The Return of Mr. Vice-President

I come home on Friday and see an unrecognizable number on my caller ID. Of course, given the many times that strange numbers equaled Karate Man's girlfriends appearing out of the woodwork to call me, I was a bit hesitant to listen to the message. As it turns out, the phone call was from a blast from the past. Mr. Vice-President (read "My Dating Adventures") had called to see how I was doing.

Why Mr. Vice-President decided to call me after 6 years deserves some explanation. You see, this all started during my adventure at summer camp. I had not been in my cabin 5 minutes when I realized how strange the world is. First, my fellow cabin counselor informed me she was going on a cruise and it turned out to be the exact cruise Tootsie and I are booked on. Weirdness. Second, when she informed me she worked at a particular bank I told her that I had dated someone from there a long time ago. She knew this person, and in fact, had worked on numerous projects with him. Again, weirdness!

So, after more than 6 years, he decides to try to reconnect with me. I first tried to remember what our dates were like in the past. Hell, 6 years ago I was an entirely different person - part heart broken, part bitter, part naive, part bitch! Wait a minute.....I think I am describing myself currently! We met through "Wonderful Expectations" (read "Dating Services - Beware!) and what amused me about his profile was the type of car he drove. Now don't start thinking I am the typical Dallas chick that only dates a man if he drives an expensive foreign car. In fact, what caught my attention was the effort he put into NOT buying the typical Dallas man car. Instead, he bought a Cadillac. And if that isn't bad enough......a plum colored Cadillac! I couldn't begin to imagine what such a car actually looked liked so I had to check it out.

Our dates were always amusing. First, there was the time he invited me over to his house to have dinner on the very day he had Lasik performed on both eyes. I show up and am greeted by a man wearing two eye patches that cannot be removed until he goes to sleep. Obviously, there was no cooking and watching a movie that night! Another date (it must have been our second or third) consisted of meeting his extended family which I thought was a bit premature. Of course the whole corner office event was during this time as well. I think the last straw came when there was a Christening he invited me to which the entire immediate family was going to attend.....WAY to premature. I don't know how our relationship ended exactly, but I seem to recall saying something about the price it cost me to reach him via the tollway and my inability to afford it (or more accurately, my unwillingness to pay it!). Gosh, I was evil back then!

Nevertheless, I called him back this afternoon. What can I say. I guess I was bored. At a minimum, we could catch up and laugh about the old times. I mean, I was just a 1st year medical student back then and now I am a full-fledged physician. He was a good guy - just a little goofy when it came to dating. The story ends here because of course he didn't answer. But, I promise to update this story when we talk. If he stumbles upon this blog before then though, I doubt there will be a return phone call!