Bad Rug
by an Anonymous Girlposse.com Reader

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These online dating stories provide much fodder, n'est-ce pas? Here's one of mine. We arranged to meet in a hotel bar, and when I laid eyes on him it took every ounce of self-discipline I had not to laugh out loud. He was wearing the absolute worst toupee I have ever seen. I am probably one of the most non-observant people when it comes to recognizing a hairpiece, so believe me when I say that if I noticed it, it had to be really, really bad. I mean it was all but screaming "RUG" in neon lights, it was that obvious. As an added bonus it came equipped with it's own cowlick.

Anyway, we got to chatting over a drink and, despite the anomaly he apparently insisted on wearing on his head, I liked him. So we made plans to go out for dinner the next evening, and he offered to pick me up. I warned him my place was in a "transition period", as I was in the middle of a major paint job. In other words, it was a huge mess. So the next night he comes over, we talk for a bit, and then go to dinner. I noticed a definite change in his attitude towards me, as in he couldn't get away fast enough. He did a total 180 and I didn't know why.

Never a shrinking violet, a couple of days later I called him and asked what the hell happened? His response "Well gee, your place really turned me off....." That pissed me off. "First of all, didn't I warn you? And furthermore, you SOB, do you have any idea how ridiculous you look in that fake hair?"

~April 2004

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