The Lunch Date...

I swear I hate dating. I just had a horrible lunch date with a guy. An old co-worker set me up on this blind date that I wanted no part of. But, dating is like the lottery-If you don't play, you can't win. So I went. Sigh. Whatever happened to manners and decorum? I knew this lunch date was going south when the man belched right in front of me. We went to a local establishment close to my office. First of all, we were in no hurry. I guess maybe he was when he proceeded to inhale his lunch in, and I am not kidding, less than 1 minute. I sat stunned. Stunned that someonecould actually do that. My first reaction was OMG it is like that 90 lb Asian woman who wins all those eating contests. He should apply!Seriously, he finished before I even started. I ate 1/2 my sandwich then he asked "gonna finish that?" I had planned on it but I was still grossed out so I let him have the rest--20 seconds it took him to finish. Isecretly timed him. After he finished, all he could do was talk about how much money he was making and that he just bought a new Benz. So effenwhat! I could go into further detail but I won't. At the end he asked if I wanted to do this again. This is when I called him out on his rudebehavior. I explained to him that he never let me say one word, that he was so obviously insecure that all he could do was talk about himself. Not to mention the belching in front of me at the table! Should I give him another chance? I know that first impressions are very importanthowever, I have come to learn that people sometimes have bad days or are not into the moment. Second chances are important as well. This is ahandsome guy. He said that he was smart. I was thinking more like smart as*. I too can be a smart as* and am relatively very good at it but I rarely show my colors-especially when I first meet someone. I wasn't in the mood for this today...maybe he wasn't either. He seemed really shocked that I called him out. He apologized and explained that he was nervous as he hadn't been out with someone in a long time. So we set another lunch date for later in the week. Maybe he will bring along that Asian woman!