Monday, December 03, 2007

Stood up, yet again

What is it with me and getting "stood up"?

Do I send off some kind of vibe that says to women--oh, don't worry, he's a nice guy and if you stand him up, he won't really mind that much.

Happened yesterday. Made plans with someone, was on the way to meet them when I got a call. Turns out she had "forgotten" about other previously made plans and had to cancel. Oh, and she hoped I wouldn't be upset about it.

Which I was, but what are you going to do? I mean, do I go and be an ass about it? Or do I be a nice guy and continued to get walked over?

Or do I learn my lesson and not make any future plans with her? I think that's the one. This is the third time by my count that I've been stood up. I suppose on some level, I should take comfort that at least this time she bothered to call. Of course, I was on the way to her place so maybe it was to avoid an embarassing situation in front of the neighbors. The previous two times, it was laughed up like I'm the idiot who couldn't find her when she was 45 plus minutes late. (Am I wrong in thinking that after half an hour, looking around, making calls and getting no answer that I can leave?)

So, I'm done. I've had it. Chalk it up to experience. I've lived, I've learned, I'm moving on....

But I'm still a bit annoyed about the whole thing.

And for those of you wondering--this is not the same woman who stood me up in a previous post.