Triathlon Dating Thread Ver 2.0 (Page 50)

Got another interview...I mean POF date lined up Sunday evening.  I'm going to New Orleans this weekend to watch some friends race in the Rock N' Roll Marathon/Half, so Sunday was the soonest time that worked for both of us.  

The woman is getting hugged whether she likes it or not.

I'm seeing the beginning of a letter to Penthouse.

Man Abby..  That's rough!  I've gone on some casual dates, but geez, a shower is a must! But a stinky guy with shirt stains?  Ouch!!!! 

Way to be a trooper, though! 

Wow...that is really bad.  

I think we should all share our "worst" dating stories from our online dates... (or have we done that already?)  

I don't have a really bad one... One date was at a minimum 30 lbs heavier than any of her pictures.  WTF?  Did she think I wouldn't notice?  

I know someone can beat that.  GO!

Oh yes... I remember that.  That is definitely at the top of the list!  Thanks for reminding us. 

I'd like to share some happy news in the dating thread...

Backstory: Met a girl about 7 years ago..  I was living in Philly (actually living with my girlfriend at the time) and made a good friend on a running message board...  She lived in Pittsburgh, but would come to Philly for work and for races..  We'd always make a point to meet up and either grab a few beers or do a race (depending if on a weekend or during the week).  Nothing more than good company due to the fact that I was in a serious relationship..  But in the back of my mind, I was thinking "damn, I wish my girlfriend was into racing... I had this much fun with her.... lots of stuff that I shouldn't have been thinking...

The girl I was dating was an Egyptian Archeologist (like Indiana Jones) and would take extended trips to Egypt...  This kind of diminished the relationship and when she'd come back, we'd have less and less to talk about..  During one trip (of 6 months), I took an assignment with my company in Miami.  I kind of decided it was time to move on and when the girlfriend came back to Philly, I hadn't exactly vacated my temporary housing in Miami..  So, we started doing the long-distance thing for a few months, and I'd be in Philly most weekends, but Miami was my base..  Definitely time to end it, so I ended things..  The good: I was living in Miami Beach.  The bad: Most of my stuff (TV, furniture, kitchen stuff, etc was in Philly).  Well, when we broke up, guess where my Philly stuff stayed..  So, I kind of had to start all over....

This job required a lot of travel..  And by this time, the friend I mentioned before had moved to Atlanta for her residency..  Well, I just so happened to have some clients there, so I would see her fairly often and we'd have a great time..  Like 2 old buddies who just picked up where we left off and it was great..  Definitely one of my best friends!  But after about 3 years, my firm moved me to Dallas.  I was then mainly working with clients on the west coast and never returned to Atlanta...  Totally lost touch with her....

Fast forward, I accepted a job in Chicago..  A mutual friend shot me a message letting me know that this girl had moved from Atlanta to Chicago a few months before me..  So, I shot her a message and it turns out she lives a few blocks away from me..  Neat!  We start hanging out..  Before long, we're dating.  It didn't last long since I was working 80-100 hours a week at the time and she worked crazy hours too..  But hey, we gave it a shot.  The breakup was very amicable. and we remained good friends..  So, we started going to the same church and hanging out more again..  Tonight, she confesses that she wants to give it another go since our lives have both settled down..  She's a triathlete and really gets my dreams..  After church tonight, we went out for Tex-Mex and we had a very heart-felt talk..  I see a big future with her (and have continued to have a crush on her all this time), so we are back together.  I'm happy.  We've both dated a bit over the past year and it turns out that we were both comparing our dates to each other...  Something we never admitted to each other until tonight..  I see a future with her and I'm going to give it my all not to screw it up... 

She's as into National Parks as I am, triathlon, Tex-Mex, and all kinds of things..  Anyway, just wanted to share..  Best day I've had in a while. 

I'm married with 6 kids so I just keep up with this thread for entertainment purposes but I read your post and wanted to say good luck.  This is a great story and I hope it turns out well for you both in the end.  

Wow Abbie...texting for money is tacky.  I'm much classier and just add that into the hand written "thank you, I had a great time" note I stick to their car the next day. 

Good luck, Julio!

Good luck, Julio.  Sounds like you have something good going there.  

My date yesterday went well.  It didn't feel like an interview at all, so that's a good start.  She's a bit younger than me at 22 (I'm 27), and it was a little noticeable at times.  I'm keeping an open mind and seeing how it goes. 

I had a date that lasted a total of 7 minutes with the most offensive man I've ever met. 

Not only was he at least 40lbs heavier than his pictures, he showed up wearing a short-sleeved button down shirt with only the middle 3 buttons done up so that the shirt could then flow in a 'V' shape over his belly that looked comparable to that of a 9 month pregnant woman.  There was no hello at all, just "You must be Monica, if we leave now we should have time to go back to my place and f**k before you have to leave".  Um... whaaaat?  I wasn't sure if he was kidding so didn't say anything and then he proceeds to tell me that it was okay if I didn't want to do that as he would just go home and hire an escort.  At this point my only interest was in finishing my drink as I didn't want to waste it by throwing it on him (why waste a perfectly good G&T on this creep?), and he then decides to show me the text messages that he had with the other woman he was going on a date with later essentially having the same conversation, just over text message and how she said to not bother paying an escort, he could just pay her!  Awesome!  I finally finished my drink and got up to leave which he took as a positive sign and asked if we were leaving together.  I told him that I was leaving and didn't care where he was going as it wasn't going to be anywhere with me.  7 minutes of my life that I will never get back. 

He actually had the audacity to then try and text me that night around midnight looking for a booty call. 

Yeaaaahhhh... no. 

The guy needed to be reminded when to sleep?  I can only hope that he's become a tad more self sufficient since this.  And that he and his maybe ex-wife aren't living together anymore.  That's crazy. 

OMG... I seriously don't know what to say to that story. 

I thought this stuff only happened on Gag shows like candid camera... You can't write it better than these.  

Somehow when I threw this out there, I knew you ladies would have some amazing stories.  

These are great, keep 'em coming.    

LMAO... how do you explain the beer belly and 3 buttons?