Lunch with South Texas J

I met J from South Texas on Zoosk. (His profile said he lived in Spring, yeah...he doesn't!) After a couple of messages back and forth, we exchanged numbers and the texting began. He was cool. Very driven!! He said that he has family in Spring and would be in Houston to see them at the end of the month, but didn't want to wait that long to meet me. So he tossed around the idea of a spontaneous weekend trip to Houston last weekend to meet me. (I told him that if he was looking for any action whatsoever to just stay home and that if he came, he was staying in a hotel...alone! He agreed and began to plan his trip.) He said he would leave Saturday morning to come to Houston.

Well Saturday, he texts me and says that his boss invited him to go a conference in Austin and that it would be good for his career. (He is in education.) He asks me what he should do. (Why is he asking me?!?!) I told him he should go after a few minutes, he agreed. So he was off to Austin from South Texas.

Sunday he texts me and says that he would like to stop in Houston on his way home to have lunch with me. He estimates he will be in Houston between 12 and 1. I get dressed and ready and he finally calls me at 12:45 and says that he took the Beltway and is in Katy. (ok, if you are NOT familiar with the Houston or the Beltway...DO NOT TAKE IT!) We had agreed to go to Pappadeaux in Stafford and so figuring he was about 20 minutes away, I left. 

I get to the restaurant and text him. ETA? He calls and says that he is in Richmond. (WHAT!?!?) So i re-text him the address and he says he should be there soon. (Keep in mind that I am in my car waiting) After about 20 minutes he texts me. He is in Rosenberg. Um...that is not closer to where he needs to be. I call him. How did this happen? He says that his GPS gave him the wrong directions. (Ya think!?!? Plus you said you take 59 South to get home. You should be familiar with the area) I'm getting frustrated and the friend I am venting to says to just leave. I feel bad because he is coming out of his way to see me and so I continue to wait.........and wait......and wait.....

About an hour later, he shows up. He parks right next to me and gets out of the car, apologizing profusely. It's ok I tell him (Yep, I lied!) Ok, He is wearing a white v-neck sweater with a big moose on it from Abercrombie & Fitch. (Gentlemen, if you are still wearing Abercrombie & Fitch clothes and you are 34.....I have a friend who can help you out. She is stylist...Call her IMMEDIATELY!) and his hair...so much gel in there......(I also have friends who can help with that too!)

We go in and put our name on the waiting list (yep more waiting for me) and sit outside at a table to wait for the text. I notice that he is not making eye contact. (i'm a huge eye contact person) Strange but whatever. The table is ready text comes and we are escorted to our table. We have lunch....well I have lunch...he is not really eating (he later tells me he was nervous) and he talks and he talks and he talks and he talks. He tells me that he either wants to be an actor, a director of a university, a CEO of a major law firm or a director of global something...(i totally tuned him out and said "oh cool" and "nice" and "ok" at all the right moments) 

His mannerisms are kind of feminine and the waiter keeps coming over and asking HIM if he needs anything. I think I asked 10 times for more DP! (yeah....we are thinking the same thing.) The check comes and J is the one who ends up with a drink for the road. 

He tells me that if its ok with me, he is going to get off of Zoosk because he wants to date me. (WHAT?!?! Are we on the same first date!?!?) I don't say anything. (My mom said if you can't say anything nice......)

We walk to our cars and I tell him to text me when he gets home so I know he made it there safe (He had a 5 hour drive home) and we go our separate ways.

I get this text Sunday around 9:45pm:

"Thank you again for having the manly guts to want to meet me lol! I had a very good time, I even ate....Even though I was nervous. And again.....I'm so sorry!!!! Thank you for your patience!" 

I say nothing.  Monday he texts me...i say nothing. Tuesday he texts me. "Hope all is well! And I am planning to go home....FYI :)"

Crap! Now i have to "break up" with him too! How do you tell a guy "I'm pretty sure you are gay and you need to come out of the closet" (I'm not even kidding...so gay. I AM NOT SAYING THERE IS ANYTHING WRONG WITH BEING GAY! I'm just wondering how tell him he needs to come out of the closet!) 

