The people who care about others... (part 2)

A couple of weeks ago, Toni told me a coworker had a friend who would be a perfect match for me. The coworker said he was "cute" and adorable. From my experience, straight people's "cute" is quite different from gay guys' "cute". So, I asked her if she had a picture of him. She said yes. Well, he was cute alright. Turned out I had seen his pictures from a friend's album on Facebook. I had thought he was cute and it would be nice to get to know this person. The coworker was surprised that I knew his name ;-) So, her cute and my cute matched. We could now move to the next step.

After she showed us his pictures, we've been trying to get him out to one of our outings. Per the coworker, he was extremely busy. blah blah blah.... Busy is not really in my vocabulary. It is more like an excuse to me. You can never be too busy to see or talk to someone if you really want to. You can always find a couple of minutes of your time to talk to someone. You can always find even 10 minutes of your time to hang out with someone. You can't pull that trick on me. I've used it to other people. I know how it works. No matter fact, I think I even invented that trick!

So, I was like... whatever... not going to put too much efforts into this dude. If he wants to hang out with us, great. If he's playing hard to get, bummer!

Toni celebrated her Name Day this Saturday. We went to La Bodega, a Spanish restaurant, in the afternoon for late lunch. It was nice and laid back. A lot of people showed up and really enjoyed themselves. That's always great. During lunch, Toni told me she had a perfect guy for me. She got me all excited. I asked if she had a picture or number of him. She said no (what the... ?!?!). She had seen the guy at Costco in the check-out line! Oh great. I am going to need to start hanging out at Costco more often to find the guy then!

In the evening, we were supposed to meet at a wine bar by the Power & Light district. I was running late due to an "event" with Mr. A and his date (I know... I know...!) ;-) Anyhow, when I got there, Toni told me that she just saw the guy that she had seen at Costco walking by the bar just 5 minutes before I arrived! Of course, she didn't run to get him or anything. No number again! Great. My luck. I should have gotten there earlier and asked for his number myself!

After the wine bar, we went out dancing at the Power & Light district until they closed. As we were walking to our car, Toni spotted someone who she believed was the guy. It was dark. So, we couldn't see very well. As the guy was approaching us, we got to see him better. He was cute. And I shouted out his name! Thanks to the wine and vodka!

He looked a little confused and said, "it's ......!"; he corrected me.
I was thinking... "umm... whatever. that still sounds the same to me!"
Toni asked him, "Did you enjoy your chocolate cake?"
The guy now looked even more confused.
Toni said, "You bought chocolate cake yesterday at Costco, didn't you?"
Now, the guy had some light on his face, but still looked puzzled, and said, "Oh yes, yes. I liked it."

Yep. It turned out this guy was the guy I had seen on Facebook and that our coworker was going to set me up with! I told him that our coworker knew him and showed us some of her pictures and we "recognized" him from the pictures ;-) And he was the same guy Toni had met at Costco! Toni said somehow the guy looked a little different from the pictures. I don't think so!

We didn't chat much as he was on the phone and was walking home, which we knew where it was ;-) We said goodbye and let him continue his walking. I'm sure as he was walking home, he was probably thinking how weird that was and how those complete strangers knew so much about him. No matter fact I'm pretty sure he thought we were stalkers! Hello, it was not intentionally! We just happened to have known his information before hand! I can't help that we are the people who care about others.

I guess I don't need to wait for the coworker to set me up with him. Toni and I did everything ourselves. Got to meet the guy. And I'm sure he thought we were freaks. Oh well... I guess I can cross this guy out of my "potential date" list. NEXT!