There it is! I thought I was snob free, but I discovered last night that I am an accent snob and I am canceling a date because of it. I have been chatting with Mr. Adorable Country Boy for a little over a week now and we have a big date planned for Saturday. I am canceling. My internet went poof last night in the middle of a chat so I grabbed up the phone and called him. We have never talked on the phone. It was a rude awakening. You see I have pics of him and his chat logs and I had this image in my head what he was going to sound like...a nice soft Southern gentleman's accent. WRONG! I could barely understand him his southern country boy accent was soooo bad. I could not wait to get off the phone, but Sassy etiquette prevented me from immediately hanging up. It was an agonizing phone call for me.

So I am sending him a "Dear John" email and no, I am not telling him I am canceling because of his accent. I am going to tell him another truth that I have been trying to avoid. I know in my heart of hearts if Biker Dude called me up right now and made amends I would give him one more try. I am not over him. I thought I could be a flip modern woman and shrug off the breakup and jump back in the ring. I thought I could pretend that he did not find his way into my heart. I just don't have the heart to do the dating thing right now. So I also plan to cancel the other date I scheduled for next week with a different guy.

And that decision is going to be a wise one for now for another reason: I am down to my last two classes for my BBA and they are going to be tough with two personal papers and two team papers due every week. Hell, I will be lucky if I have time to sleep between school and work.

I am going to end this post on a funny note. I had decided to text message adorable country boy yesterday. Well, his name is the same as the ex-boyfriend who turned gay. I thought I had deleted ex-boyfriend from my phone. NOPE! Guess who I was texting? OMG! and ex-boyfriend's last text message said to me "Luv ya"! I am hoping:


1) that he did not have my number plugged into his cell and thought I was just a random wrong number and not a stalking ex-girlfriend

2) that he was enjoying his joke whether he knew it was on me or not. I was mortified when I realized what I had done, but considering how last night turned out, I think I am glad it was sent to him instead.

PS:
So you guys don't think I am completely heartless, this is what I wrote to adorable country boy:

"I am afraid I am going to cancel on Saturday. I feel bad and I hate that it is so last minute, but I am feeling conflicted. I told you I had dated someone since I became separated. It is only recently that we stopped seeing each other and I thought I was just fine going right back into the dating scene. However, if my friend called me tomorrow and said he wanted to try again, I would go back without hesitation. That is not fair to you and you are so sweet that I just don't want to be the cause of any hurt. I realize I should have figured this out before now and I cannot apologize enough for what must appear as leading you on."

Also, I had a voice mail from adorable country boy at lunch and I let Ryan listen to it...she could not understand him either.

Labels: accents, Biker Dude, dating, snob