So when we last left off I had told you of the emotional interrogator and his messed up games. He had called me a week before xmas and asked to take me out xmas night. The whole week passed and it was xmas eve and I had yet to hear anything from him. So Friday afternoon I send him a message asking what will be going on the next night so I could plan accordingly, to which he apologized for not getting back to me sooner but he had just left his water aerobics class...

I tell him it's ok and ask again what his plan is for tomorrow night.

"Well about that," He starts off. "I was actually invited to an industry party out in the valley that I really want to go to."

"Um. Ok?" I reply, completely bewildered. I mean he asked me out right?

"Yeah so I'm thinking about going there, but I would still like to see you," as he proceeds to break down his entire Saturday to see where he could schedule me.

"I don't go out on Saturdays though, I already mentioned that to you." I inform him.

Well we could go out as soon as shabbos ends at like 5:35pm." He tells me.

I tell him it doesn't really work for me and I wait for him to extend an invite to his party, which he never does. Instead he suggests we reschedule.

"Sure, I tell him." Obviously, I am completely seething inside.

I just don't get it, I mean you ask me out, offer to arrange all the details and then decide at the last minute you want to go somewhere else? And an industry party?! In this city it usually means a really big group of people in the either the movie or music industry drinking and listening to loud music, and networking. I despise those things. And to add strangeness to strangeness, he said he was in insurance! Why would an insurance rep be going to an industry party?

Confused and frazzled, I leave it be and wait to hear from him again. But I do believe I am quite "over" him at this point.

Another week goes by without a word from him, this guy is developing quite the pattern.

I send him yet another message, I'd rather not call for fear I might be interrogated again.

"Haven't heard from you all week, hope you are well." I kindly write.

He replies and says that he's really sorry for not calling or texting me he's been really busy, but he is available all this week!

I guess I was supposed to be happy with this news.

I tell him how I am confused over the fact that he rarely contacts me. His reply? He gets really busy going out to all this industry parties after work and they're not fun because they're work related and he hates going out every night, because it's like a chore, but I "sound cool and look beautiful and he still really wants to meet me."

I couldn't help it. I shouldn't have. But I did. I texted back: "You couldn't even send me one little message to check in on me?"

He says, "It's been a crazy couple weeks, but I assure you I am worth the wait. Natalie, you know it's not easy to find someone who is even mildly observant like me."

Wow and so humble too, I hate when people tell me what I can and can't find, it's not easy sure, but I won't be stuck with a jerk just because it's difficult to find someone else.

"Listen I'm a nice guy and you're a nice girl and I don't want to waste your time but I have to go out a lot for business and it stops being fun because I

Working hard at an industry party...

have to network and meet people, and I don't have a life outside my work, which happens to be done inside Hollywood." He finishes.

He works in insurance!!!! I remind him of this, in case he forgot. But no, he starts a lengthy explanation about how he wants to be in finance this year and wants to finance movies and athletes and blah blah, blah (Mr. Money bags). He then tells me he knows "in his heart" we would kick it off and that he is super funny and I should add him on facebook to see what a funny guy he is and that he wants to get to know me.

Uh... that's what I thought dates were for!

I have a thing about adding people I hardly know, let alone people I meet online and have never met in person and them being able to see all about me and my friends and my life on my facebook page. I tell him I don't want to add him because of this and he says that he is available all week to get together now.

Too little, too late I tell him and I never heard back. Just as well I suppose. People like that annoy me, why do you have to be so annoying as you're trying to impress me?

I don't know, but I'm so happy my 2010 dating life is over, now it's time for 2011 to abuse me, and I already have a few prospects!

Happy New Year and until next time!