Sunday and Monday, The Construction Worker
This story has 4 parts. Comment on any or all parts.
Part 1
Sunday afternoon, I was sitting in Tim Hortons, eating chili with my bestie Shelly, which is our Sunday ritual. I get cryptic texts from the Construction Worker which I am eventually able to decipher to ask if I can meet up with him. Before saying yes, I ask Shelly how I look. She tells me I look great.
Ladies, this is NOT the time to lie. When there is a man on the way to see a friend, you do not tell that friend she looks ok, when in reality, it’s obvious that she didn’t wash her hair and the way she rolled up her pants to be able to wear her comfy shoes makes her look like a nerd who gets dressed by her mother.
Shelly, we can no longer be friends…after tonight. Are you driving? Can I get a ride home?
Part 2
CW drove from all the way across town, to spend 20 minutes with me before his soccer game on Sunday. He’s winning me over.
Part 3
Monday, a holiday in Canada, I was enjoying the commercial free, 8 hour The Office marathon on TV, and I get a text from CW asking what I am doing. I tell him. He asks if he can join.
A mild panic attack ensues.
Gentlemen, we’re not good at being ready on the spot. A lot of prep work goes into entertaining a man, you have high expectations of us. Depending on how much we like you, planning could start as much as a week in advance. Please, do not spring a “can I come over” on us without 24 notice. And 2 in as many days? Uh uh.
But since I had nothing else going on for the entire day, I said ok. Then I frantically began picking up a weekend’s worth of clothes strewn across the room, trying to decide if I should pick up the dirty ones first or put away the ones I just washed the day before.
Then came the Thunder From Down Under calendar. Last year, a friend of mine and I really bonded while we were in Vegas and for my birthday, she bought me the calendar as a reminder of the good times had. 10 months into the year, I can tell you that I rarely think of her when I look at it, but I thought, momentarily, if CW is coming over, should I take it down? What does it say to a guy when there is a calendar of half naked, deliciously attractive men hanging outside the bathroom wall? Does it show that I am a strong woman, independent and manizing? Or does it show that I am immature? Would it make a man feel belittled if he saw it?
Part 4
Apparently it was a joke, and CW wasn’t planning on coming over. I still don’t get the joke.
October 14th, 2009 at 9:30 am
That CW…..such a joker!! I’m beginning to warm up to the guy. Not only did he get you to clean up your apartment….but also question your “Thunder From Down Under”. ;o)
This man is a keeper!!!
BTW, I felt a little sad after Part 1. You told me to read your blog and I felt b!tchslapped. It was like IN YOUR FACE!!! I mean it’s one thing when a guy dumps you and says, I think we should be friends. But when a friend calls it quits but specifies…..after tonight…cause I need a ride home. I think that’s an all-time Shelly low.
Thanks Fit Darcie!! Well, if I don’t end up giving you that ride, you know it’s cause I’m passed out on my couch with an empty container of ice cream, watching re-runs of Nip Tuck!! ;o)
October 14th, 2009 at 9:44 am
i didn’t know you were into Nip Tuck. Greatest show ever. Maybe we can remain friends after all.
October 14th, 2009 at 9:50 am
Maybe he thought you were joking about the 8 hour office marathon.
October 14th, 2009 at 9:53 am
It was possibly the best way I’ve spent 8 consecutive hours in a long time. I actually didn’t eat because there were no commercial breaks.
October 14th, 2009 at 9:55 am
“What does it say to a guy when there is a calendar of half naked, deliciously attractive men hanging outside the bathroom wall?”
As long as it isn’t signed by every guy on the calendar, I think it isn’t too bad.
“Does it show that I am a strong woman, independent and manizing?”
Huh, manizing. new word for the day!
“Or does it show that I am immature? Would it make a man feel belittled if he saw it?”
Belittled, no. I think if anything, he might get a laugh out of it.
Whoops, almost forgot. Great blog post Darcie!!
October 14th, 2009 at 10:08 am
I didn’t even think of getting their autographs. I should go down to Vegas to get them.
“Belittled, no. I think if anything, he might get a laugh out of it.”- I don;t think CW has a great sense of humour. His jokes aren’t funny. He’d probably be mortified if he found this blog.
October 14th, 2009 at 10:08 am
And thanks!
October 14th, 2009 at 11:32 am
lol. I love springing the “I’m coming over” bit last minute :)
October 14th, 2009 at 11:37 am
It’s not funny. It’s not funny to say it and then say you are just joking. Men have a messed up sense of humour.
October 14th, 2009 at 12:34 pm
please move on to the next moron
hopefully you dont find them at the gym
im noticing a pattern of douchebagery emerging
i hope you were’nt to upset over his idiocy
and for the record
he wasnt joking
one of his “friends” of the feminine nature called
her house was probably closer than yours
hes not worth it
youre hot
move on
October 14th, 2009 at 12:36 pm
I love how Desire HATES this guy.
October 14th, 2009 at 1:04 pm
Don’t tell me you took down the calendar….That should be a reminder to all men if he were to see if that they should look like that and only make them jealous. Just like guys do to us girls by having half naked ladies with beautiful bodies all over their room. They don’t make an effort to take those down, instead they just make every girl who walks into their room self conscious.
October 14th, 2009 at 1:18 pm
I will not take the calendar down for another 2.5 months. December will be the best month yet. It’s Donovan’s month…you remember him…http://www.fitdarcie.com/its-been-so-long/
Thank you for saying that. That’s exactly how I feel about the calendar. Why can’t real men look like that? We’re expected to look like super models, why can’t men?
October 14th, 2009 at 1:45 pm
“We’re expected to look like super models, why can’t men?”
Because we are expected to bring home the big bucks, dear.
October 14th, 2009 at 1:52 pm
Ooooooo. Thems fightin words.
When I marry a rich guy, he can pay for me to look good. I’ve yet to meet a man worthy of a shot at the title who has money.
October 14th, 2009 at 11:48 pm
Perhaps I should clarify myself.
When I say it, I mean it. It’s a suggestion on my part and a choice for her if she allows me to hang out with her - but I go about it in a playful manner and don’t force the issue if she is not feeling it. Simple as that.
October 15th, 2009 at 3:23 am
I’m still stuck at the part 3 - it was a ‘joke’? But thats just not funny…. :s
October 15th, 2009 at 8:29 am
@Will (GREAT site by the way) It’s just prep time. We need prep time.
@Doll I’ve run the scenario past all my friends. None of them get the joke either. He’s good looking, so I let it slide.
October 15th, 2009 at 11:09 am
Sounds like a jerk. Not even remotely funny. Sounds like the beginning of a manipulative relationship or at the least, a dude with no sense of humor or sense of reality.
October 15th, 2009 at 12:30 pm
You and Desire seem to think alike.