I Was Pressured Into a Romantic Date With A Man I’ve Hated Since College

I thought I was done dating. Not because I think I found the one. But because my thoughts were starting to get clouded by what men thought of me. But here we are, another Saturday night, another date.

I said yes to a guy who has been incessantly asking me out for months. It’s almost like he was waiting for me to be single. He responds to every single instagram story I post (and I post a lot), he comments on all my photos, has added me on every social network — he may even read this blog. I’m not attracted to him, he’s about 15 years older than me, about 3x my size, and I’m not a fan of his personal hygiene. We went to college together and had a few classes together and he gave me the creeps then too — So I’ve avoided going out with him by being way too busy. All of a sudden I was caught off guard and not busy.

I was out window shopping with a friend of mine when we bumped into him. It was strange because I know we don’t live in the same town and we definitely don’t shop at the same stores. He knows what metro area I live in, but that’s about it. I looked at my stories to see if I had posted where I was and in fact I did. Anyone who has been to the area could tell you the exact fountain he “ran into me” was at.

Now, anyone could look at this situation and think CREEP except I know he’s harmless. I know that really all he wants is the 4 foot 11 woman he had a crush on in college on his arm for maybe a month, and then he’ll move on when he…