Life After College: Let The Dating Begin…And End

December 15, 2009 Posted in Reality

"I think you should leave."

Well, turns out I’m destined to be a spinster for the rest of my life. Might as well start stocking up on cat litter and toe socks now. This past weekend I was kicked off my own date. Sure I’ve had some awkward dates but this is a new low…even for me.

By Jenni

Everything was too good to be true. I met him a birthday party, we exchanged numbers, he actually texted me the next day to plan a date. It was going so well, so fast, that I got ahead of myself. I was halfway to the tattoo parlor, already to get his name permanently put over my heart, when I pulled myself together and decided to wait to see how the date actually went.

And thank god I waited. We met up this weekend at a fancy-schmancy bar which reeked of people with too much money and no idea what to do with it. I don’t see any other reason to spend $25 on a cocktail. Don’t these people know that you can feed a recent college grad for 3 weeks on that money? My date, let’s call him Morgan Goldman Stanley-Sachs, began the evening by mocking my career choice (blogging), my scarf (I was cold), and myself (he referred to me as being absolutely crazy).

By the time we finished our first round of drinks we were full-on fighting. Not the sexy-flirtatious kinda fighting. More like the 7th-grade-girl name-calling, mud-slinging, IM you from a fake screen name kinda fighting.

Then the plot twist: he asks to come home with me. I jokingly, but firmly say no. He asks again. I less jokingly and much more firmly say no.

Then…

M.G.S.S: This clearly isn’t going to work. Let’s get your coat.
Me: Okay.
M.G.S.S.(to the coat room lady): Just her coat, I’m staying.

So, in conclusion, he continued the date without me. I went home alone, ate a gallon of ice cream in a dark room, and imagined being single for the rest of my life. Just when I was fantasizing what I would name all my cats (Maddox, Pax, Zahara, Shiloh), I got this text.

M.G.S.S: This night was a disappointment. BTW.

Yeah BTW, I figured that one out all by myself. But thanks for the text recap.

4863316 Comments2009-12-15+19%3A00%3A48Jenni+-+Syracuse on "Life After College: Let The Dating Begin…And End"

Jackelyn - San Franc says:
Tue, 15th Dec 20099:13 am

OMG WHAT A JERK.

just hearing about him makes me want to slap the living guts out of him. it's bad enough that you guys fought, but that final text? really?!!!

gosh, i hope he ends up lonely and miserable.

can't he learn to respect a girl? what is his problem?!!! agh!!! this just makes me sooo mad just reading it… jfkdlsa;df!!!!

anyway, i hope you find someone a million times better than him! he's the sole reason guys are absolute jerks. my god, he has no respect!

Erich says:
Tue, 15th Dec 200910:03 am

@ 1– We are not all jerks. He gives us good guys a bad name. Just like the women whom take advantage of guys, buying them drinks only cause they want a free drink and not actually talk to the guy. They give women a bad name. I know not all women are like that, just the mojority. Just like men, the majority of men are like the guy in the article, but not all.

Charlsie - Hollins U says:
Tue, 15th Dec 200910:47 am

I think this is the funniest article I have ever read on College Candy, and it is all that this assholes expense.

rose says:
Tue, 15th Dec 200912:41 pm

Erich- there is so much to say about your incoherent attempt at a comment that I’m going to break it down for you line by line.

"@ 1– We are not all jerks."

Were you trying to say first or did you really mean to type @ 1? And who is this mysterious 1? Second, you may not all be jerks but my God does that mean we have to settle for someone with a second grade grasp of the English language?

"He gives us good guys a bad name."

Really, you're the good guy? Then lord help us all. I don’t think he gave you a bad name; I think you’re doing a fine job by yourself.

" Just like the women whom take advantage of guys, buying them drinks only cause they want a free drink and not actually talk to the guy. They give women a bad name".

I appreciate your attempt to use the word "whom" because I’m sure they just covered it in your ESL class, but don’t use the tools unless you've mastered them! Rookie mistake. And shockingly that’s not the biggest foul in this sentence! I'm confused, are the women buying the men drinks or are they both buying each other drinks? This literally makes no sense. I always buy guys drinks hoping for a free one in return…. oh wait then its not free.

"I know not all women are like that, just the mojority."

Again, are you saying the majority of women buy men drinks hoping for a free one? Or do you mean the majority of women don’t understand the basic concept of math? Because I’ll agree with you on that one.

"Just like men, the majority of men are like the guy in the article, but not all."

Who are just like men? Women? And I’m going to venture to say that most men are not like the guy in this article. If that were true there would be lot of single men alone in a bar post date hoping to prey on their next victim. Take out the post date part and then you got yourself a deal.

Connie says:
Tue, 15th Dec 20092:18 pm

@rose – at least he had a valid point, whereas your point is… wait all you did was bash someone's grammar. What if he really was in ESL? Should he not give his opinion because his grasp of the English language isn't perfect?

Also, shouldn't you pick on the first poster (Jackelyn) instead? Clearly she knows how to spell "so" and the knows the appropriate number of exclamation points to use in normal English, but feels she has to resort to these tactics to emphasize her point, instead of being more articulate with her words.

@Charlsie – Agreed. Completely.

Vicki says:
Tue, 15th Dec 20093:52 pm

You should totally submit this to myveryworstdate.com

Abby says:
Tue, 15th Dec 20094:40 pm

I cannot believe that! If there is ANY justice in this world, it's HIM that will be single for the rest of his life, not you! What an idiot!!!

Linda says:
Tue, 15th Dec 20094:50 pm

LOL @ rose.

Erich says:
Wed, 16th Dec 20096:30 am

@ Rose–

I really think that you should think before you comment on my grammer and make assumptions about whether or not I am taking an ESL class. English is my first language. I think that most people would understand what I was trying to say.

@ Connie– Thanks

TG says:
Wed, 16th Dec 20099:36 am

SO back to the article… OMG what an asshole!! I'm so sorry. You did absolutely nothing wrong in this matter except get dooped in believing you were going out with a cool dude and not an A+ jerk. I'm a firm believer in what goes around, comes around so I'm sure he'll get his eventually.

dil okulu says:
Fri, 18th Dec 20092:21 am

I liked your article very much thanks a lot…

Amanda says:
Fri, 25th Dec 20099:58 pm

What a dick! Oh I can't believe he did that! What guy does that to a girl? True not all men are like that (like Erich said) I hang out with a bunch of guys (their teaching me how to play halo) and one of them likes this girl and goes out of his way to be nice to her (old fashioned, opens doors, sends flowers etc) and she treats him like crap. SO girls can be bitches as well but I still can't believe he did that and then had the nerve to text you and tell you he was disappointed…you should of texted back and said "so was I, cause I like them bigger."

Kat says:
Thu, 15th Apr 20106:21 pm

Wow… just WOW. What a complete jerk! On the bright side, this does make me feel a bit better about my last date, during which the guy mocked my interests and even the topics I brought up in an effort to keep the conversation going (hey, I didn't see you bringing up anything particularly brilliant to talk about, dude) but at least didn't try to come home with me or rub salt in the wound of his piggishness via text message.

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