Blind Date: REQUIREMENT? (Being Blind!!)

A friend called me the other day, "Wanna go on a blind date?"... after a long pause (not really sure if I did or didn't), she asks.. "are ya there?"....

Okay, so I said "yeah" (and decided that at least I could have a decent meal and get away from the book illustrations). Night out couldn't be all bad, right?
Blind dates can be intriguing. If asked, most people would say, "I want this in a man, I want this in a woman, I hate this..." etc. Often I have found that there are many qualities I'd never have thought attractive, that someone else shows desirable. Keeping my opinions and desires flexible, has allowed me to find some very unique friends, even if they aren't potential mates.

Any blind date has requirements: meet at a mutual public place, bring your own car (you can get away faster if it goes wrong), and never give on more about yourself than they can track down later...i.e. don't drink!
Sitting at the table in the restaurant, I wait for my date..... and wait...and wait.....played with the silverware......made an origami rabbit out of my napkin.... made an igloo from the cream mini-moo's....counted the cars in the parking lot..... and then my "date" walks in.
(Punctuality IS important guys...it lets her know that you actually respect her time and trouble for dating in the first place.)

Okay..no problem..he might have been held up in traffic. We mutually shake hands, intros, sit down to order. Then he starts it. First words out of his mouth, "OMG, you are SO beautiful." I smile, thank him for the compliment...ask him what he does for a living. He interrupted me for the next sentence..."I can't believe it, you are gorgeous." Okay, I thank him again, slightly annoyed now. Next sentence, "I didn't think Casey would set me up with a dog or anything...but you are a knock out." Now I'm getting pissy. "Wow..I can't believe I haven't seen you around, you are just so beautiful," ....and the date is now officially over as far as I'm concerned. "So, IF I was a 'dog', then this date wouldn't have happened?" I asked, irritated, (wishing I was a dog). Basically the long, awkward answer that followed was "yes".
(I have nothing against a compliment of course..but the kind of compliment can really turn a girl off, especially if she holds her intellect over her beauty. )

Myself, I'm not into "looks" I'm into brain and manners. Most women can date really ugly men, ya know why? because they may possess a bravado, charm, and intellectual instinct that goes waaayyy past looks. A flattering comment isn't a bad thing, just don't make it the ONLY thing that you seem to want. A girl is not the sum of her body parts. Sometimes, there is actually a human being there looking, searching, even desperate for someone who is going to look beyond the hair, eyes, breasts, legs and butt...and find a REAL person underneath. Why is there no one that can be interested in a girl as a person, and not a 30 minute e-ride?

Are there indeed no gentlemen left?
A very disappointed owl retreats back to her perch, chastising herself for going out in the first place.

The Magicians Owl