Last week, I went on a date with a visiting German. This is why I will be avoiding the inter-fiddles for a while. I'd forgotten that temporary cyber-husbands are weird.
For a start, he'd said he was athletic. By which he meant he needed a sports bra for his moobs. They were so low-slung I wondered if they were simply high-rise testicles.
We sat having a drink, making small talk, and sharing a bowl of cashews. He tells me what he's into. Turns out, he's into rubber and fisting. I decide I've had enough cashews.
I ask him why he's in England. He explains he's a scientist doing research into bacteria. "It is the bacteria in shit," he says, which just seems like turning your hobby into your day job.
So, I'm having a drink with a tubby rubber fisting fetishist scat scientist. Awkward. I've never been brilliant at making my excuses and leaving. So instead I talk about the cat. A lot. I chat about her incessantly. I even find some fluff on my shirt and show it to him. I offer to find him the pictures on my phone. I keep on and on about the cat until he checks his watch and says "ah, oh dear, I have an early start at 10 tomorrow. Must get some sleep."
And then he is gone. I go to pay the tab and discover it's only four quid. There's a minimum of a tenner if you're paying by card. The wonderful French barman shrugs gallicly. I smile, suddenly very happy. "Can I have six pounds worth of crisps please?" I ask.
I walk into the flat, arms full of crisps.
The cat eyes me, dryly. "Date not go well?" it asks.
3 comments:
By now you should be eligible for some sort of prize for having survived terrible dates like this. Love the £6 worth of crisps cheering up strategy.
I had a packet for breakfast the other day! With a bacon sandwich! Heavenly! Carbs are great!!111!!!
Dammit spam, you've made me switch on fugging captchas. If that doesn't work i'm going to have to go into some kind of post-moderation thing.
Eurf. All the effort I go to to make it harder for people to buy oxycontin.
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