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Meanwhile, back in Innanet dating land...So, I made a second date with Paula, whom I took to the Hard Rock a week prior -- but I had actually met her two years prior at a Hipshake gig. Well, I called on a Wednesday telling her I just wanted to firm up plans for Friday and find out what time to pick her up, and she says, "About Friday..."
Iew. The next object will suck. Then she goes into this bit about how she has a fear of abandonment and that she needs to break the date, then tells me that she's sought immediate help for the situation but for now cannot see me again.
I laughed.
She didn't.
"Oh, you're not kidding, are you?" I asked.
"No. I have trouble getting close to people that I like because I'm afraid they'll leave me."
"So, you make a pre-emptive strike and leave them first?"
"Kind of."
"So... you like me." I can work with this.
"Yes. It's why I can't get involved with you right now."
Hmm... maybe not. "Am I the only one that sees the irony here? Would you prefer to go on a string of first dates with guys you don't like? Would that be more enjoyable for you?"
"My friends pressured me into putting my profile on Match. I should take it down."
"So, you like me... therefore you're dumping me."
"I am sorry. It's heightened when health issues are involved, and you have..."
"HAD. I HAD. I'm better now!"
"But you may relapse or something, right?"
"SHIT I hope not!"
"Well, you 'hope not'," she sighed, "I just don't want to fall for you and then have you taken away from me."
No worries. I think I'd run before I was taken.
