#8 My Date Played Me... Hard

Photography: Dalal on Deviantart
That is me in the front, awkward no?

The Meet-Cute: Who says once you're in the friend zone that you can't get out? Ok, sometimes - but not the case here. We met freshman year in class. I noticed him first the day that he leaned his chair up against the back wall during class and fell asleep, causing his chair and himself to crash to the ground. Nice introduction huh?

The In-between: We stayed friends all through out college; getting lunch, playing sports, hanging out at bars, hanging out as a group with our significant others. Anyway, there came a time when both of us were single at the same time and we decided to date. Movies, dinners, hang outs, bars, all that jazz.

The Date: I decided to ask him to Formal (my senior year formal - in my opinion, kind of a big deal in sorority land. It costs as much, if not more, than a wedding) as my date. We weren't "exclusive" because he told me he wasn't quite ready for a relationship. Which I understood and respected. He'd been with his ex for several years and we started dating a few weeks after they broke up.

Formal = awesome. We all had tons of fun. Dancing, gambling, eating, drinking.

The Aftermath: We hang out a few times after Formal but just that same casual/dating atmosphere. Though I don't want to undermine the fact that he made it clear that we were more than friends. About a week after Formal, his Facebook status changes to "in a relationship". Damn social networking. Strange right? I mean, we've been continuing to date this past week but he just told me it was too soon, and why would he change his status without asking me first? Maybe because he wasn't suddenly in a relationship with me but with another girl that he was dating at the same time. And the icing on the cake? She was my roommate's co-worker. Awkward.

Dream Date

So, as I was watching American Idol and drooling over Paul McDonald I decided to change up the Dating Disasters blog for one post. I've been called out on being negative lately (though the date blogs are never negative, just hilarious and stupid in my opinion), so here's a positive post for my sister-in-law-to-be!

Who would I love to get a chance to date? Probably the same men in Hollywood that you have set as your desktop backgrounds. So why not ogle at some more photos of them? Here are my top 6 (Gerard Butler and Tom Hanks were ties for some of these men).

Ryan Reynolds

The Entire Package - Newly single and the most gorgeous body (and face) on earth

Paul McDonald

The Musician - Just a little bit of strange and a lot of musical talent

Bradley Cooper

The Badass - Plays some cocky roles but can get away with it because of those baby blues.

Will Ferrell

The Wild Card - Weirded out right now? I can't resist a funny man.

Hugh Laurie

The Reverse Cougar - He might be twice my age but I've got a soft spot for him. Did blue eyes get me again?

Zac Efron

The "Most Fitting" - He's less than a month younger than me. That's enough reason, isn't it?

They say that people with blue eyes are programmed to be attracted to others with blue eyes (for the purpose of passing on the gene). Ryan Reynolds seems to be the only exception! I guess my body is very strong willed when it comes to genetics.

#7 This Date Is Not Playing to My Heart

Serenading me and playing the piano? Yes. (plus it's the Biebs)
Singing the notes and playing an air piano during lunch? No.

The Meet-Cute: An old acquaintance. We bumped into each other at the University near the student union.

The Date: It is a beautiful February day, so we decide to get lunch at one of the restaurants on University which allow you to sit outside and watch other collegians that are meandering around instead of going to class. We talk very easily with each other - actually he talks a lot, and every few minutes I get a word in. But he does enjoy that one word. About two hours into this date (just realizing that my dates are notoriously long) we are discussing music. He is very talented in this department. He plays something like 4 instruments and has a beautiful singing voice. We are discussing his favorite artist - who I won't name, but think along the lines of Elton John - and all the sudden he is playing an air piano and singing. What was he singing? Well, it doesn't matter what song, it matters that he wasn't actually singing the lyrics, he was singing the notes. You know, like how people will "sing" a guitar solo? Yeah. Like that. Except it's NOT a guitar solo, it's not even a piano solo, it's just the piano's part. I'm all for having fun and doing dorky things in public, so when he started I was into it and laughed and bobbed my head to the beat. After 10 seconds pass my smile turns into that awkward situation where your mouth is in the shape of a smile, but your eyes are almost frightened looking. At the 1 minute mark my cheeks are flush and I begin fidgeting and sifting through my purse to avoid eye contact with any and everyone, because at this point there is nobody within a 30 ft radius that is not staring at us. When he finishes I say something similar to, "Wow, you really know piano". Awkward right?

Post-Date: So, even though the air piano freaked me out a little I decided it wasn't a deal breaker. We had a second date and THAT was the deal breaker. And now you have another post to look forward to.