I’m a 31-year-old attractive single
woman, and I recently went on Match.com and found a guy. Our e-mails and one
phone conversation went well and he seemed kind and was okay-looking in
his picture, so I met him for drinks. It was disappointing, to say the
least. He looked 15 years older than his picture and was socially
awkward to the point of sheer misery. He told me he didn’t want to eat
cheese because he “had the craps,” announced to the waitress that this
was our first date, yawned when I talked about my job, and said, “I
could tell you were really into me the minute you walked in the
room.”
Standard bad date so far, right?
Here’s the bizarre part: On the phone he’d
said, “The most beautiful sound in the world is applause. I hope I can
hear you clap for me sometime.” He is a music teacher, so I thought he
was...