Monday, November 3, 2008

I mean, who does that?

I was meeting a date last night at a local bar, and got there early so I could have dinner first. So I sat at the bar to watch the game and eat. A bunch of guys came in, and sat next to me. The closest one, started chatting with me about beer and work and whatnot. Pretty soon we were engrossed in conversation when my date finally arrived. We stayed at the bar and had a great time talking and getting to know each other.

Well at one point, my date went to the bathroom, and the second he left, the guy on my right said to me, "Listen I can see you're probably on a date here, and I don't know how well it's going, but I'd really like to talk to you more. Can I get your number so we can hang out again?"

So I said, "I don't think so. I am on a date. Maybe I'll see you around here again."

Of course, everyone at the bar - his friends, the bartender we'd been chatting with, everyone but my date heard this, and he came back, and I was just like, "Where were we?"

I was amused of course. It's so rare that a stranger just asks me out like that, and it happens when I'm on a date with someone else.

In retrospect, I'd say that other guy had some balls to do that. I mean, who asks someone out when they're clearly on a date with someone else?

3 comments:

laurenthewriter said...

I don't actually think it's so bad that he did that. I mean, I see where you'er coming from though. It just really showed that the guy was interested in you, and was willing to let you know, despite the current situation.

If you hadn't been interested in your date, but had been in the guy who asked for your number, it wouldn't have been too rude to actually give it to him. It's just a date, not a... committed relationship or something.

<3 Lauren

Desiree' said...

You are really in demand!

Sue said...

Lauren-

I don't think it was bad either. I think it showed a lot of confidence, and that genuinely impresses me.

I wasn't going to give him my number. I think that would be pretty rude if my date saw that on his way back from the men's room.

He was nice enough, and it's entirely possible that I'll run into him again at that bar, if I want to.