The Cowboy

The Cowboy wins the prize for quite possibly the WORST date I've ever been on.....if you're a regular reader of this blog you know that that's really saying something.  I should've known from our texting conversation that it was going to be bad, but I rarely turn down a free meal.  He talked about really odd things, i.e. having trouble talking to girls, reliving high school & how much he hated it (he probably has a hit list), and his odd college roommate.  If I remember correctly this guy was from Tonganoxie-another red flag.  (I apologize if any of my readers have any allegiance to Tongie.  By that I mean that I apologize that you actually have any allegiance to Tonganoxie.)  The Cowboy suggests that we go to Dave & Busters.  At this point in my dating career I had already been to Dave & Busters with Baldy from You're the Coolest Chick in the World fame; so yet another red flag is waving.  

I get to Dave & Busters first so I get us a table.  I should probably say at this point that my pictures on-line are very true to life.  I don't like surprises & I would hope that others would feel the same way.  When the Cowboy came up to the table in a big gold belt buckle (thus his name) I could tell this was going to end badly.  He for sure had a gun rack on his Ford F-150.  I never saw his truck, but I KNOW he had one!  I have never had someone blatantly look me up & down & have such a look of disgust.  I mean the worst face I've ever seen.  If I cared more I may have been hurt, but I just found it humorous.  We then ate in almost complete silence.  AWKWARD!   If you know me at all, you know that I am rarely quiet.  This guy couldn't even look me in the face.  (I'm probably on his hit list now!) After we finished eating & he paid, he said, "I'm going to go play some games?  Are you coming?"  I shit you not!  That is a direct quote! If this happened today I would've gotten out of there....wait, who am I kidding, this makes for a good blog post.  I'd still go.  Needless to say, I accompanied him.  

We went down to the gaming area & The Cowboy bought a card.  Without any discussion he went to the Skee Ball area.  He swiped his card & then put it in his pocket.  I stood behind him & watched in silence.  The game was over, he took out his card, swiped it & then put it back in his pocket again.  This went on for about 5 rounds until he was apparently done with Skee Ball.  He then, again without a word, went to one of those machines that pushes coins off the edge of a table.  He gets out the card, swipes it & then puts it away.  As I'm sure you know, common Dave & Busters etiquette is to swipe your card for the girl & then yourself.  It's really about buying 1 card to save Mother Earth.  Obviously, I was supposed to buy my own, but at this point I was almost laughing out loud at the ridiculousness.  After his card expired, without uttering a word the ENTIRE time, he cashed in his (very small) amount of tickets.  I can't remember what he bought, let's pretend it's some sort of weapon.  He then walked out the door with me following behind like a little duckling.  We got to the parking lot and he said, "Bye."  Ha!  AMAZING!  Worst date ever!  Time of death: the minute he stared me up & down.