FML - post 9

apparently, b/c i am a 29y/o grad-student, don't care how much $ i make, am interested in enjoying life as much as possible, spending time w/ friends, and making time for hobbies and believe that since everyone who knows me will be dead w/in 2 generations i, like most people, will not be remembered beyond that - my life is sad and pathetic... (wait for it) according to a 22y/o waitress. FML

i'll try to set this up as best i can. as is custom on monday nights - i go to an irish pub w/ friends following our weekly meeting. tonight, there was one lone girl sitting at the bar. lots of tattoos, dark black hair, kinda cute(ish) in the gothy way that i like. we're sitting around and i tell my buddies jokingly: "my night's not complete until i get shot down.... be back...."

so i walk over, pull out the seat next to her and say "mind if i join and keep you company until your friends arrive?" she smiled, said sure and that she didn't have any friends coming - just her. so we started to chat. it was way more forced and awkward than any other one of these i've tried to pull off in the past few months.

she obviously was drinking, couldn't believe that i didn't like seafood or beer, and started berating me as sad and pathetic (as desrcibed above)

rewinding - after i sit and we're talking, she asks me if i'm getting her next drink - i said sure... after she gets the drink and we're chatting, she informs me she's "dating that guy right there" who i assume was one of the bar employees. it went straight downhill from there....

she started talking about how she's into suspensions (hooks through the skin and hanging from things) and the downward spiral continued.

finally - i whipped out the "well, i've been out of town the past few weeks and AM here with my friends, so i'm going to spend some time with them...."

FML.... my self-esteem certainly took a bit of a hit tonight...