Round Two: Same Game Different Player

I should have posted this last weekend but never got around to it... I went on another date last Saturday with a guy I had meet on match who I'd been emailing back and forth with for awhile. So you guys can keep track of the guys let's call the last one Mr. Teeth (no explanation needed) this one I'll call Mr. Gucci (explanation to follow). That way when I have updates you know who I'm talking about.

Mr. Gucci scored major brownie points with me way before the date even started based on the restaurant he had chosen. It's a place called Beach Blanket Babylon and it's in Notting Hill. I've been dying to go there, it's one of London's trendiest, hippest restaurants. Again, I was nervous beforehand but my soon to be roomie Sima had been over to the house before I left and gave me a great pep talk. First impression of Mr. Gucci was handsome, well dressed, looked a bit older than his profile pictures, and I was completely thrown off by his ethnicity. For some reason I was expecting him to be British but he wasn't and he had a very strange accent I couldn't place.

We sat down at our table and I couldn't get over how cool the restaurant was. It felt like we were sitting in a garden but inside the walls of a castle. It's hard to explain the decor of this place but trust me it's cool! Conversation during dinner was good but he was a little shy and not very talkative. There were some awkward silences, which I hate. All through dinner, I felt like I kept asking him tons of questions to keep the conversations going, which he would respond to but he barely asked me any questions about myself. I've encountered this same behavior with other guys, and it's so frustrating!!! Why do they do that, hello at least pretend like you want to get to know me? So I find out he's half Dutch, half Iranian which explains the accent. He's originally from the Netherlands. He has one sister who still lives there and he has two nieces. He went to business school in Chicago and moved to London about two years ago. He's a investment banker so the guy does pretty well for himself and I could tell he had really good taste, perhaps bordering on the edge of snobby. The man loves to shop. This guy was like a Zagat guide for shopping, not only for London but also Paris. And if you're wondering was I thinking is this guy gay, you'd be correct!? After dinner was over he suggested we go down to the bar area and have a drink. At this point, he had loosened up, I think it was the three gin and tonics he had during dinner, so I was happy to con tine on with the date.

The second half of the date was sooooo much better than the first half. He finally came out of his shell, showed his sense of humor, was really talkative. Asked me tons of questions about myself, we were having a blast. I still can't don't know whether it was the booze that made him more outgoing or perhaps he was just nervous to meet me, which I can totally understand. So the verdict is still out on his personality.

Towards the end of the date something odds happens... or maybe it's not odd and I'm reading too much into it. His phone rings and he looks at to see who it is. I make a joke about it being a friend checking up on him ,to make sure he's ok and that I'm not some crazy chick who he can't escape from. He tells me no, it's this girl who I party with sometimes, she's probably out at a club and wants me to come meet her and her friends. I figure, oh he'll just ignore the call and let it go to voicemail. Nope, instead he walks away and takes it! Hello, rude! Am I wrong here, ladies (I'm assuming none of guy friends read my blog)? It's not like it was an emergency or it was someone from his family. I was totally turned off and offended. If it had been the other way around I would have waited until I went to the restroom and then checked my voicemail or just ignored the call entirely until I got home. He comes back and proceeds to tell me that his friends are all at this hip club and he's thinking of going to join them. I'm baffled at this point, is he trying to get out of the date cause he's having a bad time? Was that his Plan B? More importantly, why is he even sharing this with me? If he was smart he would have ended the date with me somewhere down the line, we would have said our good byes and he could have gone and meet his friends without me knowing a thing. So remember those brownie points he had gained in the beginning, he lost them! The night starts to wind down after this little incident as the restaurant is closing down so it was time to go home. At this point I've had quite a few glasses of wine and am tipsy, I've also missed the last tube home. Mr. Gucci decides he wants to make sure I get home safe, which I take to mean, he'll get me a cab. But he insists on paying for the cab and coming with me to make sure I get home ok. Now I'm thinking, ok well maybe he's redeemed himself a little with this kind gesture. While we're in the cab on our way to my house he decides he is going to meet his friends at the club. Turns out the club is right around the corner from my house. I end up deciding it made more sense to have the cab take us to the club and I would just walk home from there. I had no problem doing that but part of kept wondering why wasn't he asking me to come to the club with him? The odd thing is even if he had asked I would have said no, but I wanted him to ask. And we wonder why guys think we're crazy!!!

So, we part ways outside the club, do the whole British kiss (peck on each side of the cheek) and then somehow we kiss, kiss. Honestly I barely remember it, it's a blur, I was still pretty drunk at this point.

I'd probably give the date a 6 or 7. While the physical chemistry was there with Mr. Gucci I wasn't feeling like we clicked personality wise so much.

On the flip side I definitely clicked more with Mr. Teeth in terms of personality but the attraction level was lower (again no explanation needed).

Since the date Mr. Gucci has been in touch quite a bit. Lots of text messages, few emails and he's already asked me out again. He wanted to take me to dinner last night but unfortunately I ended up working pretty late and was exhausted when I got home. But in all honesty, I probably could have still meet up with him but I wasn't that interested in going because I"m not sure if I've really into him. Mr. Teeth on the other hand hasn't asked me out again but we've emailing constantly.

I wish there was a rule book on this whole process work, it's hard!!! Stay tuned.