It was only a matter of time

A few may recall the post I wrote a while back about "and then there were 6, 5, 4". I figured attrition would rapidly take over and the guys would sort of realize I'm all about the friendships right now. Afterall, men, like women, are human (yeah yeah yeah, it's true, they are human!). And we as humans tend to get intrigued by a bit of coyness and put off by too much of it.

But I learned a new lesson also. The old lesson first, then the new lesson:

1. While trying to avoid dating and just be friends, guys may become very interested in you. The old addage of wanting what you can't have seemed to be incredibly powerful.

2. How to get guys to leave you alone? Mention you, as a single person, have a hope and dream of bringing a child into your life.

Picture the scene, nice quiet fun times hanging out and just being friends (on your end, but interest on their end) and then, all of a sudden the scene transitions to right out of the Bates Motel in Psycho. The sounds in the background feigning doom and gloom, the shower scene, the knife being lifted over and over.

Yeah, apparently, as you spread your pending, God I hope it (the adoption) all works out, joy, they are peeing in their pants, while their body literally gets sucked from the outside, through the air, into their eye sockets, swallowed up like a black hole into the abyss of their head... as they exit stage left.

I'm not lying. Really. I swear, I saw it happen. Really. And in the background I heard the sound of a big truck backing up, beeeeep, beeeeep, beeeeep.

I saw it last night over dinner with a friend. Thank goodness he imploded instead of exploding, would have been hard to enjoy the awesome food if that had happened.

Sure, he was insterested in hearing all about the adoption, but quite frankly I got the distinct impression that his interest in me had suddenly changed.

Wow. Seriously? That's all it takes to make the number dwindle down?

Hmmm, will have to keep this in mind in the future. (okay, maybe there was no imploding or truck back up sound, but it's possible)

(the change in attitude, I'm really okay with that, with anyone. Afterall, Magpie if I'm fortunate enough, will be a very important part of my life and anyone who is put off by that just won't fit into the picture for anything more than a friendship. I do however need to proceed cautiously and wear a big raincoat/shield just in case they explode instead of imploding.

Note to self, bring garbage bag along for meals.)