THAT Guy

I have been dating more frequently lately (there seems to be many more desperate women out there) but I never want to be "That" guy. He is the one looking for the one night stand, the one who will tell the woman whatever he has to or whatever he thinks she wants to hear, just so he can have sex with her. I try to be decent, and nice, and honest and I make a real effort to get to know them. Sometimes that costs me but I am able to walk away believing that I did the right thing. Sometimes I walk away with my ass handed to me and my pride stuffed in a sack and I have to nurture both back to good health. My ass and pride eventually recover and I trudge on through the dating world. There is that rare occasion where the woman actually understands about "that" guy and is eventually happy that I wasn't "that" guy. I am trying to build something stronger and something better and something that will hopefully last forever. You can't do that in one night. Sometimes I end up looking like Dr. Frankenstein in his lab building the monster that is chased through the village by torch wielding residents and at other times, I am Walter Mitty fantasizing about the perfect life and how I get to play the part of the hero.