Fast forward to almost exactly one year later. This time it was Laura's dad who was certain he had found the perfect guy for me. Hard working, single dad, cute little girl and Tom was sure he needed a great woman in his life -and that woman had to be me.
I had just gotten over my nightmares from my first blind date, and I really do love Tom and I know he really loves me, so I gave in. He tells me the guy's name and then explains that he has the same first and last name. I will call him Mark Mark. Obviously that is not his real name, but you get the point.
Having learned some lessons from the first blind date, I decided that we could meet at a location that he chose. He chose bowling. I'm a good sport. I suck at all things sports-like, but I have fun playing so it doesn't bother me to do things like that on a first date.
It was pouring down rain that day. I mean a deluge of water. I get to the bowling alley, slosh my way inside, and he's not there, yet. I called Tom. About an hour later, the guy shows up. Why can't people be on time? No, why? However, it was raining so I thought maybe he got hung up in the rain.
He brought his daughter along with him. Once again, that really was okay. I mean, he's a single dad after all. The only problem is that his daughter really didn't want him to date, so she proceeded to tell me that she was the only girl for her daddy and then threw herself on the floor. Oh goodness, I felt so bad for him. Really really bad. He calls his mom, and about 30 minutes later she came to pick his little girl up.
We start bowling and we are talking. He was very nice - I wasn't really feeling anything, but he was very nice. Then he says "I need to be honest about something". Uh oh. First he tells me that he has recently started smoking again. Okay. Then he says, "Well, the biggest thing is that I am really attracted to Filipino women. My daughter's mom was Filipino and I just love those women." Y'all I am completely okay with that. However, I'm about as far from Filipino as you can get with my blue eyes and bleached blond hair. ha!
He told me that even though Tom said I wasn't Filipino, he was hoping I would show up and have some Filipino in me. I said "Are you sure Tom didn't lead you to believe in any way that I was Filipino, because if he did I am so sorry." He says "Nope. He was honest - blond hair, big blue eyes, but I thought I'd see for myself." I smiled and said "I can honestly say that I don't believe I am even a little bit Filipino. We finished up our bowling and called it a day.
To this day, I'm still not Filipino. ha! However, Mae-Beth's Scott is, so I wonder if that would count now since he's going to be my brother-in-law. Probably not. =)
I once again swore off blind dates and once again kept my promise...for two years this time.
