The Married Man

As I mentioned last week there is a married man currently hitting on me. The first time it happened I brushed it off because he was drunk at the time and I thought fine, whatever. After the initial incidence I talked to a mutual friend about she said “yeah he is like that. He likes to flirt with everyone. I am sure it was nothing.” At the time I said fair enough, I can chalk it up to being an innocent flirtation that I miss read, but I had this feeling that in fact he was kind of serious about the whole thing. I don’t know exactly how to describe it but I can tell the difference between a man who (or is willing to) cheats on his partner and one who is just a flirt – probably lots of people can – within 5 minutes of chatting with him. It is kinda spooky, but really helpful because I can very quickly move away from the letches before they hit me with an indecent proposal … but back to the story …

On Wednesday it was confirmed for me (by the afore mentioned friend) that the married man does indeed fool around, especially when he is working out of town. She then apologized for not believing me when I said he was trying to get me to go home with him the week before describing herself as an innocent who still likes to see the world with Rainbows and Butterflies – which was really amusing because she said it in a high pitched four year old voice.

Since discovering my instincts were right on the money I have done my best to steer clear of him outside of large groups of people. This morning I was dropping some things off in someone’ mailbox and I heard my name called and I turned around without thinking and there he was. I was cornered. “What can I do for you sir?” I asked – hoping he actually had a work related question. “Nothing” he replied, “I just wanted to say hello and good morning.” Then he proceeded to give me a hug and kiss me repeatedly on the neck. As quickly and politely as I could I extracted myself from his grip and went back to work. I think I actually shuttered a little as I walked away. As I said to GB in an email about the encounter, there is no emoticon to express what I am feeling right now.

Luckily Mr. Married Man is only around here for a few more weeks but I think I am going to have to reach into my bag o tricks and pull out a date for one of the upcoming events I know he will be at to get him off my back (or my neck as the case may be).

Tonight, beer and pizza then off to hit on a cute, straight and single bartender I met last week. Wish me luck.

In other news ... HAPPY BIRTHDAY OQB! I am sure you will party like you are twenty ;)

The Single Girl

Ps. Roomie sent me this link last week and I think it is really cool. Enjoy!