I said yesterday that I was going to call the next bachelor "Snail", but he's been picking up the pace. And also, I thought of a better name for him: Gallagher. Remember that comedian who used to smash watermelons? Well, Bachelor #11 is not a comedian and doesn't do anything funny with watermelons (that I know of), but he did used to be a performance artist, so it's close. Now he works for corporate America, but back in the day (college), he apparently did some pretty edgy, envelope-pushing stuff. The details of which I'll find out when we go on our audition, I mean date- drinks or coffee. He has his son on weekends, so we'll probably do a weeknight, which works because weekends are tough. Drum roll, please...
STATS:
NAME: Gallagher
AGE: 29 y.0.
ETHNICITY: White, but my sister swears he's at least a quarter black. He kinda reminds me of my niece, so I could see that. Someone back in his family may have "passed."
OCCUPATION: Works on the corporate side in the legal world (not a lawyer). Trains clients in some sort of technology. Sounds like a good job.
BONUSES: Cutie. His photo is very warm and engaging. Adorable. You just want to give him a big hug! He's closer to my age. Very liberal. A Taurus, which is very compatible with Cancers. Never married, although this could be a red flag. I've heard divorced men are sometimes better than older single men because you know they can at least commit... but I've never been married, either, so who am I to judge?! Spiritual but not religious. Reads a ton of books. Very active. In terms of my 5 deal-breakers (religion, politics, age, nice, smart), he's the only one who has scored 5 out of 5.
RED-FLAGS: Is very slow out the gate. Didn't ask me out on a "real date." Has one kid, but seems to only have him on the weekends, etc. Has to travel a lot for his job, but I actually prefer busy men, so this may be a plus! Doting and hovering gets old.
Spoke with Mr. Show Biz on the phone last night. He used my name like 5 times, it was kind of uncanny. It was like he either reads this blog (!), or after we got off the phone, he realized he hadn't used it or something, so really made an effort to use it this time. Anyway, he gets extra points for great "customer service"! Double points for driving down from LA to Long Beach again and picking me up : ) We meet tonight!
Unmarried at 29 with a kid isn't really an "older single man" is it? He sounds like he could be decent.
ReplyDeleteHow funny that Mr. Show biz started using your name.
ReplyDeleteI hope Gallagher looks way better than the avatar you have for him. Th business(?)- er bald in the front, party (party strings maybe, it looks kinda stringy/greasy) in the back deal is NOT becoming. But seriously, the actual guy sounds pretty cool.
Avitable: Ha ha, what's wrong with me? You're so right and I'm cracked out. 29 is plenty young, and fine to not be married. He has a 6 or 9 year old son (I forget which one his is), so I think that made me think he was much older in my head. But yeah, that's totally not red-flag territory. Thanks for pointing that out! He sounds very decent!
ReplyDeleteBooga: Isn't that funny? We have like this telepathic connection! Ha ha, Gallagher looks nothing like the real Gallagher. The blog Gallagher is a total cutie!