About a year ago I  was on Match.com and started emailing back and forth with a man who said he was an underwater filmaker/photographer. This sounded kinda cool. We had spoken on the phone a few times and he seemed like a nice guy. This was in the beginning of my real dating life so I hadn’t developed by “weird radar” yet. anyways, we planned on meeting at a local zoo. I thought it was a great idea for a first date. He seemed to really like animals like I did, so it sounded like things might go well since we would have that in common. Okay, but that is where it goes all awry!

We got to the zoo and as we made out way through past the different animals we came to the otter pen. This reminded him that he had recently spoken with his gypsy (yes, I said gypsy) and she had said that he had been an otter in a past life (yes, I said otter as in argh argh). 

 I proceeded to laugh a little thinking he was joking with me……he wasn’t! And, he was a little perterbed that I had started laughing. So, I proceeded to apologize, but now I had my guard up. Who the hell sees a gypsy? Sorry if I am affending any gypsys out there! Oh well! So, we proceeded through the zoo talking about the different animals. But, all I can hear in my head is “he thinks he was an otter…” and the smile just WILL NOT leave my face.  I am sure he thought that he was so clever and that the reason why I was smiling was his wonderful verbal banter. It wasn’t.

So, as we near the end of the zoo, I am thinking that I have probably misjudged him and that maybe ONE LITTLE odd thing is not too bad…..but, he then proceeds to tell me that he thinks that we were “otter LOVERS in a past life”!

I ran screaming down the street as fast as I could! Guys, a word to the wise….do NOT bring the word otter and sex into the same sentence on the first date! (Actually, I suggest not to ever use that combination of words at any point to the woman in your life).