agaysianvagabond:

Being home is always an opportunity for my mother to set me up on blind dates. After a week of her constant nagging I finally gave in and reluctantly agreed to meet a daughter of one of her friends.

All I knew about this girl was that she had a successful career and was around my age. We were to meet at a cafe first and then move on to dinner.

My mother had given me some money and instructed me to be on my best behavior.



Free dinner and alcohol. Sure, why not? But I had to sabotage the date somehow. I can’t risk the girl actually liking me and asking for another date. I was debating on whether to play the ultra sweet and clingy nerd or the self absorbed and rude prince. (Yes I watch too many Kdramas) It’s been a while since I’ve been on a date with a woman, so I decided that the conceited asshole character would be fun to play.

We met at Starbucks. She was actually quite pretty.

“Hi. Let’s just get this out of the way. This was not my idea. My mother made me come meet you.”

“Wow you’re kind of a jerk.”

“No. Just honest.”

“An honest jerk. Ha. And you’re late.”

This girl was feisty. I was starting to have fun.

We bantered for a bit, had coffee, but mostly we just played with our phones.

“Where are you taking me to dinner?”

“You still want to have dinner?”

“That was part of the deal right?”

“Fine. What do you want to eat?”

“A burger.”

“A girl who eats burgers? Shouldn’t you eat healthier.”

“I should also slap you in the face, but I’m doing this as a favor for your mother, so I won’t.”

“McDonald’s ok with you?”

“I want a happy meal.”

We walked down the block to McDonalds without talking. When we got to the restaurant, I noticed a cute white man looking our way. I was pretty sure he was checking me out. As we got closer he approached my date and gave her a kiss on the cheeks.

He looked at me,“hey bro, I’ll take it from here.” I was confused.

“This is my boyfriend,” she said.

I was still confused. “You can go now.”

Scratching my head as they walked away. “Did he just call me bro?”