New Jeans……………………..£9.99/$15.34(US)
Hugo Boss Element………….£19.99/$30.69(US)
Entrance………………………..£5.00/$7.68(US)
Drink……………………………..£4.20/$6.45(US)
Singles Night…………………..Pointless
Some things should be forgotten, for everything else, there’s MasterCard™
The singles night came with a charge of
£5/€5.91/$7.67(AUS)/$7.68(US)/$7.76(CAN)/25.59RON(Romanian) okay that’s enough. So I caught the bus, hoping that I would be able to talk to some people when I arrived. I figured that there should be enough people that I could could say “hi” to and see what happened. Well, when I arrived and received my ticket after paying my entrance, I said to the two on the door that it was my first time and that I was nervous. They told me I would be fine and that everyone would make me feel welcome. I went to the bar to exchange it for my free drink. I was a little perturbed by the fact that there were a couple of kids there. One of them was older than 18 but she had the mind of a child and seemed to be upset with the fact that she had recently lost her job (that’s what I could gather between her tears). They left and said to this woman there “mingle”. I felt that was good advice, but she looked mid-fifties to me so out of the age bracket I was looking for.
I sat there at the bar nursing my free coke, and this woman in her mid-fifties (who I will call IYF) shifted her barstool over and sat beside me with her arm pressed against mine. She asked me if I had heard about this in the WV magazine or something like that, so I replied “no, I got it from Plenty of Fish” (pof.com) She came right in my face (InYourFace – IYF) and squawked “what’s that? If that’s an online thing, I don’t know, I’ve never been on the computer. Where do you live?” So I said Dover, she became excited and said (didn’t want to say squawked again, even if that is what she did do) “So do I! Where abouts?” I mentioned sea front and she said the name of my road — freaky — I replied with “somewhere near there” She asked me my name, and I nearly made one up, but told her the truth. She then asked if I was 19. I’ve had some ages before, bit never one 25 years out. I told her it was for over 40’s. So she asked me to guess her age. My first thought was 55 so I said 42. She was actually 52. Someone else caught her eye so she buggered off.
I hugged my coke for a bit longer then moved off of my stool and picked up my stick. I walked over to a couple of people that were standing next to each other having come in together. I said to one of them “Hi”, they smiled and walked away. Fair enough. I stood there a few minutes, looking around and this woman was looking at me. So I gave it a few seconds as I looked away, and when I looked back, she was still looking at me. I went over and said “Hello ..” she smiled, and moved off. Oh. I finished my coke and went back to the bar and asked what they had that was alcohol free. Just coke, J²O, lemonade, ginger beer. So I went for another coke. I stood there nursing that for a little while and there was another woman that I espied. So I went over there to talk and she grabbed her friend as I opened my mouth and she said “let’s go out for a cigarette” and shot out the door.
I went out to check the bus times, and the two women who were just outside, moved elsewhere. So I noted the bus times and went back inside. I saw a woman holding two glasses. I thought “humour”. So I said to her “I suppose that saves going up to the bar too often” nodding at the drinks. She looked at me as if I was mad, then IYF came over .. staggered more like and tried to pat the side of my face but I backed off and she slurred “He’s a nice boy” and glasses girl handed her glass over to her friend and said “come on, we’re leaving”
At that point, I felt 4 rejections in one night was enough, so I left. I think I would have been better if I had stayed at home and blogged. That’s nearly £40 I spent for the night. I very much doubt I will go to another one. My time isn’t yet. May be that I am to remain single. I suppose there’s nothing I can about that. Not sure how many of have read this far down, f you have, good on you and thank you for reading my mistake.
Katy Perry’s lyrics are:
You don’t have to feel like a waste of space
You’re original, cannot be replaced
If you only knew what the future holds
After a hurricane comes a rainbow
But it’s not easy when you go out and 75% of the people you speak to reject you almost instantly. Maybe it’s because I use a stick, maybe it’s because I am not brave. Maybe it’s the way I look.
Being on here, I am more confident. Speaking to someone in person, is completely different. Someone I was speaking to when I got back told me to look at it as to have weeded some out. I should, but can’t help but feel disgruntled. Hurt. A wasted effort. I won’t be going to the next one.
A Mixed Bag 