The Car Guy's Roommate

This was from a few weeks ago. I still need to write up about Car Guy, but needless to say, didn't work out. Which is okay.

It's been interesting hanging out with the Car Guy this week. In fact, it's been a lot of fun. But the most interesting part hasn't been him (don't get me wrong, he's amazing), but his roommate (who is ridiculously eccentric). Being privy to conversations between two bachelors in their late twenties to early thirties has afforded me a new outlook on guys trying to date.

The first night I found his roommate extremely funny and eccentric. He told good stories and enjoyed being in the limelight. In fact, he talked up the Car Guy really well and made quite the testimonial about him. We all even managed to laugh over some YouTube videos. The second night I found his roommate slightly intrusive but not for any other reason then the fact that he obviously wanted to hang out with us. We hadn't walked into the house for even ten minutes because he started telling us how he just broke up with his rich girlfriend. The conversation that ensued was him explaining to me that he could no longer be with here because they were spiritually different and see was a leech on his spirituality. However, to quote him, "She was a good fuck, she offered me the world. I could have had anything I wanted. But she we weren't on the same page spiritually." The interesting part of the conversation was his emphasis on words and lengthy explanations as to why it wasn't going to work out. And a small part of me felt happy that I was not the girl who would have been on the receiving end of that conversation that probably took an hour to simply say "This isn't working out." After the conversation the three of us spent about 30 minutes continuing to watch YouTube videos. Yes, my friends, I have started dating the YouTube guy. (But that's another story for another day.) The third night of hanging out with the Car Guy at his place, his roommate was home, but didn't immediately come out of his room. I asked if he was even home knowing that he had gone on a date. (Oh yes, the roommate is also on Match.com.) When he does come out, he's on the phone and it's mostly to turn the music down. Eventually we all start listening to music together and hanging out. Car Guy's Roommate starts talking about the types of girls he likes to date, etc., and the conversation quickly turns vulgar. There is a fine line of conversation that a girl wants to hear. I've been in on a lot of conversations with guys in the past, many of which have been inappropriate but this was the first time I deemed a conversation vulgar. Every other word was tit or boob or the "p" word, which is one of those words that girls just don't like. Upon further reflection and discussion, I started to wonder how this reflected upon the Car Guy. On the one hand, his roommate is one of those kids that will instigate arguments, continuing to do something that is obnoxious, and will intentionally annoy the shit out of you. So I could understand the Car Guy's hesitance about wanting to say anything about him being vulgar. On the other hand, grow some balls, show the girl who's pants you so desparately want to get into some respect, and tell him to shut the fuck up.

The last time I hung out with Car Guy and his roommate, which would turn out to be the very last time Car Guy and I hung out, we all went to dinner. And to exemplify the Car Guy's Roommate's personality, I will share one last anecdote about him. The roommate is an english teacher. We started discussing what books he is having his classes read, etc. And starts naming off sex-type books. Knowing full well that public schools would not allow sex affiliated books into the reading list, I went along with the conversation that ended up being over half an hour. Finally he's like, "I'm just fucking with you." And I just laugh, because, hi, duh. And he's like, "I can't faze you, can I?" And that pretty much sums up the roommate. He's the kid that says the most inappropriate things. He tries to "impress" people with his stories, which, I admit, are quite funny. But mostly, I think he just likes to "faze" people.

More on the Car Guy soon!

xoxo,
Cyn