| So like, I'm out at the bar last night, did pretty well (would have gotten laid by a trashy tattoo model if not for the fact that my text game sucked - still probably recoverable though, she seemed to like me), and one of the sets I opened was this random hot girl standing by a bunch of, well, not that all appealing of people. Several fedora wearers, multiple VERY overweight girls, etc.
I walk up to her and say, "Hi" and we immediately start talking.
Turns out we went to the same university at the same time (like 4-5 years ago), that her dad is a computer programming professor at that college and she worked in the dept for years (I never took a comp sci class, but I did train myself how to program and I'm more or less a professional programmer now), her major was history and I'm a huge history buff - so we're hitting it off PRETTY well.
Then one of the fedora dudes walks over - he's out of shape/overweight (not fat fat though), and just looks pretty beta overall (like the definition I would use in the dictionary).
She says, "This is my boyfriend".
And I look at her like, "Whaaaaaaat?"
I know scales aren't good, but I'd put him at like a 4, and her at like an 8 or 9.
She immediately says to me, "I started dating him at a rough time".
So I ask him what he does - he says he's a Magic: The Gathering Player. I ask him if he plays professionally. He does not. I get the distinct impression he is either unemployed or works a very low end job.
I number close both the boyfriend and the girl - plausible deniability.
At this point, I'm like reeling that this absolute hot girl, who is dressed to the nines that night (I'm pretty sure she was looking for an upgrade), is dating this guy.
I'm genuinely curious, and ask how they met. She drags both of us outside.
It's some story about how mutual friends introduced them at one point at a bar, and she blew him off when he asked for a number close, and told him to find her on Facebook, which he did and proceeded to wear her down until she started dating him.
She was like, "I made him go through a lot of work."
And then she looks pointedly at me and says, "But I don't do that with every guy" - it's VERY obvious to both me and the dude that she is screaming, "Hey, you're awesome, I'll drop my boyfriend for you in a second, because, well, look at him"
Me and her connect more about school and programming.
He gets pissier and pissier. I try to include him in the conversation - he says he has nothing to say about these topics, so we switch to Skyrim, because while I'm not a "gamer" I used to be and play games occasionally, and this is obviously a big part of this guy's core identity.
He still won't talk, makes everything awkward. I decide to leave.
I think they left shortly after, as I didn't see them again.
So, is this girl crazy?
Why would she date so low value in comparison to her? She said she had dated him for a year, so this isn't just some random drunken hook-up she decided to keep around as a boyfriend until she found someone new. She was clearly looking to upgrade, and kept more or less apologizing for the low quality of her boyfriend.
It just feels redflaggy. But she was hot, and we seemed to have a lot in common, genuinely.
Normally I'm against girls shitting on other men they're involved with, but in this case, it was almost understandable that she felt the need to explain it away. She also tried to be sweet to the actual guy himself, but he knew what was up.
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