A date with Teacher

Just a day after the infamous Friday the 13th dinner, I have decided to meet this other guy I call Teacher. Teacher and I have been exchanging emails about cats since 2005. The fact of the matter is I haven’t met this guy in person because he was working abroad then. I haven’t actually been in touch with him for almost a year when suddenly I received an email from him informing me that he has just got back from a trip.

I wasn’t really keen about meeting up this guy. I had this weird feeling that he did really like me. When he texted me that his office moved to the city where I hold office, I was alarmed. That made us just a block apart. To prevent stalking incidents, I decided to go show up and meet this guy with a friend.

My friend and I were at Starbucks already when a guy an inch taller than I am approached us. His eyes lit up and gave me a firm handshake I thought my right hand was crushed. I ordered cranberry juice and he ordered the same, too. Scary. I eventually had to ask him jokingly, “Do you have UTI, too?”

We talked about careers, trips abroad, and our families. He painted a picture of a nice guy and a responsible family man in need of a woman he could walk down the aisle. To scare him, I told him I have two big and tall brothers and I am such a busy career person. But he did not seem to mind it and mentioned about a pre-nup. I wondered if he had relations with this overwhelmingly persistent dentist I had dated years ago.

Out of the blue, he mentioned about his habit of leaving his family without letting them know of his whereabouts, I saw that as an opportunity to shut the deal off. I told him explicitly it was an inconsiderate act to leave people wondering and confused. He looked disappointed I didn’t see it as dramatic as he wanted it to be.

I think I popped his bubble with that blunt statement that he told me how he hated feminists. In his eyes, I have become every guy’s nightmare the moment I spoke my mind out.

That was the end of my one-hour weekend date with Teacher and I never heard from him since them. Which, by the way, is better.