Good ol' Valentines

Tomorrow is valentine's day, and everyone keeps asking me what I'm gonna do, if I have a valentine, if I'm taking a girl out, etc. All I really care about tomorrow is watching Lost (which has been getting really good btw!). I probably won't care about Valentine's day until I start dating Shannyn Sossamon or Thandie Newton anyway. But in light of valentine's coming up, and a lot of single girls I know always saying how they want to find a nice guy, or they want a valentine, I decided to turn things around. Guys aren't always the ones that are messed up when it comes to relationships or dating. Girls can get pretty caniving also. Here are a few crazy experiences I've had with girls that I actually really liked, but they gave me the ol' slap to the face...

1. So I liked this girl and we dated for a few weeks, only for her to go back to her ex, and not call me or return my calls. A year later, she calls me, saying that she's single again, and wants to start hanging out again and going out, etc. So we did for a while. Then new years was coming up, where me and bunch of friends decided to go to Disneyland. I invited her, and she wanted to go. She was in LA for her dad's b-day the night before, so she met us out at Disneyland. We had a good day, rode some rides, had good food, and enjoyed each other's company. Until an hour before midnight, and she starts claiming that her back was starting to hurt because Space Mountain was such a jerky ride. So she decided to go home. Left me hanging, and couldn't even bring in the new year with me. I haven't heard from her since, so I speculate that she got back with her ex again. Shady stuff.. but it's kinda funny when I think about it.

2. This situation was odd too. I met this girl last summer at my friend's b-day party. We had a cool conversation, but I didn't get her number or anything. But a few months later, my friend shows me a picture in her phone, and asks if I remember her friend. I did, and I jokingly told my friend to have her friend call me. She actually told her to call me, and after that me and this girl started going out a bit. I was trying not to move to fast, but we were having a good time hanging out. If anything, she was being more aggressive than I was. I even recall a night when she called me like 10 times asking me to come over, while I was watching Prison Break. I told her I would come over as soon as it was over, but she would call every five minutes asking if Prison Break was over yet. Funny, huh? So one night, we were hanging out, and I had planned a weekend trip out to Palm Desert with my boys for me and Myron's b-day. I told her about it, but didn't formally invite her, because I wanted it to be a guys trip w/ golfing, hanging, whatever. Plus we hadn't been seeing each other that long, and I didn't want to invite her and have her think it would be a romantic weekend. But she didn't trip about it at all. So the next week when I get back, I call her, and text her, and she doesn't return my call for like a week or two. I wondered if I did anything wrong, or hurt her feelings in any way, and called and apologized. Then she tells me she just got out of a bad relationship and isn't ready to see anyone. If I had know she was gonna get like that, I would've been a lot more upset about her interrupting Prison Break. It was a good episode too!

3. This girl was my girlfriend for almost 2 years, and we were going pretty strong. Although I almost messed it up when I got a crush on a girl that lived in my dorm, and kinda wanted to break up with my girl to go out with this other girl. But I figured I had a good thing going, ignored the fact that I had a crush on this girl, and stuck with my girl, because I loved her. I didn't tell her I was thinking about breaking up with her or anything though, of course. A couple months later, we are having a talk, and she tells me she wants to "take a break" to date other people. It was all because of some other dude that lived in her dorm that was always flirting with her, because he didn't like me. He was sleeping with every other girl that lived in the dorm, but she said she can see passed that, and that he's actually a really sweet guy. So we broke up, summer came, and she dated that guy, only for him to sleep with her, and break up with her right before school started because all the new girls were coming in. We tried staying friends for a while, but it was awkward, because I had started to move on, and meet other girls. Then she gives me a Christmas card saying how she was sorry and still loved me, and wanted to be with me again, blah, blah, blah.. I simply sent her and email saying "Thanks for the Christmas card". We haven't really spoken much since. I'm guessing my response to her card was kinda cold huh? But she's the one that left a good thing..her loss. I think she's happy now though, that's cool.

So I'm not bitter from any of these girls. I actually think all these stories are pretty funny. But I just have to point out that guys get played just like girls do. So if you do have someone, and if you're really in love with your gf/bf, or husband/wife, don't take it for granted. Show that person how much you love them, and cherish every day you have with them. You never know what will happen. Just read this.

Here's my special Valentine's Day song of the week
Bill Withers "Can We Pretend"