You are shady and you are also a jerk

My first dating disaster in Austin, enjoy.

A special assist goes out to Ethan on this one. I'm not blaming him mind you. This one is all me, but his comments towards me and this "relationship" help propel this thing towards disaster.

Name: Ahhh lets call her Sandy(with an I and a heart over the I)

City: Austin

Age: 24

Now this is a girl that I was dating for a couple months, so a bit of history is needed for people not in the know. Here is a list of important information in chronological order.

- I met this girl

- She is a "dancer"(I immediately thought of stripper when I put dancer in quotes. She is not a stripper for clarification)

- We had fun together

- It was casual(her words. Which I was more than happy with.)

- I went to Vancouver for the Olympics

- I didn't tell my friends I was dating someone.

- I came home(home being California) recently for a few days.

- I told friends I was dating someone.

- All hell broke loose with the news.

- 100 questions ensued.

- I told more friends(including Ethan) I was dating someone.

- Ethan called me shady

Something you should know about Ethan. Ethan has deemed a certain group of his friends as shady. Mainly it's the small Pirate group of friends he has. Although I don't consider myself of the Pirate collection he has deemed me as shady as well. Now shady to Ethan is basically any information you withhold from him. Go on a date and not tell him? Shady. Have dinner with your parents and not tell him? Shady. Have something other than your normal two scoops or raisin bran in the morning? Shady. Get the picture?

I continue to explain to Ethan, his wife and anyone else that will listen that it isn't a big deal. It is a very casual relationship. I don't see it going anywhere. Not because I don't like her but because she has made it very clear it's nothing serious. And I've been taking her at her word this whole time. Ohh silly silly Brian.

See I overlooked a very important aspect in this whole situation. I didn't take into consideration the "I'm a girl factor". The I'm a girl factor is simple. What they say and what they actually mean are two entirely different things.

Ok on to the meat of the disaster. So I was back in Austin for a few days before I hit the road with the team to Chicago(which is where I am currently. We also clinched our first playoff birth with yesterdays win. Hooray job I might not have after this season!) Sandy(with an I) wanted to get a drink and catch up.

We met up, hugged it out(she hates the high five) and I proceeded to tell her about the trip. Everything is fine, we don't skip a beat, conversation is solid. We leave and I take her back to my place(hey yoooo! well not really her car is just parked at my complex).

Here is how the rest of the conversation went. All taking place parked in my car. This is all from memory so my guess is most of what I say is going to sound much more logical than it actually was and what she says will be much more emotional and ridiculous.

Her: What about me?

Me: What about you?

Her: What did you say about me?

Me: It's funny you mention you, there was this whole issue with everyone because I haven't been forthcoming with information about us(I go into the shady title that has been bestowed upon me)

Her: You haven't told them about us?

Me: Well I just did, plus you said it's been casual sooooo......(mistake #1)

Her: Well casual or not I expected you to tell your friends about me. I tell my friends about you.

Me: Well I mean who can blame you? I am awesome!(mistake #2. Could have sworn that would lighten the mood)

Her: Why would you go out of your way to not say something to your friends?

Me: I wasn't like a made a conscious effort to not talk about you.(I did) It just never came up.(it did)

Her: So then what is this? What are we? What's the point.....(she basically goes into a DTR)

Me: (in the middle of her tirade mind you) Its casual! wait wait wait(like in Anchorman after the I want to be on you line)

Now I know I screwed up. I know there are a million different responses I could have come up with that might have salvaged the conversation. I just didn't. I try to explain to her that she was the one going out of her way at times to make it known this thing between us wasn't serious.

Her response: I only said those things because that's what I thought you wanted.

My response: Oh come on!!(included is a smirk on my face)

Her response: You know what your friends are right you are shady and you are a jerk!

My response: Heeeeyy now. Wait a minute. They never called me a jerk(I didn't actually say this but it would have been comical.)

So there you have it. First disaster of life in Austin and of 2010. Nice to know a new year and a new city still bring out the same old Brian.