{"id":2346,"date":"2011-07-22T11:24:34","date_gmt":"2011-07-22T18:24:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.heatherbarton.com\/?p=2346"},"modified":"2025-11-02T20:24:01","modified_gmt":"2025-11-03T03:24:01","slug":"speed-meeting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.heatherbarton.com\/?p=2346","title":{"rendered":"Speed Meeting"},"content":{"rendered":"

I finally had one day free last Sunday to do whatever I want.\u00a0\u00a0 And since I’ve opened my profile on my dating site I was getting a list of men who wanted to meet me.\u00a0\u00a0 So I took the opportunity to spend the day to take care of some of them. \ud83d\ude42<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Now, before any of my regular readers get “worried”, Sex God and I are just fine.\u00a0 I recently heard a comedian say that “Men like new women the way women like new shoes.\u00a0 You don’t NEED new shoes.. you have perfectly good shoes at home… but you want NEW shoes.”\u00a0\u00a0 I’m just like a male that way.\u00a0\u00a0 Yes, I’m shoe shopping for someone to play with who is close to me on days when Sex God cannot be with me, which has increased due to his new promotion.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

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Lucky I like to drive!<\/p><\/div>\n

So last Sunday I set up a few meets.\u00a0 <\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Now, usually I don’t meet more than one man a day.\u00a0 Just like I don’t sleep with a man on the same day I meet him.\u00a0 Not to say I won’t meet a man a day! Haha! \u00a0 Or meet him one day and sleep with him the next day, should chemistry and scheduling smile.\u00a0 But this was the first time I tried to meet 5 men in one day.\u00a0 Oh boy.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

I’d, of course, organized it perfectly.\u00a0\u00a0 Meet one for coffee at 10 am, another for lunch at noon, one for drinks at 2pm, one for coffee at 4pm and finish off with a dinner at 6.\u00a0 I figured one hour to chat with each man and one hour of travel time.\u00a0\u00a0 But you know what they say about the best laid plans!\u00a0\u00a0 Oh, yeah.
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So Sunday morning I kissed Sex God goodbye after another wonderful night with my hair still in a towel from the shower.\u00a0 I checked some emails, ate the toast he’d made me & had a coffee.\u00a0 Cuz I dislike the coffee at Starbucks.\u00a0 I figured I’d have hot chocolate or something.\u00a0 Then at 9:30 I get a call from my alarm company saying they can’t get a signal from my alarm & want to reset it. \u00a0\u00a0 Which turns out to mean they want me to set it off so they can set it again.\u00a0 At 9:30 am on a Sunday!?!\u00a0 Are they kidding! \u00a0 I declined.\u00a0 (Lets try it during the week.)<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Right after that Sex God calls to vent a bit and I’m listening while watching the clock.\u00a0 I finally get him off the phone and I realized my hair hasn’t been styled and I should have left 5 minutes ago!\u00a0 Worse, I’ve neglected to get the cell number of this gentleman, something I always try to do before the meet for just this reason.\u00a0 So I shoot off an email saying I’ll be late and praying he has a smart phone!<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Going 90 down the freeway I manage to only be about 15 minutes late.\u00a0 Sadly I cannot see this guy anywhere in Starbucks.\u00a0 I’m waiting just in case for about 10 minutes when I remember… “hey.. I’m in Starbucks.\u00a0 My iTouch will get the internet here!”\u00a0 Takes me another 10 minutes to figure out how to access it and I start trying to exchange emails with this date.\u00a0 We finally meet by 11 am.\u00a0 What a bad start to the day!
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But it turned out ok.. since my noon date canceled that morning.\u00a0 Determined to be productive I even tried to set up a replacement date while waiting for the first guy to show up!\u00a0 It didn’t work so I popped off to Home Depot to buy a lawn mower.\u00a0 Once home I get contacted by my 2 pm date.\u00a0 He didn’t get home from his DJ job until 6am so he’d over-slept.\u00a0 How late can I meet him.\u00a0 I say.. 2:30 ish.\u00a0 So he gives me an address to go to and I miraculously make it on time to the place. <\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

And its closed.\u00a0 Hahaha!\u00a0 I send him a text that I’m just going to find a place to eat and he can meet me there.\u00a0 Seconds later I spot an In & Out.\u00a0 Yum! I was hungry since all I had was a smoothie at Starbucks and toast!\u00a0 I get my burger & sit down with a book to wait.\u00a0 He sends a text saying, “In & Out!\u00a0 No, I’ll meet you at such & such bar in Hollywood.” Cuz he knew I had a 4pm in Hollywood.
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So I finish my food and head out…. and promptly get lost!\u00a0 haha!\u00a0 I FINALLY find the bar by 3:40 & I’m able to postpone my 4pm by 15 minutes.\u00a0 My second date arrives and he’s cute but soooo sleepy.\u00a0 And very, sincerely apologetic.\u00a0 Which was very sweet.\u00a0 \ud83d\ude42 I wanted to spend more time with him, but I wanted to do it elsewhere as there were two guys at the end of the bar which were staring holes in me.
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I met my 4:15 almost on time and was very pleasantly pleased with not only him but his choice of coffee shop.\u00a0 Yes, it was smack in Hollywood & parking was a bitch, but it served organic coffee and breakfast, ALL DAY!\u00a0 I had a banana caramel smoothie.. cuz that burger & the half rum & coke I chased it with was sitting heavy on me.\u00a0 My 4pm had a lovely deep voice but was clearly intensely ADHD.\u00a0 Yet I could follow his fast talk, abrupt changes of topic & jumping interruptions.\u00a0 It was almost energizing! <\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

So, 10 am was nice but I got the feeling he was only marginally into me.\u00a0 2pm was nice but sleepy and could have used a coffee!\u00a0 4pm was fun but would be wonderful after a HUGE bong hit!\u00a0 lol.\u00a0\u00a0 I REALLY wanted to squeeze in a meet with a guy on the way to the 6pm but I was running soooo late that it was impossible.\u00a0 I made the 45 minute drive to my 6pm dinner only 30 minutes late!\u00a0 lol. <\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

And I was stuffed!\u00a0 OMG.\u00a0 So I nibbled a quesadilla and completely charmed the pants off my date.\u00a0 (literally.. if he’d had his way!\u00a0 lol)\u00a0 Which was a perfect end to the evening.\u00a0\u00a0 THAT is exactly what I used to do for every date when I met them for lunch.\u00a0\u00a0 And somehow, in all the running around, I’d managed to miss doing that. <\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

I sent a few texts to see if any favorites wanted to play… but no one was free and honestly I was EXHAUSTED!\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Speed Meeting is incredibly efficient but truly a tricky way to meet men!<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n


\nHmmm… maybe if I space them further apart in time and group them closer together in distance….. \u00a0 hee hee hee. <\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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