Why Did a Boy Have to Ruin a Perfectly Good Day??

Hattie asked me if I wanted to come over and go swimming and go out to lunch for my birthday. It rained in the morning but cleared up nicely just in time for our get together! We had such a great time. Here we are at lunch:


After lunch she insisted we stop by her favorite coffee shop for a cupcake:


"No, I'm too full.. Wait! They have chocolate cupcakes with white icing?? Yes, I'd love one!"


We were having so much fun, the weather was perfect and I was so excited to be going on a first date with a new, hot guy! I was so happy. Proof of how happy I was...


The high was not to last... stupid boys... :(
What is the deal with these men?! Seriously!!

Here we go...

I met a guy. Rob. (yes, I am putting the jerk's full name out here. He's lucky I'm not posting his phone number for you all to call him and tell him what a jerk he is! lol) Rob, Rob, Rob... Totally cute. Tall. 40. Has twins. A teacher. We chatted. He said he was single. I said we should hang out this summer since we are both off. He said he'd love to but he had just met someone who "intrigued more than most" and he wanted to see where things went with her. I wished him well.

The next day he contacted me. Said he had been too hasty and really wanted to get together. I said great but inquired about Ms. Intrigues More Than Most. He said she was talking marriage after their third date and he felt they weren't on the same page and would I like to go out on Saturday night? Yes, great! He said he wanted to drive to me (he lives about 30 minutes north) because there was more to do in my area. We agreed on 7pm. While Hattie and I were in the restaurant he called. It was 5:30pm. He said he was looking forward to getting together but still needed to run a couple of errands and could we push it back a bit? That worked out better for me, so no problem. "How do you feel about dinner, drinks and going to listen to some music?", he asked. Normally that would have seemed like a lot for a first date but I was really interested in him based on our phone conversations so I agreed. He said he was about to enter a bad calling area so was going to hang up but would research somewhere to listen to some good music and call me back. We hung up and Hattie and I talked about how perfect it was that I was having a date on a beautiful Saturday night with a new, hot guy and especially great since my birthday is on Monday. Yay! I had butterflies.

We left the restaurant and got the cupcakes. We sat outside and laughed and talked and took pictures. As we were walking back to her condo my phone rang. It was Rob. I was sure he was calling to tell me where we were going to meet. Here is what he actually said.

Hello?
Hey, it's Rob.
Hi, Rob.
Hey, look, I don't want to come down there after all.
I'm sorry, you what?
I don't want to drive down there. I don't feel like it.
I'm sorry, I don't know what you mean.
I don't feel like seeing you. I am going to go out with someone else tonight.
Wait. What?
I said, I don't feel like driving down there to see you. I want to see someone else.
Ok...
We have been talking on the phone for a month and she and I have a much better connection. We've been having like 2 hour conversations and I want to spend time with her tonight.
(I'm in total shock at this point) Um, OK..
So, that's cool, right?
Wait. What? You are going to go out with someone else tonight? (what he said is finally registering)
Yes.
Is this the woman who intrigued more than most?
No, I am done with her. I was upfront about that. This is someone else. And I am really looking forward to meeting her so I wanted to let you know.
OK. Well, yeah, thanks for letting me know.

Click.