Lifestyles of the poor and nameless

You know, it's a new year, and I'm not getting any younger, so I must eliminate the loose ends (the people who pop up every so often). Robert, time's up.

I called him yesterday *gasp*. When he answered, he asked if he could call me back. I said yes, and started thinking "guess I won't be hearing from him for another month". SURPRISE! He actually called back about 5 minutes later. I told him that I'm using one of his moves: "reaching out", as he called it on Wednesday. He had a hearty laugh on that one. I told him that after Wednesday's conversation, I realized that I really don't know any more about him than I did on November 7...so what's the deal? He agreed, and seemed like he was getting ready to launch into a convo when his other office line rang. He said that he might as well get off the phone because he was still at work and things would get hectic, but he said "I get out at 8. Why don't I give you a call at 8:30?" Because I couldn't resist, I said: "oh, do you mean 8:30 tonight, or 8:30 like...sometime next month?" *chuckle*. Hey, this is the 3rd time he's done this "I'm gonna call you later tonight" routine...then I don't hear from him for a month or so, and when I do, he never mentions the fact that he's about a month overdue.

Needless to say, he did not call at 8:30. Not that I was sitting by the phone waiting....but I did notice the fact that he hadn't called. Well, things happen. Maybe he was sidetracked. A responsible person in that instance, would call ASAP, or at least within 2-3 days, and acknowledge the fact that they should have called previously. That's what I would do. That's what a person who respects another person's time would do. If, in the early stages, a person isn't doing things like that, you can usually predict the way any future dating/relationship with them is gonna turn out.

So he'll get his 2-3 days grace time. But after that, I'm not going to let him get away for a full month and then call out of the blue. And I'm not going to just ignore the inevitable monthly phone call...cause he'll just call again. I'll tell him that the game was interesting, but really....Robert, please erase my #.