About a week and a half ago I met a very attractive half-Black Half-Filipina girl at a dinner party. I didn’t spend more than an hour-and-a-half with her but it was a pretty solid time. She was very positive and seemed to have a really optimistic outlook on life, which felt really good to be around considering I tend have somewhat of a jaded tinge to my view of the world. She told me that she’d consider me as ‘A make-out buddy’ (whatever that means), so I was looking forward to spending some more time with her.
Luckily there wasn’t any bullshit when it came to making plans. We had one 10-minute conversation in which we chatted and picked a night, then the day of we confirmed specifics and time in no more than 5 texts. Why can’t it always be that easy? I had plans earlier that evening and knew I’d be hungry, so I offered to take her to dinner at an Asian place I like and I picked her up at 8:30. She lives in a nice little Spanish influenced house in West Hollywood. When I first met her she claimed to be a struggling dancer, and whether she was either renting, or paying the mortgage on this place I knew that either way it wasn’t cheap. So my first mission on the date became; Operation How The Hell Can You Live There?
She asked me to call her when I got outside, I did, and she ran out and got into my car. Her fragrance punched me in the face and sent goose bumps throughout my body and I even felt little jingles and tingles in my cock. God I love that. Once again, she looked fucking amazing. Dark blue jeans, purple heels, a tight button up, long, wavy black hair and tons of jewelry. She’s petite, dark, has an amazing smile and she’s constantly glowing. When she got into the car she gave me a huge squeeze and said, “It’s SO good to see you”! Like we hadn’t seen each other in years. It set the date off right and I immediately felt totally comfortable. Like, right then and there I just knew that we were going to have a good time no matter what. And it felt awesome.
At the restaurant she ordered light, I was fucking starving but was a little bit afraid to show her know what an amazing fatso pig I am just yet, so I kept it simple and ordered the ramen. If I had been with a friend I would’ve ordered the pork fried rice, and an appetizer and then slammed my face into it like I was bobbing for hundred dollar bills. Dinner with her was great and she was constantly smiling, laughing and talking. She told me that she’d been a dancer for the last 7 years and had danced with a lot of big name artists and bands on tours, in video’s and on award shows. But, she said that as the record industry took a dive she began living gig-to-gig and had been having a hard time the last year-and-a-half or so. Despite the struggle she was extremely exited about life and was certain that things would turn around. I was impressed. She was incredibly inspiring, and by the end of the meal I felt amazing, and like I wanted to go climb Mount Everest! And by the end of dessert she’d filled my head with so much deep astrology crap about my sign, mercury, wind, water, the stars and universal energy that I almost felt like her and I were meant to fucking be together.
I didn’t want the date to end, she was exotic, interesting, she’d made me feel like a million bucks and I wanted more! So I asked her if she wanted to go somewhere else for a drink and she happily accepted. We lightly held each other while waiting for valet and it felt fucking good. I put my nose in her hair and could smell her shampoo or conditioner and again, jingles and tingles. We got into my car and I asked her where she wanted to go and she suggested Bar Marmont. I ordinarily wouldn’t ever go there, I’m much more of a mellow dive-bar kinda guy but I’d never been, I was on a first date and figured I should at least go once in my life. As we were pulling into the Bar Marmont valet I noticed that the sign said ‘Twelve Dollars” (which is RETARDED) and I suddenly realized that I’d used the last of my cash on the valet at the restaurant so I asked, “You don’t have any cash, do you? I ran out and just have a card”. I felt a little strange asking her for the money, but I did pay for dinner and was planning on buying at least the first round of drinks. The conversation that followed sent the date on a fucked up turn:
Her: Yes I have cash, but I’m not paying more than twelve.
Me: We gotta tip the guy a couple bucks, though. So is 14 cool?
Her: Twelve is as far as I’ll go, that’s way too expensive for valet.
Me: Umm, well, do you want to park on the street? We may have to walk for a long time, we’re on Sunset. Wanna just go somewhere else? …
The conversation came to a stalemate and my energy went from fuck yes! To you’re kind of a douche. Like, we’re at the fucking bar Marmont (that she suggested), when in Rome, ya know? I totally understand being strapped for cash and not wanting to pay for a highly overpriced valet, but I felt like she was just being cheap, stubborn and possibly spoiled, and after 30 seconds of pure silence while pulled over on the side of Sunset, and the valet guys staring at me like I was a grade-A dickhead, I sped off and headed to a bar I knew didn’t have valet. I kept thinking—What the fuck was that about?
I didn’t know how to address it. I wanted to call her out, but the first part of the evening had gone so well and I didn’t want to harp on it so I let it go let it go. On the way to bar 2 our conversation was light and odd. At the bar I tried to start over, so I decided to embark on: Operation How The Hell Can You Live There?
I boldly asked, “I loved your house, do you own it”? She said, “No, my roommate owns the house”. We began chatting about our mutual friends, and after a huge circle of conversation that is far too long to write about, the truth ended up being that she lived with her ex-boyfriend.
Eeeek!
It turns out that she broke up with her boyfriend of 3 years around 4 months ago, and he’s letting her continue to stay with him at his house until she gets back on her feet and moves out. I thanked her for her honesty. It can’t be very easy saying that to someone. But man, that’s a burning red flag if I’ve ever seen one. That’s a drama-bomb that’s just waiting to blow up in my lap and I just don’t think I can go there. She’s a hot chick with a pretty amazing personality, but has spoiled tendencies and lives with her ex. Sheesh. I dunno.
She kept saying, “We have an understanding. He knows I date and I know he dates, so, don’t worry about anything”. I drove her home after 1 drink kind of bummed and disappointed. I usually would’ve parked and walked her to her front door but I was too worried about getting stabbed so I just pulled up in front of her house, and even then, I was still expecting a fucking brick to come through my windshield at any moment.
She knew I was kind of erked by it all, but we gave each other a big old squeeze, kisses on the cheeks and said goodnight. She sent me a text last night telling me she had a good time and would like to hang again. I haven’t responded, which isn’t like me. I just don’t know what to do, but my gut says ‘No Way Dude’.
It’s like, I could tell myself—Dis-attach yourself emotionally and just go for the sex.—Which I could probably do and be sure to keep it away from her place. But what happens a month or 2 down the line? What if I start to like her? Do we end up in a strange place where we like each other a lot and she’s sleeping over my place 5 days a week with make-up in my bathroom and a few items of clothes in my closet because she has nowhere else to stay? I’m scared to go there, and feel like that’s not a very organic development to a relationship…(Sigh). Till the next one.
3 weeks ago