Poor J. This date goes in the books as one of the worst I have ever been on. This is one frog that needs help........in more ways than one!

Fogo with M

Friday, M and I had our 3rd date!!! Look out now! :)

M met me at my apartment around 6:45pm. We chatted for about 15 minutes and then headed to Fogo de Chao. (He was so cute, he made a reservation for 7:30, so we got right in and sat down.)

Keep in mind that the last time I went to Fogo, I think I was like 18 or so, it had been years!!!! But it was as delicious as ever! We loaded up our plates at the salad bar and talked while we got ready to get meat drunk. I wasn't sure what I wanted and didn't want to be overwhelmed with choices, so I didn't turn my card to green. I let M do all the work! We had chicken legs, lamb, filet, bacon covered chicken and yummy sirloin. (the sirloin was my fave!)

We flagged down our waitress and had her bring us some mashed potatoes. I may or may not have asked for macaroni and cheese....the waitress looked at me like I had 3 heads and said (almost laughing) "we don't have that here." (Now, I know what you are thinking "Um, Fogo is a BRAZILIAN steakhouse, genius!" Yes, but they had mashed potatoes and I really wanted macaroni and cheese! Laugh and get it over with........)

After we were sufficiently stuffed, we ordered dessert. (Duh!) We had the fudge brownie with vanilla ice cream. It was awesome!!

On the drive home, M put his hand on the console...I knew that he was wanting, so just for fun I ignored it. After a few minutes, he said "Um, hello!? Do you see my hand?" I said "Yep" and gave him a high 5!! 

We got back to my place and just talked for about 20 minutes and then he left. He had to work on Saturday and so I didn't want to keep him out too late. (I'm so nice!) After a sweet kiss on the cheek, he left. (That's right, it was our 3rd date and I got a kiss on the cheek! We aren't rushing into anything and I think its completely sweet!)

When he got home, I got this text:
"Thank you for going to dinner with me. I enjoy the time I spend with you. You make me laugh and I feel very comfortable with you. I would like to continue on this path. I want to take you out again. How does that sound?"

4th DATE SCORE!!!! I'm having so much fun getting to know him and it makes me happy to know he feels the same!

Who knows....maybe kissing this frog is not too far off......

Date with J

Last night I had a date with J. I met him on Zoosk and after chatting back and forth for a few days, he asked me out. We had originally planned to go out on Monday, but someone forgot (him, not me) and so after an apology we rescheduled for last night.

We met up at Gringos on 45 at 8pm. (I LOVE Mexican food, even though I am lactose intolerant...all that yummy cheese!!! Gotta love Lactaid!) He was cool, but seemed very distracted....kept checking his phone and looking around. He finished his meal SUPER fast, so then I felt weird and tried to hurry. (I've been told I'm a slow eater!) 

We chatted about where he is from, what he does and the usual first date get to know you topics. (He seemed surprised when I told him I have 4 brothers and that they don't know they are younger than me....fiercely protective!) Then we talked about the weather! (WHAT!?!?!) I mean I am a huge weather junkie but to talk about it on a date...for like 10 minutes.....not a good sign. 

After our 45 minute dinner, we left. He walked me to my car and gave me a hug and that was that.

This morning he text me and asked if he was someone I would want to see again. I told him that yesterday seemed a little off. He said he was nervous and would like to see me again. (It makes me laugh that he was nervous. I am SO not the type of person to be nervous around. Anyone that knows me, knows that I am a huge nerd and embarrass myself daily!) If he asks out again, I'd go. Just so I can try to get a feel for how he is....but then again, I''m not quite sure I was feeling it. Dating is hard! 

Oh a side note, for all you M fans out there......he text me last night after the date was over (he didn't know I had a date) and when I told him how it was, he said "Yes! Another one bites the dust!" LOL!!! We have a date on Friday, should be fun. He is hard at work thinking about what to do. He knows the pressure is on!


Until then, I am still kissing frogs.....

Breaking up with Captain Underwear

I don't know why I had such a hard time "breaking up" with Captain Underwear. I guess I just wasn't feeling that mean. Poor guy kept texting me about taking me out again and I kept putting him off....mature I know.

