Oh my!
He's a veterinarian and, before we meet, he warns me he might 'smell like animals". What an opening line! Who does that? Who goes to meet a gal, a gal you might want to date, and shows up in suspenders, a frayed t-shirt, with the disclaimer that he might "smell"!?
As it turns out, he is a veterinarian and a horse breeder. He does not have a date vehicle but drives an old truck that is also his on call vehicle. The smell (you might ask?) is of horses. It seems that a shower is not enough to completely eliminate the odor, especially if the vehicle you are traveling in also smells of horse. And (bada boom, bada bing), he is 68 years old - closer to my mother's age than to mine. I'm pretty sure this is going nowhere, but he is amusing and genuine, and cute. Dinner is lite, and the conversation is loud.. can we say hearing loss? He tells me about his horses, his life, and his reasons for being online at a dating site...as it turns out, his old girlfriend doesn't want to do it any more... damn!
As the evening wears on, the restaurant gets louder and we end it, with him walking me to my car. It was nice, but despite two follow up phone calls (in one, I asked how he was and he told me he was naked!), I am pretty sure this is going nowhere... call me shallow, but I like to date a man who has a car that is date worthy. I'm pretty sure I am worth that! Date number 2 this past week was with the younger man - 62 - cute, sexy, and the owner of two date-worthy cars - the widower! I might have to see him again... he cooks, pours wine, and has great lips..
~A. Tan Gledmess
