In honor of my childhood fondness for Encyclopedia Brown, I thought I'd share a short mystery.
A few Octobers ago I was in round 3 of my online dating experiences. I had actually made contact with several different guys (stories to be shared later.) Over four to six weeks' time I had first dates with five different guys. (Yes, Iset a personal record.) I'm telling you this to explain that during this time I wasn't getting serious about any one. I was just enjoying having more than one guy to choose from. Three fell by the wayside immediately and I felt the other two, Ricky and Saul, had potential. After a second date with both of them I just didn't hear anything else from Saul. (Disappearance # 1. Although, I didn't realize it at the time.)
Long story short, Ricky and I dated for four or five months. We broke up right around Easter. A few weeks later I unexpectedly heard from Saul. We had dinner and started dating casually. Saul's a fun guy. I really enjoyed spending time with him. We dated casually through out the spring and summer and most of the fall. It really wasn't a serious relationship. We called each other infrequently and went out when we had the time. Around the middle of October I just stopped hearing from him. (Disappearance #2) I really wasn't upset.
Not long after the first of the year Saul got in touch with me again. He said he had been traveling and with holiday events just hadn't had time to get together. We started seeing each other again. It was a bit more serious this time. We called each other fairly regularly and the "girlfriend", "boyfriend" words were even mentioned. Then once again, around the middle of October he just dropped out of the picture. (Disappearance #3)
Are you beginning to see a pattern here? Hopefully, you've recognized it more quickly than I did. He disappears every year in October and reappears in mid January.
It's a true mystery!
It's The Case of the Disappearing Boyfriend.
I've never been able to discovery for a certainty what happens to him during this time. There are several possibilities: 1. He's on the aliens' annual abduction list. 2. He's a bizarre human/bear hybrid and has to hibernate during the winter. 3. He's a confirmed bachelor and doesn't want to confuse a girl by dating her through the holidays. 4. He's serving some sort of weird prison sentence. 5. I had actually been dating Santa Claus and he was just too busy from October through early January.
Applying all of my wily sleuthing skills I eventually determined the truth. Since he'd never been on the cover of a tabloid, I was able to rule out both alien abduction and human/bear hybrid. He would not be able to handle prison life so if they let him out once he would have ran off to some country with no extradition laws. While he is a confirmed bachelor he knew I wasn't anymore serious than he was so, he wasn't trying to keep our relationship casual. I was pulling for him being Santa. How cool to have access to all those toys. Plus, I've always wanted an excuse to wear a costume like Rosemary Clooney wears in the last scene of White Christmas. But sadly, that wasn't the case. Saul wasn't Santa in disguise.
Why did I have a boyfriend disappear from October to January? When all of the other possibilities were eliminated I was left with the truth. Thanks to a childhood love of Encyclopedia Brown I was able to solve my own mystery. Saul was disappearing in October before my birthday and reappearing in January after the holidays. Have you figured it out yet? Yes, that's right. HE WAS TOO DARN CHEAP TO BUY ME ANY PRESENTS!!!! Good grief!
A few Octobers ago I was in round 3 of my online dating experiences. I had actually made contact with several different guys (stories to be shared later.) Over four to six weeks' time I had first dates with five different guys. (Yes, Iset a personal record.) I'm telling you this to explain that during this time I wasn't getting serious about any one. I was just enjoying having more than one guy to choose from. Three fell by the wayside immediately and I felt the other two, Ricky and Saul, had potential. After a second date with both of them I just didn't hear anything else from Saul. (Disappearance # 1. Although, I didn't realize it at the time.)
Long story short, Ricky and I dated for four or five months. We broke up right around Easter. A few weeks later I unexpectedly heard from Saul. We had dinner and started dating casually. Saul's a fun guy. I really enjoyed spending time with him. We dated casually through out the spring and summer and most of the fall. It really wasn't a serious relationship. We called each other infrequently and went out when we had the time. Around the middle of October I just stopped hearing from him. (Disappearance #2) I really wasn't upset.
Not long after the first of the year Saul got in touch with me again. He said he had been traveling and with holiday events just hadn't had time to get together. We started seeing each other again. It was a bit more serious this time. We called each other fairly regularly and the "girlfriend", "boyfriend" words were even mentioned. Then once again, around the middle of October he just dropped out of the picture. (Disappearance #3)
Are you beginning to see a pattern here? Hopefully, you've recognized it more quickly than I did. He disappears every year in October and reappears in mid January.
It's a true mystery!
It's The Case of the Disappearing Boyfriend.
I've never been able to discovery for a certainty what happens to him during this time. There are several possibilities: 1. He's on the aliens' annual abduction list. 2. He's a bizarre human/bear hybrid and has to hibernate during the winter. 3. He's a confirmed bachelor and doesn't want to confuse a girl by dating her through the holidays. 4. He's serving some sort of weird prison sentence. 5. I had actually been dating Santa Claus and he was just too busy from October through early January.
Applying all of my wily sleuthing skills I eventually determined the truth. Since he'd never been on the cover of a tabloid, I was able to rule out both alien abduction and human/bear hybrid. He would not be able to handle prison life so if they let him out once he would have ran off to some country with no extradition laws. While he is a confirmed bachelor he knew I wasn't anymore serious than he was so, he wasn't trying to keep our relationship casual. I was pulling for him being Santa. How cool to have access to all those toys. Plus, I've always wanted an excuse to wear a costume like Rosemary Clooney wears in the last scene of White Christmas. But sadly, that wasn't the case. Saul wasn't Santa in disguise.Why did I have a boyfriend disappear from October to January? When all of the other possibilities were eliminated I was left with the truth. Thanks to a childhood love of Encyclopedia Brown I was able to solve my own mystery. Saul was disappearing in October before my birthday and reappearing in January after the holidays. Have you figured it out yet? Yes, that's right. HE WAS TOO DARN CHEAP TO BUY ME ANY PRESENTS!!!! Good grief!
Oh my gosh! Men! Girl, your stories are hilarious....keep them coming!
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