My high school boyfriend, my first love, my first relationship, SO CUTE, my first fiancé if you can imagine high school kids getting engaged, the guy I had to make join the military because I knew I couldn't otherwise break it off with him and I really needed to---called me today and talked to me for 45 minutes, and then I had to leave to take the kids to kindergarten, and he asked when I'd be back and if he could call me again, and I said yes, and he did call me back, and we talked for two more hours.
It was one of the most boring conversations of my life. I swear to you, he spent 45 minutes explaining how call centers work and why it's better not to outsource them. Another hour was about the company he owned, and why it went out of business 2 years ago. Another half-hour was the car accident he was involved in that was totally not his fault, and how unfair the outcome is likely to be. The only times he asked me anything about myself were when he wanted to use my answer as a springboard for his next point.
Part of the reason each topic took so long is that he paused so long between words and sentences I wondered if he might be on some sort of drug. A bigger part of the reason is that he seemed to have seriously ZERO concept of how to tell a story in a way that it would be worthy of the time it took. Like, I asked, "Why did your company close?" and he first wanted to explain how the real estate market works, and what caused the boom, and what caused the crash. With long pauses. Then an in-depth description of how his industry was related, and how members of his industry are trained. More pauses. Meanwhile I'm going "Uh huh, uh huh" and thinking "GET TO THE POINT FTLOG ARE YOU KIDDING ME???"
It's weird to think I used to wait by the phone for him to call, and not want him to hang up.
Whew! Sounds like you dodged a bullet with this guy! =)
ReplyDeleteOMG. It's like when I went to my HS reunion over the summer and saw my ex-boyfriend there and he's just.... Nuttin Speshal. Didn't graduate college, works at a bar in this douchey part of LA, and ISN'T CUTE. He used to talk about how he was going to be an engineer and design aircraft someday and that he was going to be in the olympics. Instead he's a barback. I'm like-- WHY DID I USED TO THINK YOU WERE SO MUCH BETTER THAN ME?!
ReplyDeleteI'm more focused on what you didn't mention here---the detailzzzz---Is this the 1st time you've talked to him since high school? What exactly was his reason for calling? (besides...call centers...and his business or whatever) Did you tell Mike that he called?
ReplyDeleteFunny how things sometimes work out...
ReplyDeletePS Like Saly, I'm also curious why he called.
That is a funny story!
ReplyDeleteWhy the hell did he call? I hope he doesn't call again! I'm quite sure you don't have 3 extra HOURS (omg) to listen to his booooring stories!
ReplyDeleteIt's so funny how things turn out...
Is this guy married? He sounds A LOT like my ex-boyfriend from college, who used to call me all the time to talk about nothing (when I was already with Jason) and he himself was married with a kid. It made me really wonder if he was happy with his life and why on earth he would be calling ME. I finally had to break off contact, which is too bad, because he was really a nice guy and I liked being friends, but the vibe from him was slowly starting to veer toward "I wish I were married to YOU" territory. Bad news.
ReplyDeleteI wonder what this guy's intentions are with the 3-hour phone calls. I'm also curious as to whether you told Mike, and if Mike is the type of guy to get jealous.
As for the long pauses, Jason does this and I seriously wonder if he goes to sleep because he has narcolepsy. Drives me insane.
I read the first paragraph thinking "Oh, how nice" and from there on went "Oh, ugh... this is certainly not adding any appeal to the whole talking on the phone thing." :{
ReplyDeleteI hate it when there's those long pauses, but as soon as you start to say something, the other person just continues on, never acknowledging you!