OMG . I saw your tweet and laughed wasn’t shocked and I laughed at what I thought was going to be a “true confessions” post and “is this a new norm in meeting men?”
I was excited to hear if my unusual recent four experiences of the same thing were acceptable which I do not think so but what can you do?

Oh pretty.?

You see I had not just one or two experiences I THOUGHT you were
referring to but 4 and 2 In the past year.

I date I thought respectable, well recommended men and one was like my cousin since I have always called his dad my uncle and we grew up always seeing each other. So ok to date but never thought my dad’s best friend ( he still has 5 couples, minus two wives (RIP mum and Aunt Fran) that he met in high school. So these people were more family than real cousins.

This guy – one of several boys and one sister I adored really wasn’t a friend our whole lives but we saw each other on FB and after 2 years of emailed he asked me out. First date he whips IT out!

I thought it was nice but awkward. We dated 4-5 months and I truly was crushed when he was not honest.

Then my good friend – a musician also – showed
Me his and it happened in Buda Pest when by chance my friend and I met Two Army pilots whose plane’s windshield cracked over Vienna en route to fly the head of Justice Dept security into Iraq.

We first met 2 nights before Christmas at Buda Pest four Seasons. Hungarian if you didn’t know is harder than Chinese. So Marcie and I liked to have our early evening cocktails or Absinthe in BP where it wasn’t so hard to communicate.

That night ended with us gals fairly over served – we were on holiday – so the first night meeting the pilots was nice. One was from Chicago like me.

Next night after our lovely Christmas Eve Traditional Hungarian dinner complete with dancers we walked across the Chain Bridge which appears to flow into the building where the Four Seasons was-and around the corner from our quaint hotel.

My friend convinced me to return to the hotel and we saw one of the army pilots and the Dir of Security in Iraq.

Odd that US Army put the guys up at such a pricy hotel but it was quickly evident the two men and us ladies were a foursome at a corner table.

This was the funniest evening in Hungary but the pilot not from Chicago turned our to be so funny then the guys wanted to share their unexpected Gifts from a dinner at the US ambassadors home – word quickly spread 3 American service and Justice dept. Men were unexpecidily Stuck in BudaPest for Christmas Eve.

What does my pilot do as I step out of the ladies room in his room but “whip it out”.

I understand AN’s predicament as he’d just arrived I month prior and well 11 months is a loooong time. But still these three decent men just wanted to show me their stuff. Well one only had that intention.

So when I read your title I had a fond memory of my Christmas adventure which had a lovely, serendipitous start in Hungary.
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Then it will be true love at last? isn’t dating fun(ny)