Like I said this is the worst week ever. It started on Sunday with my date with Brian Leeds. Yes, you read that right, a Sunday date.
I met Brian at Bud's Hardware Store a couple of weeks ago. He said he remembered us going to high school together, although he was in my brother Brandon's class. I didn't remember him at all. So maybe he was giving me a line, I don't know, but if he was, I bought it. I agreed to go out with him.
So why a Sunday date? He claimed it was because he works a lot and also because he believed first dates should be casual, so we planned to have lunch. I was thinking we would have lunch at MaryLou's Diner or maybe take a drive into the city and eat at one of those chain restaurants.
Brian is religious so I thought nothing of it when he asked me to attend church with him. We attended services and afterward I fully expected that we would leave for lunch.
Instead Brian turned to me and said, "Let's go check out the social hall. My mom is serving coffee today."
Okay, I think he's sweet. He wants to say hello to his mother. But when we got downstairs, it wasn't just coffee and donuts. It was a full blown lunch. We weren't going anywhere. We were having lunch right there.
I looked around as realization hit me. He was too cheap to buy me lunch so he brought me somewhere where the lunch is free. I felt my cheeks growing hot. I couldn't believe it. Why wasn't he honest with me to begin with? If he told me we were having lunch here, it might not have been so bad? Had I misunderstood? Was I supposed to know this was where we were going when he suggested I come to services with him?
Just as I wondered "why me?" something happened. The curtain on the far wall pulled back and a Sunday-school play started.
I leaned over and whispered in Brian's ear, "Do you know any of those kids?"
He shook his head no. Really, Brian, free lunch and entertainment. No wonder you're still single.
I've heard it said all the good ones are either taken or gay. But really, it's not that all the good ones are taken. It's that all the single ones are single for a reason.
I met Brian at Bud's Hardware Store a couple of weeks ago. He said he remembered us going to high school together, although he was in my brother Brandon's class. I didn't remember him at all. So maybe he was giving me a line, I don't know, but if he was, I bought it. I agreed to go out with him.
So why a Sunday date? He claimed it was because he works a lot and also because he believed first dates should be casual, so we planned to have lunch. I was thinking we would have lunch at MaryLou's Diner or maybe take a drive into the city and eat at one of those chain restaurants.
Brian is religious so I thought nothing of it when he asked me to attend church with him. We attended services and afterward I fully expected that we would leave for lunch.
Instead Brian turned to me and said, "Let's go check out the social hall. My mom is serving coffee today."
Okay, I think he's sweet. He wants to say hello to his mother. But when we got downstairs, it wasn't just coffee and donuts. It was a full blown lunch. We weren't going anywhere. We were having lunch right there.
I looked around as realization hit me. He was too cheap to buy me lunch so he brought me somewhere where the lunch is free. I felt my cheeks growing hot. I couldn't believe it. Why wasn't he honest with me to begin with? If he told me we were having lunch here, it might not have been so bad? Had I misunderstood? Was I supposed to know this was where we were going when he suggested I come to services with him?
Just as I wondered "why me?" something happened. The curtain on the far wall pulled back and a Sunday-school play started.
I leaned over and whispered in Brian's ear, "Do you know any of those kids?"
He shook his head no. Really, Brian, free lunch and entertainment. No wonder you're still single.
I've heard it said all the good ones are either taken or gay. But really, it's not that all the good ones are taken. It's that all the single ones are single for a reason.
