Meeting your match! by KayySays

The year was 2018. I was entering my 4th year of singlehood and was at the point that I was desperate to try anything to start dating again. Well not anything, because I’m scary by nature 🤷🏾‍♀️. Anyway, so I make a tinder account and boom the swiping begins. I’m trying my best to be optimistic that I will find my future something on here. So here I am swiping and matching, start talking to some guys and finding some to have potential and most seem to be verifying why they are single in the first place📷. So me and this one guy really hit it off. We’ll call him Mr. Scrap (I swear he look just like scrappy with the new teeth). Dude is hella cute, has a decent job, comes from a good family, has his own place, no kids and no pets. So of course I’m already in love and ready for him to propose (mind you we haven’t even officially met). So we basically start talking everyday for a couple of weeks and now it’s time to go on our first date. Whew I’m super nervous now !!!!! Not even about him being like a killer or a catfish, but more so in my own head like I hope he likes me and thinks I’m as poppin in real life as I am on the app. So after a long day of teaching America’s best high school students (please reread that with sarcasm if you didn’t initially) I go home, take a baby nap, and then start the transformation process from work hobo to single baddie. 2 hrs later the process is complete and homie is ready too. So we meet at a local eatery (naw you can’t know where I stay yet) and before we go to eat we go to his car to heighten our senses with our version of herbal essence 📷. So now it’s on and I’m starving !!!!! Go into the restaurant and he’s a complete......... Gentleman. So I’m impressed so far. Convo is flowing, I’m laughing at all his lil jokes and we got a whole vibe going. When the food comes he prays over the table and all, so at this point I’m like is it too soon to give up the panties cuz he on track for the kitty show (it was the herb because in real life I don’t know this man *keke voice*). So we finish our meals and the check comes........... Chile when I tell you fool start looking crazy like he was unsure why it was in front of him, and my whole demeanor changes like I know he is not about to try it!!!!!!! So after about a minute he burst out laughing and begins to tell me he was acting this way to see what I would do, basically testing me. Little does he know i was about to fail cuz I had my keys pulled out and was 2 seconds from walking clean out of there. So he pays the bill and generously tips our server and now we leave. Me still in a lil shock like I know he wasn’t about to play me like that. So he walks me to the car and we hug goodnight and as I’m about to turn and leave he says he’s not ready for this date to be over so can we go for ice cream or a drink downtown. Me being me, I was down. So drinks here we come (don’t judge my pick cuz I got sensitive teeth 📷). So he drives. We get downtown go to a lil lounge and we start getting drinks. We’re having a good time sitting and talking and carrying on. So then he excuses himself to the restroom. So I’m alone at the bar maybe 30 seconds before a Jerome look alike from Martin brings his ass to where I’m sitting and proceeds to put his Mack down. I politely thank him for the unwanted compliments and inform him my date his in restroom and he should probably leave now. He doesn’t move. I can now see Mr. Scrap walking back from the restroom and making a face like wtf going on. I’m silent 📷. Mr. Scrap takes his seat and ask me is everything good all while staring at Jerome. I nod my head yes and Jerome proceeds to tell him he just wanted to keep me company so that nobody comes and bothers me, I immediately start laughing, cuz he is bothering at this very minute. So he finally leaves and me and Mr. Scrap continue our lil drink date. Like an hour goes by and I’m tired af at this point and is ready to go. He can tell by the yawning. So he pays the bill and we’re off back to my car. When we pull into the parking lot I notice it’s basically empty except for a car parked one space over. Mr Scrap faces sees the car too and his face immediately appears like he sees a ghost 📷. I asked him if he was good, he stutters out a yeah and pulls on the other side of my car. I sit for a second trying to see what the vibe is now, he is looking at the parked car and start getting shifty in his seat. Next thing I know a woman gets out of the parked car and goes up to his window and starts to bang and yell. I’m like what is going on ! He starts to explain how he’s engaged (or was) but don’t wanna be with her and she is stalking him and she crazy and all !!!!! I am in shock for the second time tonight and damn near speechless. So I proceed to open my door and ............. (stay tuned for part 2) Author @KayySays