So I went to the place where I knew I would get tons of advice....facebook! There were lots of helpful and not so helpful ideas. But in the end I just went for the honest approach and just texted him.

ME: I don't know how to say this, but I just don't feel a connection with you. You're a great guy, but I am not interested in taking this any further than being friends. I'm sorry!!

HIM: Thanks for telling me. Good luck with your search.

ME: Thanks!! You too!

I may or may not have told a little white lie......don't judge me!

A little while later, I laughed at a friend's advice:

"Here was my idea. Ask him boxers or briefs......What do you think his response would've been?"

Probably briefs...

"Then say sorry but i find guys that wear briefs are a little too uptight for me!"

Lame? Yes!  But funny nonetheless!!!

I can honestly say that Captain Underwear is one frog I'm glad I never kissed.

Painting with a Twist

So far, M has been the only guy lucky enough to get a second date! He is turning out to be a really great guy.....if nothing else, I know we will be great friends! Oh and he does know about my blog and he reads it (Hi M!). He knows I am dating other people and is totally cool with it. He even said that if things keep progressing, he would be interested in making a guest appearance! :)

Our second date was Wednesday and we met up at La Madeleine on Westheimer and had dinner. (PS, the white bean soup there is AMAZING!!!) I learned more about M and his past and how that has helped shape him into the man he is today. He has an interesting history!

After dinner, we raced over to PWAT. Literally we raced through the parking lot to get there. I'm pretty sure it was a tie! (My brothers think I drive too fast anyways so they will love this.....or roll their eyes!!) The class was small (about 7 people total) and the teacher who had REALLY BAD smokers breath!!

These are the finished products!! Pretty good if I do say so myself! We all know I am not an artist (I can't even draw a stick figure guy) so Teacher McSmoker's Breath came over and fixed any mistakes I made. I had big color blobs and he turned them into flowers! (My painting is totally hanging up in my bedroom!!!!!)

We ended the evening with a hug and home we both went. He texted me when he got back home and said he hung his painting up too!

No talk was made of a 3rd date until 5 minutes ago. He JUST text me and said "I had a great time Wednesday night. I would like to take you out again. Date #3! Are you interested?" THIRD DATE SCORE!!!

I have a date with J (a guy from Zoosk) on Monday night. So we shall see....

Wonder which one of these frogs I will kiss first........

My Tinder Experience

Oh Tinder!!! 

For those of you who won't know what Tinder is...it's a COMPLETELY SHALLOW APP!! You put in your search criteria (age, male or female) and it uses your phone location to show you other app holders in your area. You swipe left (not interested) or swipe right (interested) based on looks alone!! There is a SMALL space to write about yourself, but that's about it. Fancy, huh!?!?!?

So one night last week, I decided to give tinder a try. (Now you can meet cool people on there. I have a friend who recently got engaged to a guy she met on there and a co-worker has been with his tinder girlfriend for a year!)

I swiped left and right and hit a match with B. I have posted the convo below because....well you will see....

• B: Hi
• Me: Hey! How is Tinder treating you so far?
• B: Good. U?
• Me: I just got on today so so far it's good.
• B: What are you looking for?
• Me: I'm looking for someone to hang out, get to know and if turns into something more great. I'm not a one night stand kind of girl. You?!
• B: Someone fun and down to earth.
• Me; Hey, I'm fun!
• B: I'm 5-11 200 lbs. U? 
• Me: 5'7 120 lbs. I work downtown
• B: What do u do? Kids? Divorced?
• Me: I work at a recruiting firm. No and No.
• B: What are u doing up?
• Me: Just finished laundry. I needed to wash warm clothes for tomorrow!
• B: No kids and never married.
• Me: Why are you up so late?
• B: I live off Washington and Shepard. U? Took a nap earlier
• Me: (When did 12am become late) Westheimer inside the loop.
• B: Do u have any head to toe pics?
• Me: Where do you work?
• B: Oil and gas. For a midstream company. Im an engineer.
• Me: Oh cool and no I don't. I'm going to bed. Let's chat tomorrow, if you want. Nite! :)

