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I Hate Men, Especially Lawyers!!

So I saw Paul again on the platform at my Metro station. We said hello and I sat next to him and he proceeded to read his paper and ignore me. I could clearly feel a disturbance in the Force but decided to proceed anyway. We got on the train and there was more paper reading and no conversation.

Finally we got one stop away from my stop and I leaned over and whispered in his ear, "Can I ask you something?" to which he replied, "yes" which I followed with, "Would you like to have dinner sometime?" The response I got was a hurried, "Let's get off at the next stop and talk." I felt a disaster approaching.

We get off at the next stop and sit down. I say to him, "I'm sorry I was so abrupt I just wasn't sure how to get it out discretely," to which he says, "Oh, no not at all. The thing is I'm not looking to date anyone right now. I'd love to fool around but that's it."

I said, "well I'm not looking for a relationship, fooling around works for me."

He then proceeds to say, "The only thing is I'm not sure I'm comfortable with fooling around with someone I'm going to see on the train all the time. That may be uncomfortable for us, you know..."

I just gave him one of those 'Bitch, Please!' looks and said, "Maybe for you. I don't have a problem with that at all. Some of my best friends were once close exes."

He seemed a little surprised and got fidgety. He then said, "I find you incredibly attractive, but I need to think about this some more."

I said, "I understand, let me give you my home number rather my work number," I gave him the number, "You think about it and you let me know."

He reiterated again that how attractive he found me to which I returned the compliment, because it's true, the man is hot. I then followed it with, "Well I should get going, have a good day" and walked away. He said goodbye and wished me a good day as well.

It was all I could do not to snort and say, "Yeah, whatever dude." This man is not going to call me, I know that. I don't even know why I bothered giving him my number. Hope springs eternal I guess. No, like most other men (and all male lawyers) he is a fuckwit with issues. Which is a shame because he is incredibly attractive. Oh, well his lost.

I'm still pissed though. Why waste someone's time by chatting them up if you're not going to follow through? And what is all this "seeing each other on the train all the time" shit? We have seen each other exactly four times over the course of a month and that's only because I have been so bad about getting up early in the mornings that I have been running an hour later than I normally would.

Well, fuck that shit, if I can help it, today will be the last time I see him on the platform. From now on I'm making a concentrated effort to get up early and leave on time so that I don't run into him. As far as I'm concerned he might as well wave his little hand and say, "So long dearie" because I'm done. If he calls I might consider sleeping with him, if only to add a notch to my belt, but in terms of giving him my time and attention I'm through. I deserve better than this, and there are plenty of other men out there who will treat me right. As they say in chow lines, "Next!"

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