Set Me Up

Aunt Lynn has been itching to set me up on a date with one of her coworkers since the fall. At first I was like, “um, no. The Coach.” And then I was like “eh, whatever. Can’t hurt.” And now I am at the mercy of Aunt Lynn, who would say anything to anyone but is apparently too afraid to tell her coworker that she wants to set him up with her niece.

Last Friday, she calls my mother to say that she wants to invite her coworker to her Super Bowl party if I can attend her Super Bowl party. My mom tells Aunt Lynn that she’ll talk to me. And then Aunt Lynn called me as soon as she got off the phone with my mom because she obviously didn't think that my mom was going to follow through.

I told Aunt Lynn to let me know if he was coming and, if he was, I would be sure to stop by. (Obviously he did not because, as you know, I did my Super Bowl viewing with Alexander.) And then on Saturday, Aunt Lynn forced Meg to send her pictures of me so that she could show them to her coworker? Awkward. I need to give Meg a hard time about that.

I called home last night and my mom was like “uh, I have, um, to tell you something?”

“Does this have anything to do with Aunt Lynn?” I could hear it in her voice. I could just hear it.

“No, but it’s something along those lines.”

And then my mother proceeds to tell me about her coworker/close friend Cathy who absolutely adores this social worker on the oncology unit where she teaches. According to my mother, Cathy has been raving about this gentleman for a couple of years now. Apparently he’s very good at his job and kind of awesome. Early thirties. Has a twin brother. Reportedly very cute. And single.

Cathy asks him if he would be interested in dating. (That’s how she put it. Interested in dating.) Gets his business card and his number. Makes a copy of it for her own records. And then passes it along to my mother. So that I can call him.

Is this what happens when you’re on the edge of 30 and still single? Everyone jumps in to fix the problem?

The timing is interesting. I’ve spent 7 months missing The Coach. Alexander swoops in and distracts me for a weekend and my Only The Coach Super Strong Tunnel Vision has been distorted. (Assisted by The Coach himself, who has been a bit MIA for the last couple of days. Big blunder, buddy.) And all of a sudden there are all of these random potential dates floating around in the universe.

I'm going to spend my spring dating four guys at once.