The date from hell!!

OK, I had a date last night. It went horribly! I really feel like I’m ready for a little hiatus from dating! My date was with this guy, Larry, who I used to work with 6 years ago. At that time, we had gone out a few times but I was in a relationship so nothing ever came of it. Then I left my job to go to grad school so nothing ever came of it. Fast forward to 2006, and I run into Larry about a month ago, while I’m going to lunch with another guy. He has emailed me and/or called me on a daily basis. Finally, I agreed to go out with him. We were supposed to go to the movies last Saturday, and then he sent a text message to cancel because an issue came up with his daughter. He cancelled about an hour before we were supposed to meet, which seemed a bit shady. But, he apologized profusely and I decided to give him another chance.

So, tonight we were scheduled to meet up at 5pm. During the day, he mentioned a movie and I said that it’s not the best place to get to know each other so maybe we should go out to eat. Then he suggested eating at Bubba Gump’s, which is located in the heart of the midtown tourist district, which I wasn’t interesting in going to so I suggested another spot in Union Square, called Rosa Mexicano. He agreed with the spot and I thought we were on the same page. Then he called me at 4:50pm to let me know that he got off work and to reconfirm our meeting location. After that he proceeded to call a few more times, to make sure that I had left work and that I knew where to meet him. Of course, I let the phone go to voicemail because I was getting pretty annoyed with his obvious micro-managing of my time! I met up with him at about 5:10pm and we took the train to Union Square. Once we were seated and ordered drinks, he proceeds to tell me that he’s not really hungry because he had a pretty big breakfast and lunch. At this point, I’m looking at him and I’m pretty stupefied because I’m wondering why we’re sitting at a restaurant when he’s not hungry. Of course, I hadn’t really eaten anything so I was hungry but quickly losing my appetite in light of the circumstances. He had mentioned several times that these weren’t his plans and finally about a ½ hour later, he informs me that he really intended for me to take the bus with him back to NJ (about 1 hour away) so that we can do something there and then he would drive me back to Brooklyn. HUH!!! Now, I started feeling like I was in the twilight zone because I’m wondering at what point he was going to give me a heads up about his plans. I guess he was planning on doing the spontaneous thing! At this point, it’s a little after 6pm and he manages to tell me that his last bus back to NJ is at 7pm (and he has to catch it in midtown) So, now I have completely lost my appetite and of course, he suggests that I can pack it up to go. He pays for the drinks and the appetizers, that I ate, and I offered to leave the tip. I told him he could leave so that he wouldn’t have to miss his bus and I would make sure to get change so that I could leave the tip. After I left, I decided to treat myself to the movies and I went to see “The Devil Wears Prada” which I thoroughly enjoyed. Oh well, another one bites the dust. Should I give him another chance to make it up to me? He wants to take me out on a date next weekend. I guess I’ll see if I have any other options before I commit to going out with him!!