This guy. Academic Guy. I really liked him… as much as you can before meeting someone in person, that is. We messaged for days before switching to text messaging and talking about meeting in person or having a phone conversation. He made me genuinely laugh the most, aside from Pilot Guy. He had smart humor. He was in the same industry as me, probably crossed paths before even. He messaged / texted me off and on throughout a couple of days. I looked forward to it most times. I was running errands one day and I had to pull over, laughing my ass off. My errands took me to Old Navy to grab a few things because zero of my clothes fit now. I told him to stop texting me because I was in a dressing room laughing by myself like a crazy person.
He took that as an invitation to keep sending funny ass shit. So I decided if he was going to distract me, he might as well help me too. I took pictures of me in the outfits and sent them to him to pick some. I would NEVER do that but it was kind of fun, I have to admit. He was flirty but respectful about it. I liked that. He asked about my tattoos and recommended a couple of the outfits but told me to get what I wanted.
We talked about a lot of different topics. Kids, work, rain, artistic stuff and stupid stuff. It was light and fun. Exactly what I thought I needed to be honest. His sense of humor was nice, smart, funny, good timing. So when he said he was going to call me in his Matthew McConaughey voice that sometimes morphs into Bill Clinton, I dared him. So he called me… he was actually funny to talk to. I laughed a ton. Until I didn’t. I was telling him a story and he cut me off and said something to the effect of “well that’s all good for you and all, but I don’t care about that”. It wasn’t those exact words but he was done with my story and my story was not done yet. It was rude as shit. I didn’t even want to talk to him anymore. It was quick for me. I listened to some more of his nonsense and didn’t find him funny anymore. I think he knew it too, maybe not. What is wrong with guys? The first time you talk to a girl on the phone, you at least have to pretend to want to get to know them or let them finish their sentence. See… growth. I am no longer talking to Academic Guy. He texted me this morning and again tonight but I think I will pass. Fail on your part, Academic Guy.