"I'm Sorry I Have A Boyfriend..." (no comma)

With most of my friends out of town or recovering from last night's shenanigans, I was on my own tonight. Not wanting to watch "Fargo" on DVD on a Saturday night, I went around the corner to Fox and Hounds for a couple pints and to watch the Braves decimate the San Diego Padres. Halfway into the third inning, a cute and perky blonde asks if she can take the stool next to me. I don't mind... but I am pretty engrossed in the game, sitting with my arms crossed questioning the Padre's credibility.

So I sit with Susan, and we end up flirting and getting to know each other throughout the game. Even though I am smiling most of the time, I am leaning against the bar arms akimbo (I love that phrase) so she really has to make an effort to build up physical contact. When she had to leave and I try to close by asking for her number, the fact that she had a boyfriend threw me off. She threw me off even more when she happily gave me her number and invited me to her pool tomorrow after I said I enjoyed hanging with her. She seemed like a cool girl, she was even a Guinness Believer, but I don't want to waste my time.

What got me more than anything was her line, "I'm sorry I have a boyfriend." Most guys are used to the line, "I'm sorry, I have a boyfriend" but she seemed genuinely dismayed that she is having such a great time and feels she can't fully enjoy it. I am sure this happens all the time, but I never had a girl articulate her dilemma before. Most girls just don't bother to mention it.

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• Relationships