Did you know Prince Charming doesn't always ride a horse? I met him once, he actually rides a 747, or a DC 10, depending on the day. *Larry works as an air marshall which to me, is kind of a cool job although any job in government I support so take my opinion with a grain of salt and tequilla shot if you'd like.
After talking for a few weeks I invited him to a New Years party at a friends house, he said he was up for it and was looking forward to giving me a kiss at midnight. Due to his job though, he had to fly out last minute. His flight was supposed to get back into town at 11:59pm so I told him when he got back we'd recreate the countdown, it'd be like he'd never missed it. 12:20am, he texted me saying he had changed his mind and was too nervous to show. Boo! Oh wait, lets not judge shall we? So what if he's an air marshall, they're tough as nails but can be sensitive too right? Um....
As a suggestion I asked him to meet me for dinner and he clearly indicated he was not into meeting at a bar. Ok, so suggestions for the safety places like Red Robin, Olive Garden were thrown out there. He says "Lets meet at Tempe Marketplace and we'll figure it out from there". Ok, thats a bit of a big shopping center and asked for more specifics like maybe the fountain or the bookstore--no response. Day of our first date he suggests we meet at 7pm at Cadillac Ranch (btw, thats a bar). Ok I'm there! I go home, change clothes and get a text from him at 6:45 that he's running late, can we push it back to 7:30? Ok, sure but I'm getting an uneasy feeling that I've been down this road before. Then he changes his mind and asks could we meet at 8:30 because then he could go home and get cleaned up? I said I'd meet him there but any later and I'd suggest we not meet at all. A girl's gotta have some pride here right?
8:30pm rolls around and he's nowhere to be seen. I call a girlfriend of mine so I didn't look creepy at the bottom of the stairs to the bar, thank goodness for good friends! I ended up going inside because it was so cold out that night and I'm glad I did because he was 15 mins late! First impression, he is not a good judge of time awareness. We sit down at the bar and for a guy who doesn't like the bar, boy can he drink! Since it was close to 9pm and I don't like to eat after 7pm I joined him for a beverage while he had 4 appetizers to himself. The conversation went well, we laughed and connected on the subject of home improvements since he'd recently bought a house himself. By the end of the evening we were already discussing the 2nd date! This turned out not too shabby :)
A week later was my first marathon. Larry asks me to come over to his place the Thursday beforehand to shoot some pool and he can show me the home improvements he's been working on....maybe I could give him some advice? Sure! I mean, I felt comfortable with him and I was going to give my location and info to a friend just incase I got kidnapped but he's an air marshall and trustworthy so why not? Then he drops the bomb on me, I should come over at 9pm when he gets off of work. Thats where I had to put my foot down (in a gracious manner). I have been training for this marathon for a year now and in the homestretch for the run plus my nerves, I didn't want to disrupt my last bit of training with late nights. I sadly had to decline since I had been hoping to be home by that time so could we reschedule for after the race? Here's how it went verbatum:
Larry: 9 is good. Just come over after
Me: Wait, no sorry. I figured I'd be home from your place around 9...not come over at 9pm. oops guess out schedules aren't matching up :(
Larry: home from my house around 9?! U crazy?!
Me: you may have a sexy smile but its too close to the marathon, i can't throw off my training for the past year so i guess yes, crazy. :)
Larry: Excuses
Me: Ok
And that my friends is how you know that even though the government may hire the guy, doesn't mean you should date him. I had invited him to the marathon after party with my friends and no response and haven't heard from him since. Guess marathon running does make a girl crazy but thats ok because I got the best gift of all that weekend, instead of a New Years kiss, I got a medal and my first marathon under my belt. NEVER give a guy the time of day who won't support your goals and ambitions. You'll be doubley dissapointed at the end of that fairy tale. Good luck out there campers!
*Name changed to protect the "innocent".
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