On the way home from a visit to a friend in the ‘burbs last night, I decided to meet up with another friend instead of going home. Isn’t it wonderful how cell phones allow me to call someone from the road to find out that there is a decent event going on at a bar…just like the inventors of cellular technology intended.
As soon as I walked in, Craig greeted me. Craig is a guy I met at a Momentum Fun Run about a year ago and we run into each other at various social events. It makes sense; we’re both single guys looking to meet new people. By people I mean single ladies.
Side note: Craig isn’t his real name but as I only see him at random events and don’t have his contact information, I’ve accidentally introduced him as such and that’s now his code name.
While Craig was talking my ear off and preventing me from getting a drink, my friend Kevin – the guy who told me about the event in the first place – was trying to get me to come over to the table he was at, where two cute girls (one blonde, one auburn hair) were also sitting. I motioned for Craig to come over with me and as soon as he saw the girls, he stopped talking to me and started talking to the taller of the two ladies.
Craig’s friend Julie came over. Julie and I have meet one other time – at a party in January, which was one of the first of many random events we would run into each other over the course of 2006. Anyway, Julie and I started talking so we have three guys and three girls at a table.
I wasn’t there to try and pick anybody up. Since my last girlfriend and I broke up (over a year ago) I haven’t had much luck finding anyone. There have been nibbles and distractions that have gone nowhere however. So I’m trying to reset my attitude and refresh my perspective so that there isn’t any veil of jadedness or negativity about me.
The night ended with Craig getting the one girl’s number, but then realizing that she may not be everything he is looking for. Being a guy, he will probably still call her and they might even go out. In fact, it would be almost ironic if they did start dating. All because I showed up at a bar on the Friday after Thanksgiving.
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