The next day:

• B: Wanna text?
• Me: Sure
• B gives me his number
• B: sends me a pic of him with no shirt on
• Me:  Nice tattoo
• B: Thanks. Full pic of u
• Me: (I send him a pic)
• Me: I'm in my comfy pants!
• B: Any bikini pics lol
• Me: Not til the summer
• B: Could u now?
• Me: I'm not sure what you are looking for, but I'm not that type of girl.....I'm not looking for a one night stand, Sorry if I gave you any other impression.
• B: Not a one night stand but someone fun
• Me: I'm fun, just not that type of fun. Sorry!

**RADIO SILENCE**

You can only imagine what I am thinking about this one............VETO!!

Oh, I'm going to have to have the talk with P2 (aka Captain Underwear) this week. Poor guy keeps texting me to hang out..

in the meantime, i am still kissing frogs......

Date with M

So I had a friend text me and tell me that posting about my dating life on FB makes me look desperate! Here is my take on that....whatever! It's my life! I stopped caring about others opinions a LONG time ago. I'm me and if you don't like it, too bad.

**RANT OVER**

I had my date with M last night. (Remember I met him on POF) We exchanged numbers a while back and its been fun to get to know him over text. We have a mutual friend so I figured if he turned out to be crazy, then I'd just call our friend and have him take care of it. (I have friends in high and low places!!)

We met at Escalante's at Town & Country. He lives in Katy and I'm in the Galleria so it was a good halfway point. Traffic was (of course) HORRIBLE, so I was a few minutes late. When I got there, he said that he had bought me a present..and hands me this:

I started cracking up! Does he get me or what!?!??! I could tell we were going to have a great time!! We had a great dinner and the conversation flowed...no awkwardness at all. (But when is there awkwardness with me anyway!?!??!)

At this particular Escalante's they have a bull head on the wall. This woman, who was there with what looked like her family, got up and asked a waiter to take pics of her with the bull head. She started posing and we think he took like 20 pics! She didn't look like she was drunk....but then who gets up and takes smiling, POSED pics of a bull head!?!?!? (I'm not even kidding y'all. She posed right, she posed left. She was getting her pic with that bull!)

After dinner, he walked me to my car and we hugged bye. He told me to text him when I got home so he would know I made it home ok. (So nice!) When i got home, this was our exchange:

ME: "Home! Thanks, I had fun!!"
HIM: No....Thank you. :) Glad you made it home okay. I had fun also! If your okay with it, I'd like to take you out again."

Second date SCORE!! He was very sweet, cute and a complete gentleman. He is a little bit shorter than me, (by like an inch or two) but it was fine. All in all I had a great time and am looking forward to getting to know him more. He was a GREAT guy and so we will see......

Know any cute single guys?

Y'all, I am blown away by the number of texts, fb messages and calls regarding this blog! I never thought so many people would be interested in MY dating life. I mean really! It's crazy!!!

I have had lots of questions about who/what I am looking for. So I figured I'd lay it out there and see what happens. Who knows!?!? Maybe one of you know someone for me.....

• Most of you know that I am Mormon, so dating an LDS guy would be nice, but is not a must. Must believe in God and have some sort of religious background. 
• Non-smoker, no drugs either.
• Not a big drinker, on occasion is ok with me.
• Kids ok. Would like more kids (I want one or two of my own someday)
• Loves the Great State of Texas (or at least will let me think he does!) 
• I'm not a one night kind of girl, so veto any of those guys. 
• College degree preferred, but if not then have a good job.
• I am willing to travel for a date....I have plenty of amazing friends that would let me stay with them for the weekend. 
• Divorced ok, but NO drama!
• I am 5'7 so at least that tall.
• No criminal background....feels silly to say that but you never know....
• I'm 29....give or take 7 years (36 for those doing the math in your head) so at least 33 years old, but no one over say 40. (that just feels too old for me)

I don't think that is too much to ask for, do you?!?!? So put on your thinking caps on and see if you know anyone. You know how to find me!

