Brian the Flip Flopper

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It was around St. Patrick’s Day of 2016. His name was Brian. He was a firefighter.

We met online and talked every day for about a good month and a half.  We talked about anything and everything. It took a while for us to meet because we were not living in the same city at that point. He told me he was moving to my city on May 1st.

The last week of April, I got a text message from him asking, “what kind of bed do you like?” He was getting ready to move after a nasty divorce that forced him to sell his house and leave his two kids, a 4-year-old and a 2-year-old, behind.

Fast forward to May 1st, he messaged me letting me know he was now moved in and my city. We decided to meet that weekend. The month and a half of anticipation would finally come to an end.

When we met in person, there was absolutely no chemistry between us.

He was also wearing flip-flops.

Not only was there no chemistry, but I didn’t even think he was physically attractive. He had brown hair and brown eyes and was shorter than me—did I just get catfished? He previously told me he had blue eyes, blonde hair, and taller.

After our date, I told him that I wasn’t interested and we stopped talking just like that.

About a month later, I got the following text message from his wife. Wasn’t he divorced??? Craigslist???

As an avid online dater, I’ve come across several interesting characters, but this guy was something else. I wish we had met sooner and I hadn’t wasted so much time talking to him online only to be disappointed IRL.

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