I had been going back and forth different shops this past week. Some of the shops were necessary to visit while others not so much. In any case, I was on my mobile with my cousin as usual, after visiting 3 different shops 40 miles away from the house. I knew I had to visit Wal-Mart again but I could not recall why so I grabbed a shopping trolley and while gossiping about people, I grabbed items that were not really important but essential. Upon walking back to the car park, I realised that I went to Wal-Mart to return a Christmas gift for my in-laws. My husband grabbed the wrong thing the previous weekend and I was supposed to exchange it or at least return the blasted thing. I told my husband the previous week I was tired of staring at different things for his parents and that he needed to get them something because I gave up. With that declaration in mind, I went to my car, unloaded items from the shopping trolley into the boot of my car, grabbed the wrong item and went back into Wal-Mart to get my money back. On my way back into Wal-Mart, I ran into a person I met at school a few months ago. He said, “Hey, I was just thinking about you!” I thought, “Oh, fuck. That cannot be good.” However, I said, “Oh, well, everyone thinks about me. ” My cousin who was on the other end of the phone stopped talking, no doubt wondering what was happening.

The person suddenly asked if I was still married. I was rather surprised but recovered quickly and said, yes, of course. He then looked rather down and I remarked that he was also married. He said, “Yeah, kind of, sort of.” His wife is an active duty Navy personnel if I recall correctly. At this point, he almost whispered asking me out. I said, “Oh, yes, sure.” He asked me to call him. I said I would.

I saw a huge vacuum after he asked me out so I pointed to the rejected Christmas gift and said I had to go. I then told my cousin the person asked me out but I was already declining it because he was not attractive to me and he was also boring. My cousin was shocked of course but I was being honest and that is the basis of our 18-hour talks every day.

Now, close your mouths because if you read any of my previous posts, you would realise I do go out with a select few people and my flirting is not an issue with my husband.

In any case, this blog is about what my cousin said to me when I told her about that person who asked me out. I told her he is not attractive and he is boring. She said, “Oh, my god! That is so bad of you!” I told her I do not wish to be seen with an unattractive person in public. He dresses horribly and seriously, I can be fussy because I am not looking for a boyfriend.

Well, yes, enough about me. What about him, that poor person whose marriage seems to be on teeter brinks, or is that teeter hooks? In any case, I began to wonder today. I wondered why he seemed down – perhaps his wife is not around this holiday season or she has not been around emotionally of late and he was feeling lonely and needy. Oh, yes, if that is the case, no thank you. He is truly unattractive. I am not wrong in lying to him about ringing him and setting a date am I?

Yes, I was being honest to my cousin but deceitful to the person who asked me out. Bite me.

Honestly though, I was just a tad disturbed that he asked me out because this was not a case of casual asking out thing I could tell. He was looking for something more. Ugh. There is nothing less attractive than that. Ah well.