Oh and my next date from POF is with M on Thursday. Stay tuned for that update.

Until then, i am still kissing frogs.....

On-Line Dating Part 2

I am stubborn! You would think that since things with P1 went so well, I would better vet any potential suitors...you would think I would learn..but we know me!

I scheduled a brunch date with P2. 11 am at the Black Walnut Cafe. (I LOVE their french toast!)

We meet there, get in line, order. Just general chit chat at first. He's cool. (Cuter in pics I think but he's cool. Looks aren't everything!!)

We were there for an hour and about 45 minutes. I think I was asked 1 question about me....ONE!

This is what I learned about P2:

• He likes to work out.
• He cooks all of his meals for the month in advance.
• He shops at Farmer's Markets.
• He works for a major oil company in IT.
• He has a house in Garden Oaks.
• He used to have a condo off of 59 that he sold to a guy for $500,000 cash.
• He has a friend in Newfinland (however you spell that)
• His parents are retiring in Georgia.
• He's looking for casual sex.
• He has had surgery on his thryoid, had his wisdom teeth removed, had LASIK, and had a cyst on his forehead removed.
• He owns 3 pairs of underwear.
• He buys them at Costco.
• His mom sent him some that were too big and he can't return them because he tried them on.
• Oh and let's not forget how hot he thinks I am!

Sounds like a winner folks! Ugh!! Seriously are the normal guys hiding!?!?! 

On to the next...maybe kissing frogs in 2014 wasn't so bad......

On-Line Dating Part 1

So its a new year, 2015! I wonder what this  year will have in store for me. Last year my resolution was to live each day with no regrets. For the most part, I did that. This year I have resolved to date more.......

At the encouraging of 2 friends, I got on some dating websites. I always said that I would never get on dating sites.....just seemed desperate....talk about eating my words!!!! So since I am a pro at this on-line dating thing, I  randomly picked 3 sites...Plenty of Fish (POF), LDS Singles and E-Harmony.

Let's start with POF! I got on there New Years Day. As soon as my profile was set up...BAM! Bombardment ensued!! I got messaged by a 24 year old who said "if you are looking for pleasure. let me know" (Charming right?) Every freak in a 25 mile radius (one guy was COVERED in tattoos) and a few seemingly normal guys, P1, P2, M, C and J.

So P1, he seemed like he might be a cool guy. He was cute in his pics. He messaged me and said "Your search is over! You have just met the most eligible bachelor on this site!" Ok, I'll bite....we send a new messages back and forth and he asks for my number. We text off and on and he seems pretty cool. It looks like he may be a good first on-line dating date. He sorta seems to be coming on strong, but have you met me!?!? Texts are flowing, things are going ok. I tell him I have to go the airport go pick up a friend. He asks if it's my boyfriend. (Why would I be on a dating site if I was seeing someone!?!?!) I say no, just a friend. He asks if its a guy friend? I say no, its my friend K. He said K!?! Sounds like a guy to me. (REALLY!?!?!?) We end our conversation and say we will talk the next day. The next morning he texts me at 6AM!!!! I am not awake at 6AM on my day off!!!! (10am is more like it!) We exchange a VERY few texts and say we will talk later. He calls me later that day and I was on the phone and and forgot to call him back. (Ever forget?? Happens to me!) Later I get this text: 
          "Guess you lost interest? Dick move not even having the courage to say anything. Have fun with POF"

I reply: "Dude! I have been busy today! Sorry."

Wait, what?! Does he assume that I am going to wait around for him to text me?!? And we JUST met...well  you know what i mean! DELETE! He then texts me and says that I should have had the guts to say I'm busy and I'll text you later and that I am a jerk. (Fine, I'm a jerk!) I don't respond and he keeps texting me....has to have the last word I guess. Whatever!

The next day I'm on FB and guess who appears in my "Who do you know?" P1! You bet I blocked him before he had a chance to see me. I don't need him messaging me there too, or knowing my last name. Weirdo!

So its looks like P1 was a VETO. Maybe one of the other guys will be normal. Why is it so hard to find a nice guy!?!?

Until then, I am still kissing frogs....