Too busy

I've been too busy to write the addendum to the epilogue...4 dates in 5 days. But that will have to be another post for another day. So here's your addendum to the epilogue.

WTFChuck called. Yup indeed he did. Thursday night. I was on a date number two with yet to be nicknamed (that's the hardest part of blogging about my pathetic dating life). Any way, he called and I answered. I had to...I had to find out what pathetic excuse he had. You know you want to know...else you wouldn't still be reading right now...huh?

He claimed he hadn't listened to the voicemail I had left (see epilogue). I'm not so sure I believe him...I mean if i were blowing someone off, I'd listen to the voicemail prior to calling them back. But then again, I have an insatiable curiosity!! He said he was calling to apologize, said he was sorry for being a jerk...his words not mine. He said he had no good reason f r not calling - i t would just sound like a series of pathetic excuses if he tired. All he could say was he was sorry, he had acted like a jerk and it was okay if I never wanted to talk to him again. He just wanted to call and apologize. Prior to his call, I had told roomie the only excuses I'd take were that he had been in the hospital due to accident, natural disaster or a stabbing by his ex-wife. Other than that, there would be no forgiving him. But, I guess the fact that he actually grew a pair, called, apologized and didn't offer some lame excuse, softened me.

We talked for almost an hour. Mostly about his past...not an attempt to explain his behavior but just as an answer to my question. I can now understand his ostrich like behavior. It is his method of coping...hide his head in the sand. So we ended the conversation with his question to me...can I call you and still be friends? I said....yes. yeah, I'm a softie. He understands that friends means no kissing, no touching, no rearranging my schedule around him and if a cute guy asks me out, he gets trumped. It also means no expectations on my part - which I think is what he is looking for. I highly doubt I'll ever hear from him again, but "it's all good" by me.

He will still forever be called WTFchuck, though.