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5 Reasons Why I’m a Bad Date.

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We know I spend a lot of time here complaining about the men of Los Angeles. But I’m willing to admit the common thread among the ones I’ve dated was obviously me. Which begs the question – what exactly am I doing wrong in the dating game?

1) Things in my life have been difficult lately, especially work-wise. Sometimes, it’s hard to keep these complaints to myself. Maybe it’s time to acknowledge most people are very stressed about their jobs and to keep my frustrated thoughts to myself until date three or fifteen. You know who someone doesn’t want to date? Debbie Downer.

2) When I actually really, truly like a guy, I get awkward. Like spaz city awkward in front of him. Revert back to 5th grade (mouth chock full of braces, chubby red cheeks, and monster eyeglasses) awkward. I can see why this has frightened some Prince Charmings away.

3) I’ll admit it – I have some commitment issues. Signing a year-long lease on an apartment gives me hives. I don’t like to plan vacations more than 2 months in advance (and even that seems a little close…who knows what could change in my life? But guess what — life will be exactly the same in 2 months!!).

4) I have a short attention span. The minute the conversation turns to minute sports details I don’t know, I start to wonder “If I get home in 45 minutes, I can catch The Walking Dead on my DVR before it’s past my nerd alert bedtime…”

And finally…

5) I keep an online dating blog and karma is simply biting me in the ass.

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The Bachelorette: My 2 Cents

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Last night, Chris Harrison and company delivered the most “shocking Bachelorette finale ever!” (although I am pretty sure they say that at the end of every Bachelorette/Bachelor season). In the previous episode, Desiree had been dumped by that Utah man with the flowy graying hair and was left with Drew and Chris (who I didn’t even notice until the Hometown Dates where I realized he was that tall, cute, mediocre poet but couldn’t ever recount his name). There was a lot of awkward crying going on – in fact, 18 minutes and 27 seconds of crying to be exact. I timed it on my iPhone as my own personal drinking game.

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I was all Team “Des is going to wind up alone because almost all these guys sucked from the get-go”, but it turns out I was wrong and she chose her second cheese, Chris the Mediocre Poet.

 To ABC’s credit, they edited the sh-t out of this and framed the romance as “he was the guy in the background all along who was waiting for her to realize her feelings” (or as one blogger brilliantly put it – this episode should have been subtitled  This is Totally How ‘Pretty in Pink’ Should Have Ended, You Guys) instead of just calling it what it is: he was the rebound guy!

Then came the long hour that is After the Rose and we had to watch Brooks (whose hair was notably not so gray anymore…) awkwardly congratulate Des on her engagement. Then we had to watch Drew just be awkward. Then we got to see the happy couple and I couldn’t help but notice how much Chris seemed to be into her and how little she seemed to be into him. But I’ve read a lot of advice articles that say “In the beginning, the man should be more into the woman” (something about how he needs to be the chaser, yada yada yada), so maybe this is the start of a great romance for Des and Chris.

So that’s my 2 cents on the only reality TV I watch. I have one long month until I can get back to my real TV viewing passion –The Walking Dead, Season 4. Forget reality show romances with short expiration dates; I’m a sucker for slow-moving zombies!