Dating in Dallas So Far....

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Alright yall it's time to get a little real over in these parts today!  I may have mentioned before but ever since I moved to Dallas I have thrown myself into the dating world.  I downloaded a fancy app called Tinder (thanks Sheana and please remind me to kick your butt next time I see you) and thought "how bad could this be?"  Well let me just tell you how bad....

Stick with me on this one.  It's a little long but I promise, it's entertaining.

Dude #1
First night we went to the bar by my house and had drinks.  Totally hit it off and I was excited for date #2.  Date #2 went ok but when he mentioned that he really only had friends who were girls it put up a large red flag for me.  Dates # 3 & 4 proved I was really over it and I let Dude #1 go on his way.

Dudes #2 & 3 only went on 1 date with each of them.  No chemistry.  Like none.  At all.

Dude #4 (this is where it gets interesting)
Dude #4 and I "met" (or matched in the Tinder world) right before Christmas.  We tired a couple of times to get together before the holidays but realized that with both of our crazy schedules it just wasn't going to happen.  We had text quite a bit for 2 weeks so I knew he was witty and funny and got my sense of humor and when we finally managed to meet for dinner the day before NYE I was excited.  Dinner was so fun and we were obviously very into each other.  He kissed me goodnight and I left with a few butterflies in my stomach for the first time in forever.  Date #2 was 2 days later on New Years Day.  We went to dinner and I mentioned that I hadn't gotten to look at Christmas lights in Dallas at all.  He said "well we can fix that" and drove around the beautiful neighborhoods of Highland Park for over an hour so I could see everything.  SO sweet right?  Date #3 was a beautiful dinner out and another goodnight kiss.  By this time I'm starting to think that Date #4 has got to be a good time, right?  He invited me over to watch a movie.  We are snuggled up on the couch enjoying the show and he even made a comment about how he wanted kids some day (the main character in the movie had a baby so it wasn't out of nowhere).  After the movie was over is when all hell breaks loose.  We obviously started making out a little (sorry Mom and Mema) and he just wouldn't take no for an answer.  When I finally put my foot down and told him that I just wasn't that kind of girl he literally looked me in the eyeballs and goes "I can just put you in the friend zone then.  I like you but at some point I have to cut my losses!"  Ummm 'scuse?  Did you really just say that to me?  So I stood up and walked out and haven't heard from the ass since.

Whew!

Last week was the breaking point.

Dude #5
Dude #5 really wanted to do "something".  Not just go to dinner or a bar but some kind of activity.  When he chose putt-putt I thought it was cute.  Until it started raining and he insisted on driving the 30 miles out to the putt-putt place "just in case it wasn't raining out there".  Well it was and the place was closed.  We drove all the way back to my side of town and he suggests a pizza place by his apartment where we could watch the Mavs game.  Sounds like a great idea I thought.  We drive over and he decides that since the 3 parking spots that were available were on the opposite side of the street than the one we were on that we could just park 2 blocks away at his apartment.  Keep in mind it's still raining.  He parks his car and goes "You know while I'm here I'll go ahead and switch my laundry from the washer to the dryer".  Because that's the most romantic thing you can do on a date apparently.  He invites me inside and I immediately wanted to run for the hills.  Besides being an absolute mess, there was a lovely piece of hardware on his coffee table that told me he has a very large interest in....ummm...trees (if you need me to explain this, I will).  I mean seriously, who leaves something like that out all of the time and why in the world would you let a girl in your apartment if you knew that was there?!?!

Needless to say I deleted Tinder shortly after.

While dating can sometimes be fun and exciting for some, I'm just not really having that luck.

So in the words of one of my favorite single gals, Charlotte York:
"I've been dating since I was 15.  I'm exhausted! Where is he?"