It is All About Him

I wrote how recently when I went to the Irish bar with Loren and made a new friend.  I was so excited to meet a local, age appropriate gay male (who kinda looks like Jason Statham).  I knew I was not his type since he hit on Loren but the joke is that he is not Loren's type either as Loren is straight (yes I love how the world works).  But with that out of the way I thought it would still be awesome to have a local friend.  At his request we swapped numbers.  We ended up getting together last night.  I suggested dinner so we could talk and get to know each other and he was excited.  We went for sushi and after two hours we did end up at Irish bar again.  I am not exaggerating at all - not one bit - when I say he did not ask one thing about me.  For the start of a even just a friendship that is dismal.  I do know a lot about him though!  I heard all about growing up gay in the deep south, 5 tours of duty in the army (one resulting in a near fatal explosion of a road side bomb), the inability to have kids, a fake testicle, 3 divorces, working for start ups, riding his bike to work, his matching thistle tattoos with his sister, the house he owns in AL and his mortgage is $400, father lives in GA, mother lives in FL, sister in AL, last ex-wife is an alcoholic with 3 DUIs, he had a DUI also, his dog is part Corgie and Chihuahua, oh god I could go on an on -  like he did.  So needless to say I got home bummed.  If I bump into him while out then great but not really a friend in which I wish to invest much energy.  I am not upset in the slightest.  I am glad I went and it was a positive experience for me.  It did not work out how I wanted but I would find friend sitting in my house.  Ok so let's focus on the brightside and end on a good note.  Here are the good points:  he did not flake and was not late (that is a HUGE plus in CA), we went to my favorite sushi restaurant and he paid (yay! I did try to pay though), at the Irish bar I tried pear cider for the first time and it was YUMMY, they were playing Kirsty MacColl, and I gave it a whirl with an open mind.  It is all good.