Good Luck Lauren

Good Luck Lauren...oh, you know I'm going somewhere with this. Have you seen that movie, "Good Luck Chuck"? The movie stars Dane Cook as a guy with a curse that everytime he sleeps with a girl, the next person that girl dates will be her true love. In the movie, he falls in love with Jessica Alba's character but won't sleep with her because he wants to keep her from falling in love with someone else.

You see where I'm going with this? Good Luck Lauren has given true love wings but let's get one thing straight, I'm not sleeping with these guys just dating them. Let's recap!

There was Brady. He dumped me unexpectedly, swearing that it took him two years to find someone as wonderful as me and that it will take him even longer to find "the next best thing" (yes folks, that's a direct quote). Low and behold, the unexpected has happened! Brady found someone and he seems happy. I bet it's true love. (Insert eye roll) At this point, it's a glitch in the karma metric system so I'm really not concerned about anything. There is no trend in the fact that he's found someone special and I have not!

And then there was Travis, great guy recently broken up with his fiancee - dates me and we mutually decide that a friendship is best. He sites that he's not over his ex and hanging out with me made that obvious and I sight the famous "I'm feeling more of a friends vibe." Anywho, he's back together with his ex fiancee now.

Next we have Jason. Jason was recently out of a relationship, he had his heart broken so we were taking things slow. Yeah, yeah, yeah - red flags all over the place. Three very slow months later, we're hanging out - but the kissing, there isn't any. I bring up the fact that we don't make out and ask if he's attracted to me. Silence...that's not good. So, he explains that he's not over his ex and that something's missing with us. I tell him that we can't be friends right now but when I'm over things, we can. About three weeks go by and I decide that maybe I'm ready to be his friend because surely he's not dating anyone yet. WRONG! Here I am on the phone giving my "I'd like to be your friend again but if you start dating someone in the future, give me some warning. " Silence, call drops. I call him back to hear - "What an inopertune time for the call to drop, I was just saying that I am dating someone." Me - not real thrilled. Now, who knows if it's the love of his life but jeez slow down buddy! My luck - it's love.

Next, Garrett. Garrett took me on a couple of dates when I was seeing Brady non-exclusively. I wasn't into Garrett because I thought he was sort of up-ity. He seemed very into me which was annoying at the time (yeah, I have issues). Anyway, I date Brady and we all know what happens there. See Garrett about a month ago and we dance. What, he can dance? I didn't know up-ity guys could dance. Interesting, I ditch him. See him about two weeks later at the Reef. I go over and talk with him and there's an attraction that wasn't there before. He's on a double date with his friend, friend's girl, and Garrett's date - the cougar. He was doing his friend a favor. I ask him to save a dance for me later. Long story short, he ditches the cougar, he and I dance the night away and kiss, etc. He invites me to Sun Valley with him for the weekend, tells me that we should go on a real date, tells me that we dance and kiss the same and holds me all night long (and no, we didn't have sex). I'm thinking this is great, finally a good guy that I can trust. Definite potential. He goes to Sun Valley and I do not because his friend Gus was going and I went on a few dates with him. Too weird. Also, weird, I don't hear from Garrett again until Tuesday. Saturday to Tuesday, silence. Hmmm, he calls on Tuesday and I return his call - no call back. Next day, I text him. He texts back and calls in the evening. He invites me to dinner at Barbacoa but something is weird. Where's the adoration and enthusiasm that he usually exudes? We order and hang out for about an hour and I said something about him seeming darker, different. He says, "If I tell you, it will put us in the friend's zone." I say,"You just want to be friends with me?" He replies, "No." I say, "Tell me anyway." Ready for it, the love of Garrett's life is moving back from Austrailia in August and they're going to be together. It explains the 180 but what a disappointment. What can you do? I wished him luck and finished my dinner. :)

Good Luck Lauren; it's a curse! And where are the thank you cards, flowers, gifts - after all I did bring joy into these guy's lives indirectly. I choose to believe that I lift these guys up and somehow prepare them for something else - not better - something else. I don't know...I'd like to get rid of this curse asap though. One can only do so much for others and then it's their turn! Ha, ha!

Until next time...