Saturday, May 8, 2010

Date #54 - Keeping Up With Mr. Johnson


His Age: 48 (looked 68) (5 years my senior – allegedly – 2010)
His City: Sausalito
Setting: Drinks and dinner, Piazza D’Angelo Ristorante – Mill Valley

“I'm sorry, we'll have take it slow.  I'm injured,” my date said as he hobbled toward me.  All hunched over and moving at a painstakingly slow speed, he'd inadvertently aged himself an additional 10 years at first glance, which put him squarely at age 78.

He beamed at me confidently, completely unaffected by the state of his wardrobe, which made me question his sanity and state of living conditions.  Like, does he actually have a roof over his head at night?

The '70s were awesome, but the light-tan corduroy jacket needed to be retired after the enormous red wine stain across the lapel had set in – as faded as it was, my guess was several years ago.  His t-shirt had lettering on it (I didn't bother to read) and food stains and grease in swirls and patterns from top to bottom.  I tried not to look at his pants.

Since I'm a pretty good sport, and because I was already there, I was going to make the best of it.  And as all good women do, I had the thought, “If he turns out to be fantastic, I'll dress him.”

Our plan was to meet for a drink at the local Italian restaurant in town.  After he chose the table, he asked for a menu.

“Wait, we said drinks only, right?” I asked.

“No, I'm hungry.  You should get something.”

To make a long and boring evening brief and less torturous for you, I'll just say the conversation was tedious.  He offered nothing.  I had to extract information and encourage his participation by throwing out topics for him to consider.  This type of non-participation is commonly demonstrated by men who don’t want to be on a date with you but are not man enough to end it.  With 53 dates under my belt, I’m well familiar with this scenario.  But in this case, this non-participator actually liked me, and that fact alone made it even worse.

As we wrapped up our meal he asked, “Can I tell you how I injured myself?”

Finally, he gave me something interesting to work with.  “Sure!”

“Are you sure?” (My clue.)

“Sure I'm sure.”  I wasn’t sure.

“I was in a motorcycle accident last week.  Something happened in my groin area, and well... all the blood rushed to my johnson.  So I've had an erection since Friday.  It won't go away.  I've been to the hospital, and they are talking about surgery but it’s risky.  I don't want to attempt that for at least one month.  I want to see if it will heal on its own.”  (Fair enough.)

He continued, “The good news about it is I would be a really fun time in the sack right now.  It would be like I was on Viagra – it won't go down, no matter what.”  (Are you fucking kidding me?)

“So this is happening to you right now?” I asked.

“Yes.”

(Pause.) “So then you don't actually know if you're sexually attracted to me or not...” I said in my snarkiest tone.

“Thank you for such a generous offer,” I continued, “but I need to decline.”

The check came to him.  I politely asked, “May I help?”

“Yes, $30, please.”

A quick calculation and a stolen glance at the check revealed that amount was double the cost of what I’d had.

As my friend Alanis says, “You Live, You Learn.”

5 Hot Tips I Offer To You:
#1. Don't talk about your junk (i.e., your johnson) on a first date.

#2. If your date is talking about his junk, excuse yourself, permanently. 
(Unless you want to have sex with him – in which case, listen and learn.)

#3. If you've injured yourself, have any ailments, rashes, breakouts or swollen anything that could cast you in a severe negative light, take the week off from dating.

#4. If you're not hungry, don't order.

#5. If you're not into him, don't stay.

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Who am I? I am a retired dater. I sifted through the thousands of "matches" online; met strangers for coffee, a drink or a meal when really, mostly I wanted to be napping.

On the good dates, I loved the adventure and the thrill of not knowing how it would all turn out. The daydream of a possible shared future with this human.

On the bad dates, I was willing to take one for the team – for you - for your enlightenment and entertainment.

Through my trials and tribulations, self-expression and willingness to reveal raw human experiences and vulnerabilities, this blog was created.

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