Overly Eager to Marry...

Day one
I'll refer to this one as Overly... Today is August 17th... 16 days ago Overly approached me to go on a date with him. Not interested I said no; after all, why would I say yes to a guy that I'm not interested in--I don't believe in false hope and I sure don't do the pity dates either. I don't expect men to go on them and I have better things to do with my energy than to lead a man on. I believe dating is supposed to be fun for both parties and leave you wanting to be better and do better and enjoy life and the people in it more fully... not make you wish you were home washing that long beautiful hair of yours. I'm not sure if Overly thought I was joking, or playing hard to get when I said no but he simply did not comply...

Day Two
A brief respite.

Day Three
A day passed and he asked me out again... really what part of no was unclear? the N or the O? After being asked yet again I said yes... simply to drill home my disinterest and tell him in person that I truly have no interest in dating him and if I did I would have excitedly accepted the previous two invitations.

Day Five
I went out with him and it was abundantly clear that I was not interested and that we had little in common at the end of the night I let him know that I had a few other interests that I was pursuing and that I would not like to go on another date with him. I also I paid for myself... a sure sign that I in NO way want to feel obligated to go out with Overly again.

Still Day Five
That night I get a text thanking me for going out with him and telling me what a great time he had...? Were we on the same date, Overly? Really?!? I did not respond.

Overly.. if a girl doesn't respond to the 'hey I had a great time" text... it is because her mother, the good woman she is taught her the Thumper Principle and she has applied it to dating: 'if you can't say somethin' nice, don't say nothin at all.' The date was clearly NOT enjoyed by both parties. Give up.

Day Six
The following day Mr. Eager texts me, not once, not twice, but eight times. No response. I even checked with my phone company to see if I could block Overly. Sadly. I could not without changing my number.

Overly... if a girl doesn't respond to a text... sending more texts does not improve your chances of getting hold of her, it improves your chances of being served a stalking injunction or a restraining order.

Same day while talking to my roommate, relaying the horror story of the date the previous night and the boy who won't go away... a string of ten texts comes in with overly professing his love to me, and then expressing his frustration that I won't respond and then explaining that nothing in his life is going well and that if he could hurt someone he would, not just to hurt someone but to see them suffer... that his life is over and that he just wants to quit school, life, girls especially the really desperate girls in his church congregation, work--EVERYTHING.

Truly befuddled by this point I respond as follows: Overly, you need counselling. I have a no tolerance policy with undealt with emotional issues, please stay away from me and don't text me.

Fifteen seconds later: that is really smart of you, I'm not as bad as that probably sounded. Would you like to do dinner, or lunch? I don't really have any money right now, but I'd be OK with you making me dinner.

Wow. Really... Really? Not a snowballs chance in St. Lucia. I didn't respond.

Day Seven
Overly texts me to say it's really not as bad as it sounded and asks if we are going to get together again...
I do not respond.

***Seven Days Pass***

Day Fourteen
Overly texts me to tell me a friend of his is getting married and he thought I may be able to help them in my line of work, I agree simply because I am good at what I do and it is a once removed connection it will be harmless.

Day Fifteen
Overly texts once and calls once. I responded to neither and pretended to be asleep.

Day Sixteen
Overly calls twice. Then Overly texts me telling me it is extremely important and to call as soon as possible. I'm in a meeting; however, I text and ask what is so important. Overly proceeds to tell me that his friend is actually him, and he is engaged. And he is getting married in two months. Goodbye Overly. I'm sorry Mrs. Eager... you have NO idea just what you are getting yourself into.

Day Seventeen
The experience with Overly inspired me to start a blog... Cheers!