The One that Was Not Meant to Be

So, due to some scheduling conflicts and increased school workload this week, I ended up not having any additional dates.  I should have at least two new stories for you next week, however, while recounting the following story to a friend today I realized that while I didn't go out this week I still had the material for a pretty humorous blog post to hold you guys over.

So, this weekend, I received a message on one of my sites from a guy very eager to take me out.  His message stated that he loved my profile and thought we had a lot of things in common.  And then he listed all of them.  As is usually the case, it wasn't so much that he had made a list, but there were some items he included on the list that you usually don't bring up on a first date--let alone the first written communication with a stranger.  In response to my desire to work in adoption, he mentioned he was adopted (okay...relatively benign), he said he liked that I used the the phrase "we'll go from there" because he uses that phrase all the time (um...doesn't everybody use that phrase?), and then he mentioned he agreed with one of my favorite movie choices and planned on singing one of the lullabies from that movie to his children someday (what?!?!?).  I'm sorry, I draw the line at hypothetical future children.  I can't imagine his reaction if I told him my hypothetical future children are adopted.  At the end of the message, he did ask me out, so I had to oblige.  Plus, he was really harmless, just a bit overeager is all.  So, I send him a message back saying I'd love to meet up for drinks sometime, blah, blah, blah.  He sends a response saying meeting for drinks would be great and then says he has a few questions about the date.  Another list....this one had numbers!  And all he was asking were logistics--when, where, are we meeting there--but they apparently needed numbers.  So, I sent a reply back with a place and time and everything and everything was set up.  I even got a reply from him saying he was excited and everything.  The next morning I woke up and saw another message from him in my inbox.  The message stated that he hated to have to do this, but after looking over my profile again, he decided that we may not be as compatible as he initially thought.  I laughed for about 5 minutes straight!!  Mind you--this happened over the course of about 48 hours.  I also went back to my profile to try to figure out what it could possibly have been that scared this guy away.  So, while my week was date-free, I was glad to have an entertaining story to share anyway.  Next week, I have a couple of dates set up who are not claiming incompatibility.