I can thank match.com for introducing me to this unusual man. We emailed for a couple days and he suggested we meet for a drink. I knew he had a grown daughter and he said he owned a Mexican restaurant. Everyone knows how I LOVE some Mexican food, so that was a major plus. He was 32 and the daughter was 20. She was his biological niece and his sister had died when the girl was 10 so he adopted her. That was a reasonable explanation for having a grown child at the age of 32, even somewhat commendable. We met for a drink and he was decent looking. However, he brought friends along and they were a strange mix of people. There was a nice black guy, a white guy dressed like a thug, and a 22 year old girl with pink hair. They were having quite a few drinks and shots. I was not impressed. I was able to talk to my date a little when the rest were dancing. The more he drank, the more he discussed his life in reality and not what he had implied previously. He also showed me pictures of his "grandbaby" and she called him Papa. I don't even have my own children yet! It was way too weird for me. Then I asked him about his restaurant and it turns out he did NOT own a Mexican restaurant. He was a manager for a taco trailer where construction workers get lunch on the job site. He also was proud to mention he was "on salary now." Whoo Hoo. This night went from bad to worse when his friends except for the pink-haired girl left him. They lived in a town 45 minutes away and had no ride home. Lucky me, I was sober and could drive... So I drove them home. Then I had to drive another hour back to my town. I got a message from him a few days later asking if I'd had a good time. Umm, what do you think buddy??? I replied that we didn't seem to have much in common. I don't care if this all makes me sound like an elitist. I am not going out with a 32 year old man who constantly talks about his grandbaby and runs a taco shack! So the search continues...
For those of you who aren't familiar, the is an example of a taco trailer.
I wouldn't have driven him, her or them anywhere. It's tacky.
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