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I had been working for a company as a temporary employee when I was 24. My best friend Sean had helped me get the job there and we'd often go to a nearby bar after work and shoot the breeze. He told me that one of the guys in his department was interested in me and if I wanted him to set me up. I remembered the guy as being kind of shy, glasses, nice dresser though, around 34, and agreed. After all, I hadn't really been on too many dates after my long time relationship fizzled. So, this guy Brian who was an engineer would come down from his office and ask me to do little stuff for him. He asked me out personally by saying that we should have dinner out. I agreed. Afterwards, he wanted to go somewhere private, but I opted for the bar that we all hung out at. There was something odd about the way he wanted to hold my hand the minute we were in the presence of other people. I mean, I didn't even know this guy, and when somebody would ask us if we wanted a table, he'd grab my hand and hold on like it was a lifeline. We went to the bar, had a drink then went to our own houses. I asked him about his place, but he just said it was a littlle messy, so he wanted to clean it up and then he would make me dinner there. He kept trying to get me to go out but would stall about his place saying he was still working on it. I finally told his jokingly that I was worried that he might have a body or something in there, and I thought our next date should definitely be at his house. The night finally arrived and from the moment I walked into his duplex (which he rented from his boss) I was overcome by ammonia and the reek of animal feces. I thought I would pass out. He told me that he was litter training his four new kittens and that he didn't have the heart to throw them out in the cold garage while he was at work. He said he had cleaned for three hours, but the smell still wouldn't go away. He apologized profusely and I felt bad for him... after all, I'm an animal lover too. We ended up going in the bedroom to get away from the smell. Seems that it was the only room in the house that he kept closed off from the cats. One day after work, we all decided to go to our bar to hang out. Once we got to the bar, he put his arm around my neck. I mean, as in a chokehold with my throat in the crook of his elbow. He acted as if he were just casually putting his arm around my shoulder. I was very uncomfortable and asked him to put his arm down. He did, but five minutes later he was plastered to me again. I finally told him to quit it and he asked me to please go somewhere private with him. I was really thinking of ending the relationship right there, but decided it was more appropriate when we were alone. So many things he did set my hair on end. He skulked quietly behind me at work, was constantly touching me in public, and he tried to tell me he knew my heart inside and out. Did I mention that this guy had not been on a date in 10 years before ours? Anyway, once again at his house, he opened the door, and the stench this time wafts from the living room and rushes out the door as if the smell was trying to escape some awful prison. Along all of the walls were piles of cat feces three and four inches thick. Flies had found the feces and buzzed around me. The ammonia gave me an immediate headache and my eyes were watering. It had only been two weeks since I had been here! What the hell happened? Brian said that he was so tired after work, he just didn't feel like cleaning it up. I wanted to vomit. I had to go into his room to be able to talk to him without choking. I explained that he was just too attentive for me and we should stop dating. He didn't say anything, he just put his head down and I left after about 20 minutes of silence. The next week (my temp position had since ended at his work) I went outside to clean my windows and found about twenty of his cigarette buttes outside my bedroom window. He had only been to my house once in the time we went out, and he smoked out front with me. That night, I saw his car parked across the street at a convalescent hospital and when I pulled out of my driveway, he followed for about a mile, then turned around. I asked my friend Sean if Brian was stalking me. All he would say is, "It's in Brian's nature to want to know what you are doing". Wha???? Is he stalking me or not? Again, the same answer. Obviously Sean thought it was harmless, so I didn't worry too much because I know he would be the first to kick ass if anything happened. The last time I heard from Brian was when he called to tell me that he had tried to commit suicide by leaving his garage door closed with the engine running. By this point, I was so sickened by him that I just said, "So, did it work?" |
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