No can do…!
I have been asked out (or similar) so many times in the last week that I am starting to dread my phone ringing, and I’m not even checking meetup.com.
Why did this sudden spate of interest have to happen now, why not two years ago, or in six months’ time? Obviously somewhere inside, I am flattered, but to be honest I’m just annoyed. Most of these offers are coming from attractive individuals - extremely so, in one case! Well, that wasn’t so much an offer as:
Me: Don’t you dare ask me out!
Him: Oh.
But you get my drift. Offers of dates from attractive people, that I am being forced to turn down. Annoying, but definitely for the best.
And one offer that wasn’t a date. One that was an offer of a lovely new lifestyle, in a beautiful place, doing beautiful things. Something to consider when I get back from Italy. Taking this opportunity would involve challenging prejudice on several fronts (mainly on his side, which makes it doubly wonderful that he has asked me) and I need to be sure that it’s worth it.
