6/10/2010: Mr. Relentless

Thursday

Location: Phone

Ok girls, you know when you like a guy and call him a hundred times, thinking your being cute? Well, STOP IT! Even if you are in a relationship, ONE CALL, (maybe TWO at the most) will be sufficient to let him know you are trying to get a hold of him!
I had my first mulit-caller/multi-texter situation today and it was the most annoying thing I have ever been through. I know how you guys feel now, even though I've never been one to call over and over and over and over....

I met Mr. Relentless through the Bartending class I went to back in March. We really didn't have much dialog but he owned his own business and knew a lot of people and we exchanged business cards since he said he may know people who wanted murals painted, (and that's what my side business is). I hadn't heard from him in a couple months so when he contacted me, I was excited since I believed it to be work related...it was not.

He lives like 2.5 hours from me but was going to be about an hour out today, and wanted to get together for lunch. I contemplated the idea only because I know he has a lot of connections and the possibility of it still being work related was not entirely out of the question..until he started calling....and calling...and calling...and calling...and calling. In total I received 28 calls and 18 voicemails from Mr. Relentless!!! Not to mention countless texts!

It started with a call and voicemail. I am not a big phone person (I much prefer texts), but Mr. Relentless left a nice voicemail saying he'd love to get together. The problem with calling back is that Mr. Relentless LOVES to talk on the phone and I once got caught, unable to get off for about an hour. (Perhaps a sign of things to come; or not to come, rather...?)

I did not want a repeat of that since today was my relax and sleep in day! So, I texted him that I MAY be up for meeting later if he was willing to drive, because I was not. He wrote back yes and asked for my addy.  Now, you know by now, no man is getting the address to my place! Trying to think of a place to meet up for lunch, Mr. Relentless started calling over and over. By the 2nd attempt, I was already over it and him! He didn't even give me ten minutes to get back to him. He doesn't know what I was up to. I could have been on an important call or at work or something. He didn't know I was just laying in bed!...It really bothered me and then he kept at it! 28 times to be exact! He filled up my voicemail box!

I replied by turning OFF my phone!

Those that know me even a little know how I cannot live without my phone and what a big deal it has to be for me to turn it off!...Mr. Relentless got me to that point! There is no coming back from something like this either...so girls, next time you think you are being cute by calling a guy over and over...put yourself in their shoes (or mine)!

Lesson learned.