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Friday Fun: Worst Date Stories!

Every week I am going to share some stories (with permission from the teller, of course!) with everyone! Feel free to send me one of your bad date stories to be shared! 

Last week I shared one of my favorite Bad First Dates!  

This week I am sharing one from my friend: DoctorFriend(She prefers not to use her very Unique and easy to find first name)…. 

So I met this guy online and we chatted for about a week. He seemed really nice but then would only communicate by email. It was in 2017…not 1990, but he refused to share his phone number or use a messaging app. I should have seen that as a weird sign but I thought it was nice that he wanted to exchange these long emails. We arrange to meet in person (again no way to contact him but email) and he is 15 minutes late, doesn’t apologize. We proceed to have drinks and he tells me as soon as our drink arrives “I can pay for this but since you are a doctor I expect you pay for the rest of the drinks and if we decide to have dinner.” You can imagine how it went after that. Basically the rest of teh time he kept harping on how much more money I must make than him being a doctor and how he is “totally not bothered by it” though he clearly was. It was very uncomfortable. I paid for 2 rounds of drinks and I was done. He assumed we were going to get dinner when I asked if he was ready to go and I had to politely tell him I couldn’t do dinner. He emailed me the next night this long flowery email that said…and I am not kidding here: “I think you are a wonderful person and I would happily shower your body with kisses and pleasure you but I am not looking for a relationship right now and I don’t think we would be right for each other if I was as I will need a woman who is younger than you. I am happy to meet again to explore our sexual sides, let me know.” This really happened. I’m not kidding.  

 Guys I love her. She has some other really funny ones too that I will probably share but it seems that every guy she meets that isn’t also a doctor (or well paid profession) thinks she is either going to be their sugar mama or are super intimidated! Men!

Three on Thursday!

Another Thursday post of Favorites thanks to Steph @ Not Entirely Perfect
 
 Sometimes I really struggle to come up with these and sometimes I just know! Going to keep it super simple today…
 1. Starbucks Iced Caramel Macchiato w/extra caramel 
 
2. Summer/Warm Weather Rain storms 
 
3. Warm, slightly undercooked chocolate chip cookies  


These make me happy! 
What are three things that make you happy? 


Show Us Your Books: May

Life According to Steph
Its that time again! This is my favorite link up, i love finding new books every month and seeing who is reading what! For April I read 10 books…For some reason it was a slow reading month for me. 
Bringing Up Bébé (****) In keeping with my one non-fiction book a month this was April’s choice n recommendation of a friend. Considering my career I find books like this interesting, especially since I work in a different school environment than the normal public education. I thought the book was great, she does a good job of pointing out what she sees on both sides without ever really saying one side is wrong and one side is right. She is 100% right about the amount of pressure that parents face and “advice” they are given about what is right and wrong for parenting. I also very much enjoyed reading the comments/reviews from butthurt moms though! 
Guys…I was so excited when this ebook was ready from the library I almost pooped myself. Seriously. I read it in less than 24 hours and then I was super pissed at myself because the next book doesn’t come out till September. SEPTEMBER. WTF. I thought it was a good read, leaving you so ready to read the next book! It also is kind of hard to decide which sister you want to become Queen….well..actually only 2 of them.
When I start to read a series I like to request all the books from the library at the same time so I don’t have to wait. I had to wait 3 weeks for Glass Sword after reading the first one so I was pretty sad about that. I zipped through it, loved and I was so ready for Kings Cage…which of course took a week to be available. You know when the next one comes out?? In 2 weeks. Dammit. I enjoyed them both…towards the end of Kings Cage I was like ok..alright…come on now. So I think more than anything I need to read the next one because I need closure. Still recommended though. 
So I saw the First Wife on like everyone’s list recently and then had to wait forever for it. Some people say it was predictable. I don’t think it is. I was surprised. At the beginning I thought I had it and when it ended I was like well shit…didn’t see that coming. So that makes it a good read for me. 
As for “The Other Girl” same thing except I had it completely wrong with who I thought it was. I ended up reading this one because I usually get on a genre kick after reading something I like and I am glad I did. 
Those were my favorites…here are some other notable mentions…
  • The Bone Witch (The Bone With #1) I liked this book enough to request the second book from the library but I wouldn’t say I want to rave about it. I am definitely interested in where it is going and I like the Geisha like lifestyle mixed with Magic. 
  • Resisting Roots I don’t know…this book was fun but also annoying misogynistic. The main male character was overly macho, you can have a player character who isn’t gross.  Also, if some dude I’ve never met calls me gumdrop before using my real name he is going to get attitude.  
  • Love & Gelato I think I maybe should have realized the book was YA early on but I sort of didn’t. It was cute, super cute in fact and worth the read for a kind of fluffy book. 
  • The In Between Girl I didn’t like the ending which is probably why I won’t read the next book. I think the author could have done a better job but that happens. It wasn’t bad so I did finish it but I don’t think I would recommend it.

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