mortensorchid Posted April 3, 2011 Posted April 3, 2011 I'd like to think that we all have turning point moments in life, ones where we realize the truth on our own without the influence of others. I had just such a moment years ago, when I realized I had been lied to and decided to give someone a taste of their own medicine. Many years ago, I was going through a rather bad time. I was lashing out at the world and it took the form of being far more promiscuous than I am now. We all go through these times, it's part of the learning experience of life. On one of these times was a very hilarious story about a pretentious blow hard I had the misfortune of encountering. At the time, I was still living at home with my parents and I snuck away for a weekend away with someone I had met the weekend before. Why did I do this? I guess I was looking for something. So the next morning, he tells me "Oh by the way, I lied to you about how old I was when I met you." He told me he was 30, I asked how old he was. He was 31. When I asked why he told me he otherwise when I met him the week before, he said it was his birthday a week before and he's not used to telling people how old he is yet. Red flag 1. I asked what he did for a living, he said he delivered pizza to pay the bills but was a full time student studying film at a community college. Red flag 2, that he is/was 31 or however old he said he was and he was doing this. Then, he and I go out to breakfast, and he didn't pay for my meal. Red flag 3. I decided then and there that he was not worth my time anymore, not just because of these reasons but because he seemed rather arrogant and self centered. He said "Women are never the same after they have been with me." I'd have to agree, all of a sudden I was revolted by him and myself by doing this. So then I drove home. He called and emailed everyday for weeks demanding to be acknowledged. I ignored him. Months later, I see him again at the very same place where I met him. Instead of coming up to me and saying "Hi how are you?", he asked me if I was from a university around here. I said no. He said "I thought you were someone else" and walked away. It was a moment in realization that this guy was not worthy of me let alone any woman out there. But it was also a moment of self realization, seeing that I was going down a bad path and that I didn't want to be with someone who treated me, let alone anyone, like that.
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