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I... um... y'know what, my last relationship wasn't even a "bad" one... sure, it ended god-awfully... but here are some of my "dating nightmares"
It's a long one. Enjoy:
Blueberry Muffin Girl
When I met Blueberry Muffin Girl (BMG), I had been broken up with my girlfriend for three days. I was an emotional wreck, as we’d been together for 3.5 years. We had virtually lived together for two years, spent every waking moment (except the moments that we were in class) together. We were six months away from graduating, when she pulled the infamous “I need space” bullcrap. By this time, we were planning on moving in together after graduation, living together for a year or two, then getting married. Life could not have been any more “set” than I had hoped. Then it happened. She began distancing herself for a couple of days and then set the timer on the “breakup bomb”…and it couldn’t have come at a better time, with a week left before finals. After the “I need space” crap (author’s note: to any T-shirt manufacturers, that quote should really be a logo), I didn’t sleep for three days and had barely eaten. So, technically, BMG brought a small glimmer of light to my hopelessly dark life.
I will be brutally honest: BMG wasn’t attractive. She was not what most guys would call “attractive.” She didn’t have a great personality that enhanced her appearance, either. She was just that quiet girl in class that no one really spoke to, and nothing about her really compelled anyone to speak to her. We met while we were studying in the library, began talking little bit by bit, and eventually went out to lunch, then dinner, then to the movies. She was good company, someone to just talk to about my day and to get my mind off my ex. One night in particular actually sets her apart from my other dates that place her in my “Dates from Hell” category.
One night, we went out to a dinner and a movie. She had parked her car at my place, and I drove to our destinations. When we returned, around 2am, we found that her car’s tire had gone flat. It was raining and it was two in the morning…there was no way I was changing her tire for her. So I offered her to stay at my place and that I would change her tire in the morning. At this point, I had no intention of anything happening that night. She was a great person to talk to, but I was just not physically attracted to her.
I offered her my bed while I slept on the couch in the living room…lights out.
The next morning, I woke up to the smell of muffins baking in the oven, my dishwasher running through its cycle, and my washing machine on its cycle . My reaction to this smell was a series of mixed emotions:
“Mmm….yummm…”
Opened my eyes.
“What the hell…who’s baking…?”
BMG was baking blueberry muffins. I was a little alarmed at this, as it screamed “I’m ready to be a housewife,” but I dusted it off as a nice gesture.
“Morning, you baking?”
“Yeah, I figured since you paid for dinner last night, I’d make you breakfast.”
“Oh, thanks.”
“No problem…hope you don’t mind, I took your car this morning to buy some groceries for you too.”
“Oh…ok…thanks…I guess.”
I brushed off the idea of her driving my car…as it was already spilled milk. No crying over it. I turned on the television and relaxed on the couch, and then it happened.
About ten minutes into a morning show, my roommate came out of his room, scratching his head, with the “I just woke up and I’m extremely confused” look.
“Who’s baking brownies?”
“That would be BMG…baking muffins.”
“Sweet…she’s a keeper.”
I silently screamed and waved NO, DEAR GOD, NO! To my roommate, turned to BMG, who had a sly grin on her face, while baking away.
Then it hit me…
“Roomie, you just wake up?”
“Yeah…”
“…you didn’t do the dishes?”
“No…why?”
At this, we both turned to BMG, who answered politely, “Your sink was filled with dirty dishes. I figured, why not?”
We both grumbled a thanks…well, I grumbled while my roommate cheered.
Then another thought hit me.
I whispered, “Roomie…PLEASE tell me you did the laundry this morning.”
Without even saying a word, we both looked at BMG.
“BMG, are you…doing my laundry?”
“Yeah, I was exploring your room last night and saw that your laundry pile was pretty big, so I decided to do it.”
At this point, I was ready to couple over and hurl. I couldn’t believe the crap I was hearing. This girl, who I had met only a week or two ago, had touched my dirty shirts, pants, socks, and underwear.
I could have sworn my eyes were trembling like I was in REM-sleep as I was in full-out panic mode, not unlike the time I was in an earthquake, when she interrupted, “I hope that’s ok…”
“…oh…yeah, that’s fine…thanks, but you really didn’t have to do that…thanks, though…”
A wave of panic, fear, and nausea came over me again and again. The thought didn’t escape me: She.Touched.My.Dirty.Clothes.
I couldn’t take it anymore. I immediately got up, with enough determination that BMG and my roommate both stared at me. I looked at BMG and quickly said, “I’m going to fix your tire…roomie, wanna come?” as I grabbed my roomie’s arm and went outside.
“Dude, did she really…do your laundry?”
I nodded.
“Holy %#@%! She’s a keeper!”
He must have seen the look on my face, as he immediately recoiled:
“Just kidding. She’s…kinda bonkers huh?”
We fixed her tire together in silence. We ate in silence. She then left, with a quick hug and a kiss on the cheek.
I never…picked up her calls again.
*Author’s note: Many women will say, “God, what an . She was just being nice! The least you could do was reply to her calls!” To this, I say…no. Sorry. You can ask any guy. Doing a guy’s laundry…after two weeks of knowing him…is insane. Sorry. How would you feel if some guy you “dated” for two weeks did your laundry without you knowing? That’s right.
Then, I've also had the pleasure of going on a date with a BEAUUUUTIIIIFFUL girl who I was very interested in, and after a few dates, I asked her if she wanted to grab lunch (around... mid-march) and her response was, "How's April 25 sound?"