On Saturday, I had a second date with this Lawyer. I think it was the quickest date that I have ever had. It lasted about ten minutes. When I arrived, he had bought the movie tickets. We sit at our seats and await “Burn After Reading.” The entire day I had been running to this and that place, so I had barely drank a drop of liquid. I turn to him, “Are you thirsty?”

“No, I will get something after the movie.”

I tried to not get upset, but I couldn’t help it because this man was 40, so he should know a little bit better. Do I have to spell out what I am trying to ask for? I waited a few minutes to see if he would grasp that I was thirsty and get me a drink. Nope, nothing doing.

Finally, I turn to him, “Can you give me a ticket stub, so I can buy myself a drink?”

He reaches in his left pocket and hands me the ticket stub without a word. I grab it and walk out of the theater.

At first, I planned on getting myself a drink, but I kept on walking until I had reached my car. He calls me a few minutes later.

“Hey, ummmm….lose my number,” I say.

“Why?”

“I can’t believe that a 40-year old man did not understand that I was thirsty.”

“I was going to get you a drink after the movie.”

I thought about this response for awhile, and then I answered, “I was thirsty at that point, and you didn’t get the hint? Goodbye, don’t contact me again.”

It felt good and liberating. Oh well, back to the dating pool.

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