Who's in your corner?

I've been busy (apparently drinking) and never got a chance to mention the date I went on a few weeks ago. Yes, yes... now that I'm single again, I have to date (well, I don't have to but I figured, hey! free lunch) so I threw on a skirt and met him down at the Yaletown Brew Pub for lunch.

Now, who's the one person you DO NOT want to see when you arrive at the restaurant? or better yet, who's the one person you DO NOT want sitting directly behind you in the restaurant.... yup, you got it.. the ex boyfriend. Not the recent ex but noooooo, shiraz (not his name, but the reverse name coined that term and I like it as I like wine so there you go) with his gf, Jen.

It's not that bad as I have a really unhealthy way of staying friends with my ex's. Seriously, I've tried to stop talking to them or cut them out of my life but they keep popping up again and again. If I block them online, they phone. If I don't answer their call, I see them on the street. One actually asked me to please not ignore him when I see him.

However, Shiraz is friends with my friends and is not that easy to escape and besides, I like his gf. Not the kind of I'm going to call you & let's hang out but I'll talk to her at parties etc...

We exchanged a few pleasantries. Turns out they forgot they were supposed to go see our friend's baby later that day & begged to not mention that I saw them there. Sure. So I sat down at my table for what would have been the most uneventful 90 minutes. I shouldn't say that I suppose, I've too many "eventful" dates & just don't realize this is how they are actually supposed to go.

Of course I phoned later that day to get an opinion and the conversation went something like this:

Me: Hey
Shiraz: What's up?
Me: What'd you think?
Shiraz: About?
Me: Him.. the guy i was with.. that wasn't a friend..... it was a date!
Shiraz: I didn't look
Me: you didn't look?
Shiraz: I didn't look
Me: What do you mean you didn't look?
Shiraz: Look at what? ..... I'm a guy.... I don't look.
Me: *gafaw*
Shiraz: K.. I'm getting my hair cut, I gotta go.

A few days later, I see Shiraz online & I needed to ask him about something else and right before he signs off he tells me:

Shiraz: Oh, in case you were wondering, you can do better
Me: I knew Jen looked!
Shiraz: Ya, she asked me after you phoned if that was a date & was hoping for your sake, no.

May be it does pay to have spies in the restaurant after all, even if they are the ex (they do know you after all)