Date#4: Cheque or Checked out?
The Unfortunate desert
I’ll cut it short on how we met, cause it’s also through an online dating site. Anyways, this was not like any other date. He decides to dine out in one of those fancy restaurants, so we went, had an amazing night together and decided to meet again. For a minute, I thought we clicked and that I will no longer be a bachelor (sorry Jordan). He orders appetizers, a main course and dessert… and the food comes. It was one of those magical nights. What not to like, Food: yummy, atmosphere: romantic, mood: perfect, date: excellent and good looking educated and fits the profile (My type), until it was the cheque time, he calls for the cheque and five minutes later he asks if he could go make an important call he forgot. The waiter brings in the cheque, I check it and wait for him to come back, since this was his treat, I wouldn’t pay. 10 minutes later, the waiter comes, asks if there were any problems and I tell him that I was waiting for the guy to come back. After another 10 minutes, I discover that he actually left!! I end up paying the bill and leaving, kept calling him to denounce him for miles… but he never picked up. 3 days later, he calls to apologize that he forgot his wallet at home and he went back to bring it and pay. He apparently didn’t mean for all that to happen. Did I buy that, Pufft!! No, what am I stupid??
Date#5: So who won?
The Unfortunate Screen-Saver!
This date was during the 2010 World Cup; the guy was so sweet (another online dating experience) the date started out by meeting at a point where he picked me up and headed to a Café in Jabbal Amman. It was a game night where the Brazil was playing. Anyways, he was naming every single player of both teams, yelling, pointing at the screen and all that, where at those moments I felt like killing myself, cause this wasn’t what I was expecting. I am interested in the world cup, but not to a point where it should be part of a date. During the entire game he kept pressing on my knees and going all the way up to yell at the screen, which I found weird. Eventually I moved to the end of the seat. The game ends and we leave. We go for a drive that lasted for 2 hours, from Jabbal Amman and all the way back. He talked about his work so I got to know him a little bit better, we chatted and connected by finally spending quality 101 time. At the end, while we are going towards Jabbal Amman again, he grabs his cell phone and says in a quiet-calm tone: “I’m married by the way and this is my daughter”. He turns the phone screen toward my face and shows me his mobile screen saver. At that point, I wished that the ground would slit right open and swallow me right to hell. The first thing that I said was, ‘this is unfair, can I go home now?’. We spent the last 10 minutes in awkward silence until I got home. He wanted to kiss goodnight, I shook his hand and said “Maybe not.”
Date#6: Mom! Not now!
The Unfortunate Mommy’s Boy
This one was the most hilarious date ever, this guy was 28 years old. He said he lived alone. He is an engineer. The same story goes on, online dating site. He calls me up and we decide to meet at Rainbow Street and from there we decide where to go. Fortunately, there was Jara Café that saved the situation; it was not full and no service charge was applied because the games were over (off topic, I know). Anyways, we get there, sit down, and order. Out of a sudden, his phone starts ringing but he doesn’t pick up. Yet it happens again and again for the next 30 minutes. I decided to interfere and said: “answer maybe it’s an emergency or something, if is that important go ahead answer.’ He replies back: “ you don’t understand, it’s ok. Don’t worry.” The phone keeps ringing on and off for another 10 minutes. At that instance I picked up his phone and told him to answer. It said mum calling on his phone’s screen and this was the conversation when he answered: “Mama, I know you told me I shouldn’t go out, but I had too. Mum please I’m out with friends I’ll be back home soon, Mum hang-up, fine I’m leaving in 10.” He hung up the phone and said: “I’m sorry you had to hear this, that’s why I didn’t want to answer. My mother is over protective that she calls me every 10 minutes. I have to leave now, sorry again.” I felt so bad for him.
The Unfortunate desert
I’ll cut it short on how we met, cause it’s also through an online dating site. Anyways, this was not like any other date. He decides to dine out in one of those fancy restaurants, so we went, had an amazing night together and decided to meet again. For a minute, I thought we clicked and that I will no longer be a bachelor (sorry Jordan). He orders appetizers, a main course and dessert… and the food comes. It was one of those magical nights. What not to like, Food: yummy, atmosphere: romantic, mood: perfect, date: excellent and good looking educated and fits the profile (My type), until it was the cheque time, he calls for the cheque and five minutes later he asks if he could go make an important call he forgot. The waiter brings in the cheque, I check it and wait for him to come back, since this was his treat, I wouldn’t pay. 10 minutes later, the waiter comes, asks if there were any problems and I tell him that I was waiting for the guy to come back. After another 10 minutes, I discover that he actually left!! I end up paying the bill and leaving, kept calling him to denounce him for miles… but he never picked up. 3 days later, he calls to apologize that he forgot his wallet at home and he went back to bring it and pay. He apparently didn’t mean for all that to happen. Did I buy that, Pufft!! No, what am I stupid??
Date#5: So who won?
The Unfortunate Screen-Saver!
This date was during the 2010 World Cup; the guy was so sweet (another online dating experience) the date started out by meeting at a point where he picked me up and headed to a Café in Jabbal Amman. It was a game night where the Brazil was playing. Anyways, he was naming every single player of both teams, yelling, pointing at the screen and all that, where at those moments I felt like killing myself, cause this wasn’t what I was expecting. I am interested in the world cup, but not to a point where it should be part of a date. During the entire game he kept pressing on my knees and going all the way up to yell at the screen, which I found weird. Eventually I moved to the end of the seat. The game ends and we leave. We go for a drive that lasted for 2 hours, from Jabbal Amman and all the way back. He talked about his work so I got to know him a little bit better, we chatted and connected by finally spending quality 101 time. At the end, while we are going towards Jabbal Amman again, he grabs his cell phone and says in a quiet-calm tone: “I’m married by the way and this is my daughter”. He turns the phone screen toward my face and shows me his mobile screen saver. At that point, I wished that the ground would slit right open and swallow me right to hell. The first thing that I said was, ‘this is unfair, can I go home now?’. We spent the last 10 minutes in awkward silence until I got home. He wanted to kiss goodnight, I shook his hand and said “Maybe not.”
Date#6: Mom! Not now!
The Unfortunate Mommy’s Boy
This one was the most hilarious date ever, this guy was 28 years old. He said he lived alone. He is an engineer. The same story goes on, online dating site. He calls me up and we decide to meet at Rainbow Street and from there we decide where to go. Fortunately, there was Jara Café that saved the situation; it was not full and no service charge was applied because the games were over (off topic, I know). Anyways, we get there, sit down, and order. Out of a sudden, his phone starts ringing but he doesn’t pick up. Yet it happens again and again for the next 30 minutes. I decided to interfere and said: “answer maybe it’s an emergency or something, if is that important go ahead answer.’ He replies back: “ you don’t understand, it’s ok. Don’t worry.” The phone keeps ringing on and off for another 10 minutes. At that instance I picked up his phone and told him to answer. It said mum calling on his phone’s screen and this was the conversation when he answered: “Mama, I know you told me I shouldn’t go out, but I had too. Mum please I’m out with friends I’ll be back home soon, Mum hang-up, fine I’m leaving in 10.” He hung up the phone and said: “I’m sorry you had to hear this, that’s why I didn’t want to answer. My mother is over protective that she calls me every 10 minutes. I have to leave now, sorry again.” I felt so bad for him.