all around the board

I'm not conceited, I'm not self absorbed (well maybe, after all I have a blog devoted to my thoughts:), but I am self confident and also have some friends that offer some support when needed. I am so very lucky to have some really great friends of the opposite sex. They keep me on my toes - while one likes to pump me up - we'll call him Hallmark - (he should really write for Hallmark - he knows how to make a woman feel good about herself), I have another that likes to burst that freshly inflated balloon - I call him Oscar, I have yet another who is undeniably Crass. Allow me to explain - Crass' last date ended rather abruptly: she asked if he wanted to see her again, to which he replied (while staring longingly at her chest) - "hell, ya...i really want to get my hands on those..." He honestly couldn't understand why she was so offended - he thought he had paid her a compliment. Come to think of it, maybe I should introduce Hallmark to Crass...

These guys are fun. these guys are entertaining. and these guys are my buds. They have been schooling me - each in their own little way - on this on-line dating world. They've helped me to avoid the minefields (some anyway) and so I am eternally grateful.

which brings me to today's date: we'll call him Flyboy. We met on one of the sites - a little im'ing, some interesting chatter, a few polite flirtations and we agreed to meet. Flyboy had great pics. He was a little younger than me, he was articulate, polite, funny - and he was sexy, smart and suggestive - my three favourite s'es. I was pretty excited at the idea of meeting him - so anxiously awaited our date....enter my game of Monopoly.

Roll dice. Pick up Chance Card - agree to meet earlier because it is better for Flyboy.. Take the chance? Let's think - remember the three s'es - and a chance to show that we can be spontaneous and go with the moment? Absolutely, we will meet earlier! His turn. He arrives and waits. My turn, enter into coffeehouse - greet him, notice that his cologne is bang on...sigh, chance paying off, looking to ride the Shortline...His turn....waiting...waiting..please do something - roll, pick something...anything - where's the chatty guy from the previous nights?... Undeterred, I will take an extra turn - perhaps kickstart? I start talking about my guy friends - thinking it will make him laugh (my fallback position, my "get out of Jail free" card). He does laugh...but refuses to take a turn. I keep rolling out potential conversation topics and more guy friend antics. he keeps laughing but no reach for the dice... I take another turn - hoping to roll so I can buy Boardwalk, but instead, came up Community Chest...I'm reaching for the card - hoping against all hope I can get the "Advance to Go" card but he pulls from game, mentioning I can always text, he's in town often...and later, he texts he tastes as good as he smells....sighhhhh. that's really not what i'm looking for - and I thought I made that quite plain.

Monopoly game learning?

Next date, will not talk about guy friends. Will accept that not all is as they seem. Not all dates advance to Go. Not all dates collect $200. Some dates go directly to 'fail'...But, cheer up, there's other games out there.