Bran the Man

So I've been kind of seeing this guy, Bran, for the past month or so. Basically, he is just kind of a rebound from Roger. I can't take him seriously because he is really fucking weird. Not in an artsy fartsy kind of way, or a nerdy kind of way, but in like a personality disorder kind of way.

He told me on our first date that his strategy with women was basically to play hard to get, leave them hanging (which he thinks is mysterious and I think is rude), and not get attached. Hmmmm. I told him this probably wasn't going to work because I like nice guys. He told me that women don't like nice guys. Actually he tells me a lot of things. He doesn't ask me out, he tells me out. Conversations go like this: 

See what I mean. And he'll just be like "I'll come over this week..." But then he wants me to actually ask him out or something because he can't seem to make plans with me like a normal person. It's as if he won't put himself in a position to be rejected or vulnerable even if its to simply ask "How about Friday?" Nothing is a question, only statements. 

Our first date was a lot of fun. We met up at 4 and I didn't get home til 1. We painted the town, or at least Division St, red. We talked non-stop. He seemed pretty normal, if not a little cocky. He's also very attractive. 6'4, dark hair and eyes, 28.  I have the sexual chemistry with him that I didn't really have with Roger. When Bran walked me home that night, he was like a wild animal. I honestly think he might have growled. And I liked it. Of course, like a good girl should, I sent him home before things got crazy. But I was into him.

I did cook him dinner by the way, and he loved it. My mother's homemade spaghetti bolognese that I could make with my eyes closed.

 He says nice things to me in person but seems like such an asshole in his text messages. I can tell he likes me, but he's weird and can't show it. I can see his insecurities come out sometimes when we hang out. Almost like he gets nervous around me. He told me one of the reasons he asked me out again was because he told me this personal story that I found really moving and fascinating, and he could see that I was getting emotional and actually cared, and that most girls he tells just stare blankly when they hear it or shrug it off. I think he's damaged.

Since I met him, I've said I just want to have fun with this guy, I can't take him seriously. But of course now, somehow I've allowed him to hurt my feelings. 

So Saturday he texts me. I respond, he doesn't. Later that day I was at this amazing dive bar in my hood he introduced me to on our first date, so I took a picture of it and sent it to him saying "Back where all the magic happened." Joking of course. He wrote me back telling me he was coming into the city later and he'll text me. So at 7:45 he calls me. I didn't answer because I was napping, but I called him back like ten minutes later. The phone doesn't ring and goes straight to voicemail. So annoying. I leave a message explaining that I just woke up from a day-drinking induced nap, call me back. He never does. Later, when I'm back out with a friend to celebrate her bday, I text him thinking maybe he never saw my VM since it didn't ring etc etc. and he never responds. SO WEIRD. Right? I mean HE texted me, HE called me. I didn't initiate anything, and when I get back to him he ignores me? Wtf? No, seriously, guys out there...wtf? You want to see me and ten seconds later you change your mind?

And I just landed and got a text from him saying "We will get together sometime this week." Oh will we?  No, we won't because I'm going to Florida for a week and also I'm not responding to you. So there.