I believe I have mentioned "Don the Dud" in previous blogs. He's the one who my dad said did the "Don tease" when he would only pet Spike with 1 or 2 fingers on the very top of his head. (You know, my big, ferocious Miniature Schnauzer.)
Let me share the rest of the "Don the Dud" story. Don and I met through eharmony. You know they have all of those levels of compatibility that they match you on. (I'm guessing we were matched on the following levels: we lived within driving distance or each other, we were close to the same age, we both had a college education, and we were both Christians.) I have dated freaks, geeks, and fairies; but I've never dated anyone who was more my opposite than Don. Imagine Julia Sugarbaker dating Don Knotts. Except in this case Don Knotts isn't funny.
I'm a big girl so I really like big guys. Don was shorter than me and I'm fairly certain I would have smothered him to death if I had ever fell on him. Don was the most timid guy I've ever been around. And he would NOT talk about his divorce. We dated 6 months and towards the end I started questioning him about his divorce. (At 6 months, the new girlfriend should know the details.) He actually refused to answer my questions and told me to stop asking him about it.
I did give this blog the title "Group Dating" for a reason. Our first date was us meeting for lunch at Logan's Roadhouse. It was a nice first date. (This was around the middle of October.) Our next date was a Halloween party with his Sunday School class.
3rd date - dinner and a movie
4th date - His Sunday School retreat at Camp Skyline
5th date - His Sunday School, church, lunch with the S.S. class
6th date - ditto
7th date - farewell dinner for one of his co-workers (semi-famous in the Chatt. area, but I won't mention for fear of future lawsuit!)
7th date - His Sunday School Thanksgiving dinner party
8th date - dinner
9th date - dinner with his parents
10th date - His Sunday School Christmas party, his college reunion Christmas party and his work Christmas party
11th date - dinner with my parents
12th date - I co-hosted his Sunday School New Year's Eve Party at his house!
(You would think I would have caught on by the 12th date!)
Date 13 - dinner and a movie (Yes, just the 2 of us!)
Date 14 - dinner, he tries to talk me into going on his Sunday School retreat to Gatlinburg. (I need to tell you that at this point in my life I had quit teaching and was working as a substitute teacher until I figured out what I want to do with the rest of my life. This means I don't have a lot of "extra" money. Subs are SO underpaid!) I tell Don that I simply can't afford to go.
Date 15 - lunch when Don tells me not to worry about the money that he wants me to go on the trip anyway.
Okay, what would you think that meant? I "assumed" (and you know what they say about assumed) that meant he had paid my way.
But no...
Phone call 52 - Don tells me that the Sunday School class has a certain amount of money saved to cover the costs of people who can't afford to go on the Sunday School retreat in Gatlinburg.
OMG!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
You have got to be kidding me?! You told your Sunday School teacher that I couldn't afford to go on the trip and he said the class fund could cover me?! You didn't pay for me yourself?! OMG!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Needless to say, I was embarrassed and scrapped up the money to pay for the retreat myself.
Sadly, this alone didn't cause me to end my relationship with Don the Dud. Although, it did play a factor in the decision a couple of months later.
Let me share the rest of the "Don the Dud" story. Don and I met through eharmony. You know they have all of those levels of compatibility that they match you on. (I'm guessing we were matched on the following levels: we lived within driving distance or each other, we were close to the same age, we both had a college education, and we were both Christians.) I have dated freaks, geeks, and fairies; but I've never dated anyone who was more my opposite than Don. Imagine Julia Sugarbaker dating Don Knotts. Except in this case Don Knotts isn't funny.
I'm a big girl so I really like big guys. Don was shorter than me and I'm fairly certain I would have smothered him to death if I had ever fell on him. Don was the most timid guy I've ever been around. And he would NOT talk about his divorce. We dated 6 months and towards the end I started questioning him about his divorce. (At 6 months, the new girlfriend should know the details.) He actually refused to answer my questions and told me to stop asking him about it.
I did give this blog the title "Group Dating" for a reason. Our first date was us meeting for lunch at Logan's Roadhouse. It was a nice first date. (This was around the middle of October.) Our next date was a Halloween party with his Sunday School class.
3rd date - dinner and a movie
4th date - His Sunday School retreat at Camp Skyline
5th date - His Sunday School, church, lunch with the S.S. class
6th date - ditto
7th date - farewell dinner for one of his co-workers (semi-famous in the Chatt. area, but I won't mention for fear of future lawsuit!)
7th date - His Sunday School Thanksgiving dinner party
8th date - dinner
9th date - dinner with his parents
10th date - His Sunday School Christmas party, his college reunion Christmas party and his work Christmas party
11th date - dinner with my parents
12th date - I co-hosted his Sunday School New Year's Eve Party at his house!
(You would think I would have caught on by the 12th date!)
Date 13 - dinner and a movie (Yes, just the 2 of us!)
Date 14 - dinner, he tries to talk me into going on his Sunday School retreat to Gatlinburg. (I need to tell you that at this point in my life I had quit teaching and was working as a substitute teacher until I figured out what I want to do with the rest of my life. This means I don't have a lot of "extra" money. Subs are SO underpaid!) I tell Don that I simply can't afford to go.
Date 15 - lunch when Don tells me not to worry about the money that he wants me to go on the trip anyway.
Okay, what would you think that meant? I "assumed" (and you know what they say about assumed) that meant he had paid my way.
But no...
Phone call 52 - Don tells me that the Sunday School class has a certain amount of money saved to cover the costs of people who can't afford to go on the Sunday School retreat in Gatlinburg.
OMG!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
You have got to be kidding me?! You told your Sunday School teacher that I couldn't afford to go on the trip and he said the class fund could cover me?! You didn't pay for me yourself?! OMG!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Needless to say, I was embarrassed and scrapped up the money to pay for the retreat myself.
Sadly, this alone didn't cause me to end my relationship with Don the Dud. Although, it did play a factor in the decision a couple of months later.
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