I think I’ve been around long enough to know that when you hear the words, “I think I need some space to get myself together,” those are the words of death. But those are the words that I heard yesterday from the Nu Chick. I really thought this one had some legs…not the girl. The relationship. I really liked her. I was trying to do all of the right things. But, I guess the date night last week that I thought went so well wasn’t as much of a success as I thought it was.

Maybe, I’m guilty of what I accuse other people of all the time. Smothering. Man, I had a girl that did this to me not too long ago. No, Not Hunny 2. But, I have had a girl that has not let me breath before and when you are on the receiving end of this, it is not fun at all. I have seen friends on both ends of this and I always tease them. But now I guess, I am the one guilty of this offense. How come people don’t have some sort of identifiable marks that let you know how much attention they want or need? Some people want lots, some people want medium, some want low amounts of attention. But how in the heck is the other person supposed to know? The other person is thinking either, I’ll play it cool and give a little attention. Especially if you are coming out of a relationship where you gave too much. Of course that is the person that is coming out of a relationship that the person gave “low attention” and she needs “high attention.” Or maybe it’s the other way, they are coming out of a relationship that gave “high attention” and this time they need the attention level to be set on “low.” How the heck are we supposed to know? People need directions like food. We need to know the ingredients, the instructions, and how long you need to cook and how long you need to let simmer. How can we get these instructions out of the other person without it looking like we aren’t smart enough to figure it out on our own? Sure, figuring it out in an organic way would be awesome but when we are not having any luck at all in figuring it out, a little assistance wouldn’t hurt.

But back to Nu Chick…was the trip to Mexico too much too soon? Was date night too much pressure? Maybe it was the hair appointment that I paid for? Or was it the iphone? Ok, I didn’t pay for it… I happened to have a spare iphone laying around. It didn’t seem like a lot when I did these separately. But that’s what I like to do. I like to do stuff for the woman I’m dating. Well, I guess, maybe, it was a bit much, huh? Oh well, dumped again…