More Internet Junk and an Unintentional Speed Date

Enter the Internet Trial number 4… we might as well call him Army 2. Taking advantage of a free communication weekend, we correspond for three whole days. In the spirit of putting myself out there, I give him my email and he sends me his phone number. I know absolutely NOTHING about Army 2. Really, literally. I know his name and that he’s in the Army. I haven’t called yet. A girl can only put herself out there so much, you know?

And then there was J., also a product of the internet...where, as it turns out, he should have stayed. We emailed a little bit, but his emails were flat, dry, and BORING and that should have been a HUGE red flag. But, he liked basketball. And as it turns out, so do I. Plus, how bad could he be since he went to my church. So, we made plans to have coffee, but ONLY between the hours of 7:30 and 8:00pm. His philosophy: first dates should be short. My philosophy: a first date should be long enough for me to at least be able to fill up my coffee cup. But, what the hell. So, we meet for coffee. Well, at least that was the goal. But his opening line should have sent me running: "THERE'S NO TIME FOR COFFEE!!" Uh, OKAY. So, I sit and proceed to be interrogated for the next twenty minutes - worse than any job interview I've ever had. No matter what card I played (figuratively, although card playing might have helped make the 20 minutes more tolerable), I could not get J. to converse. Prior to this disatrous date, no guy has ever turned down hearing about living in a sorority house full of college girls! After twenty PAINFUL minutes (where the next question was asked before I could even finish answering the one before it!), he jumped up from the table, I breathed a sigh of relief, and then I suggested that things weren't going to work out. "I'll call you!" J. yelled over his shoulder as he practically ran out of the coffee shop. I'm not sure he ever heard me laughing, but I'm pretty sure he got the hint when I never answered the phone again! AWKWARD...no wonder he's still single. Heck, if this is what I've got to choose from, no wonder I am still single!