The Island of Misfit BOYS

Went to a really bad singles mixer on Friday night. All I could think was “WTF? Am I at a gay event??” For once the men far out numbered the woman and yet 75% of them hung out with, and talked to their own kind. ‘Scuse me, did you not come here to meet women?? There were groups of 2, 3, 4 men all talking to each other. I stood at the bar for almost an hour before being approached. One might make an argument that I could’ve approached these men. Perhaps. Yet, I had a sense that would have scattered them like flies, only to land amongst another group of single mix-phobic men. And it’s not as though I was clustered w/ other women applying lipstick and staring into a mirror. I used open body language and made eye contact and smiled at several of them. Ugh, it was excruciating. The two men that did approach were alright. No, I take that back - one was alright, nice, a gentleman, all 4’11” of him. The other one was an attorney, nuff said (and seriously waaaaaay too much ego for patent law). For a smart guy, he made a huge leap from the A&E dot to the Realtor dot and had decided that I knew enough about architecture and the housing market to advise him on his house that he’s going to build somewhere in Virginia (although I'm in the A&E industry, I’m not an architect; nor am I a realtor).

Then there was the guy sitting in the corner of the bar that, if I were to interpret his body language alone, I’d swear was a junkie! He kept rolling his head and scratching himself (everywhere but there!), and looking around the room suspiciously. At one point I looked over and he had his pant leg up around his knee and he was tearing up his calf. I had to stifle a laugh. Heroin or psoriasis? I mean, come on, what woman can resist that?

This was sponsored by the same group that did the speed dating sessions I went to. I had much higher expectations for this event based on those. I keep thinking about the woman that works w/ MOD who gave this group such high marks. MOD says she’s an attractive woman, smart, self-assured. How she found a catch in this group is beyond me.