Thursday, June 25, 2009

Well, it *sounded* good

I guess I forgot to update this and the Darren thing. I dumped him about a month ago. Things had made me uncomfortable for a week or two and I just figured I might as well end it.
It all started when we went to the library one day. I had wanted to check it out, get some books and have dinner. When I finished wandering the aisles, I found Darren...talking on his cell phone. In the LIBRARY. WTF??? Ok, whatever...
About a week later was the Jane's Addiction/NIN concert. We were sitting in a row with about a half dozen of his friends from work and their wives. It's a concert. A ROCK concert and I turned to say something to him...and he SHUSHED me. I pointed out that his friend and wife were talking...and that it was a CONCERT. He apologized in the car on the way home, but I couldn't believe it had happened. Who shushes people?????? The following week, I had gone to see some of my bands play at Mardi Gras. His friends from work play in a ska band that was playing just down the road. He begged me to come by, so I did. He was doing this ridiculous dance outside and I was joking and said "Uh, you can stop that." His words? "Fuck you, I'll do what I want." Uh-uh. No WAY was anyone going to talk to me like that. The next day was FEZ Foodies and I took him with me. He was miserable and then we went to the movies. On the way there, we were talking about New Year's and what we did. Me: for the past two years, I've gone with my former intern, Tondra, to a yoga and meditation workshop from 9pm till midnight. Parties are old. Same blah blah blah. We like to do something different. He's 41...and his friends all took Ambien and stayed awake. Apparently, it's supposed to make you trip out if you don't let it make you fall asleep. OK. That's cool when you're in COLLEGE. 41??? I don't think so.
I'm fine being around people who drink, though I don't do it myself. He said he needed to figure out where to go on vacation. When I go away, I want to DO something. Costa Rica was awesome because there's so much to DO, along with just hanging on the beach. He wanted to go somewhere "to get wasted." Right then I knew this wasn't the person for me. If that's your goal to get away, especially at 41, you're immature. Period. Why waste a ton of money going somewhere exotice to do what you do at home????? He then said he should "edit what he says to me." Nope. I don't want someone pretending. If that's the real you, show it.
So, the next day I told him I didn't want to be with him. Period. That was a Monday. Wednesday, I get a call from him asking where we stand. HUH?????
Looking back, he had told me a lot of things about the kind of person he is. He's been divorced for a year and a half, yet still has a Netflix. He won't send it back so that his ex can't get her 3-at-a-time. Ugh.
"Fuck you, I'll do what I want." Go ahead. Now, you're just doing it alone.