted our conversation to ask me to smell the bouquet. I obliged but felt weird about it.

He asked me what I smelled. To me, it smelled like wine. He was sure I would pick out a particular type of fruit, but it wasn’t happening.

He was so fascinated to think we could both be smelling the same wine and smelling different things. I didn’t have the heart to tell him all I could smell was sewer from this tricky restaurant we were at.

Needless to say, this date was over before it started. I appreciated the set up but was not meant to be.

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Lesson Learned? If someone puts a greater interest in wine over you, probably not a good match.