Senor Said

Having had decided to go on my Mancation, doesn’t mean I turn down having a social life. I agreed to go to drinks with one of my girlfriends in the valley on a Saturday night. No pressure to be anything but me. Just have a great time and enjoying the company that I keep. Two brothers walked in. Cute but didn’t seem very friendly at first until they were filled in on the Mancation status, well the younger brother more so when I mentioned how much I loved football. He pulled out his phone and looked at the schedule of my home team and requested a time to watch a game together. I looked and said, “That’s in November?” He says, “You’re right, I don’t think I can wait that long to see you again.” I had given him an old business card and said “I usually look like this” or something (bearing my original hair color); Senor then texts me from across the bar.

SS: “If you usually look like that picture, then we must hang out. Otherwise, I’ll still hang out I suppose.”
Me: “Then we’ll wait until football season, yes?”
SS: “I highly disapprove. It should be sooner than then, yes?”

The night got a little foggy at this point in the night (because the bar tuned into happy hour from 11pm until close). We went outside to get some “air” which led him to lean in for a kiss. We were making out in the corner of the bar. If this is what Mancation does for someone? Maybe it’s working in the opposite effect?

When I got home, I texted him to make sure he got home safely (He couldn’t find his car when we left). He says, “Just walked in, had fun tonight. Hope you break your mancation for me.” I had invited him to meet up with all of us the following day and he said he was definitely going to make it. Never. Heard. From. Him. Again!

When I shared this story with one my best friends on the planet, I thought it’d be all very amusing to a married mommy, she had the opposite affect. I guess in re-telling for the blog I forgot all the details of the Senior Said.

I tell her the story:
I have to tell you since I declared I'm on a "Mancation,” Saturday night J invited me out for a drink with her co-workers in the valley which ended up with us closing down the place after we learned they have happy hr from 11pm until close. Her co-workers were great fun. Two brothers from Boston showed up, younger one took a liking to me. Fun, super smart guy who is a writer. I told him I'm on a “Mancation” and he won't let up and asks, "How can I get you off your Mancation so I can take you to dinner Tuesday night" (which I love to hear by the way). I had given him my number so he's texting me from across the table. Flirty fun. We go to the patio and he kisses me and to make out. He says, "I've never felt this way kissing someone. I feel like I could kiss you forever, or for like 10 hours straight. You're an amazing kisser." Blush. We flirty texted a little when I got home because I invited him out to J's birthday yesterday. He was looking for a new apartment but said "that he hoped to come my way after that" and hopes I "break my mancation for him." Never showed up. Never heard from him. I guess we'll see if he calls but otherwise…

I think that if a guy asks you to break your mancation the first day you meet him, that it's a clear sign not to break it for him....How annoying. I don't know how you deal with it all & how you're not completely jaded.

Really you think that's annoying that he wanted me to break my mancation? I thought it was kinda funny.

No, I think it's annoying that he hasn't called you & didn't show for the party after being all cute & wanting you to break your Mancation.

Yeah, well that part is annoying.


Mancation Status: Beach
Fun for a night like making out with the bus boy only happy to wake up in your own bed, alone.