18 - a little rescheduling

I try hard not to play "hard to get," but when 18 didn't call about our Saturday brunch date by Friday night, I decided to sleep in and let it go. He texted me at like 11:30, but I ignored it. He did offer to meet very close to me, instead of all the way in Brickell, which is good. But I mean, we were supposed to meet at 12:30 or 1 and you're texting me at 11:30 when we haven't even set a place? Lazy. And I don't accept poor planning very well. So anyway, then he called me at 1:45 and I let it go to vm. He said, "So I guess we're not on for today? Let me know." I called him back and we're going to meet at 5 at Deli Lane in South Miami - tres convenient for moi.
I'm not feeling super hopeful, but we'll see!

17 - nixed

It's too bad, because I like him. But I always like booze hounds and druggie types. Sigh. Given that he talked a lot about beer when we were on the phone, I was on high alert for his drinking behavior. We had a really great date, I had a lot of fun. We ate pan-asian cuisine on Lincoln Road and then went to Van Dyke's upstairs lounge and saw this really great, like, latin jazz band. They were really good, and I even kinda dance in place.
Problem? Yes. He had 6 beers between 8 and 1. Yes, it was a good enough date that I let it go that late. But 6 beers? Excessive. Also it's never a good sign when I'm counting your drinks.

Tentative date with 17 tonight

Because he can get called to fly at almost any time, our date is tentative. He was extremely apologetic about it - said they are low-staffed because of the economy, and that he's kinda lucky to have a job at all right now, that he knows a lot of pilots out of work right now (he works for a charter company). But I am excited! He's so cute on the phone!

I talked to 18

He is in fact foreign - Nicaraguan. But truly excellent command of the English language. Also his voice is extremely sexy. Wowzer. We'll see how he is at brunch on Saturday in Brickell!

Is 18 strange?

We haven't spoken yet, but he's asked me to brunch this weekend. Thing is, his questions to me in the final round were:

1. you picture yourself deeply in love in the future? Or u think of marriage as convenient thing tovdo with a 'nice' guy

I only want to do it once! "Nice" doesn't cut it - I need a partner I respect and enjoy sharing my life with.

2. once in a loving relationship are you very physical?

Hell yeah. That's one of the best parts - lots of sex, no guilt!

3. 3 things about u that have driven men crazy (in the good way)

1) Certain things related to your second question, but I'm not going into it in more detail! ;) 2) My witty repartee 3) I'm a good cook Then his first message to me: well well! I like ur style, maybe.. Maybe your only one is around the corner ! Let's meet sunday of sat for brunch to discern over this (Left his name and number) Thoughts?

Monday night

I finally attended my dinner group again on Monday. Had great fun, lots of inappropriate jokes and heart laughter. When I came in to the restaurant the gorgeous guy that wanted to date my friend was there. He said hello but went back to his convo. Sigh. He's so cute. I sat with some super fun people and we laughed our asses off. One guy said he has wild parties at his house in the Grove, and I was like, "Invite me!" and gave him my card. He's already friended me on facebook. He seems really nice and obviously has a good sense of humor.

Then the gorgeous guy walked over to my table just to say goodbye to me - what? I don't get it. Well, I do. He's not that in to me but he loves that I'm in to him. So he's feeding on it. Oy. He was also with this really, really good looking guy who's like 6'4", who has looked at me several times during several dinners. Inquiries have yet to determine who he is. I have contemplated asking gorgeous guy in an email, since it would stick it to him and answer my question.

I know, my life is so rough.

Another guy asked me this

I found this a surprisingly profound question for eharmony, and also a little professor-like but I think that's because English isn't his first language. Anyway:

About qualities my partner must have I have to mention the following. My work is in the import and export industry. I consistently have to be aware of current day affairs about the economy, plus I like having a partner that is knowledgeable, intelligent and would be able to debate me in any given situation.

I’m going to ask you something. Knowing the current foreclosure crisis in Miami, can you tell me a little about how it started, and if you had the power to make decisions to solve the problem, what will they be? Feel free to ask anything you wish back?

Wow, right?

PS I think I gave a wonderful answer. I was always a decent student. :p

Convo last night with 17

17 is the pilot who answered the questions in this post. Gosh, he sounds cute! He lives all the way up in Deerfield Beach, though, which is practically in Boca. Also not a Spanish speaker. Oh well. We had a fun conversation. He is a middle child. Grew up in Michigan.

You know, he may drink a lot. He said right now he's only flying about 35 hours a month because of the economy - he flies for a private charter company. He said he makes enough to get by for now while the economy is bad, although he made a lot more before. Has always wanted to be a pilot, so I don't think he'll change careers. Anyway, it sounds like each time he goes to a town over night, he heads to a bar he knows to hang out.

If I were living that kind of life, I would probably get lonely staying in my hotel room alone every night. So maybe that's not so crazy? Especially since he's on call and doesn't generally know more than a day or two in advance about his scheduled flights, and he can end up staying in a town for days based on what the client wants. I dunno. Just verbalizing it so I'm not keeping to myself, which usually leads to trouble!