Friday Night Pool

I went out in Georgetown on Friday night with a group of friends. We had dinner together then headed to a bar on Wisconsin to drink some beer and shoot pool. After an hour or so on the table one friend and I starting playing against two girls that we met at the bar. The chicks were mediocre in all regards. One was blond with a curvy body, nice boobs, but her face was just OK and she wore too much make up. The other girl had a really cute body, tiny, but she wasn't that great looking.

There wasn't much else at the bar, unfortunately, these two were the best around and that is not saying much. We probably played 5 or 6 games together, but I really wasn't attracted to either of them enough to put in any effort. One of my buddies was egging me on to take the blond home, but I just wasn't interested. I suppose this is unusual for me as I will generally take anything home from the bars. My guess is that I could have taken the blond home with maybe 30 minutes of moderate work. Both girls were clearly out looking to hook up. But even that seemed like a lot of work given the potential "reward".

My friend Chuck thinks I give up too easily. I am not sure that applies in this case, since I never initiated anything. His theory is that if it's not an easy layup I walk away, which I don't think is true. First of all, I am very aggressive when it comes to talking to women, and calling them after I get a number, it's not like I go running in the other direction if they don't immediately come home with me. However, I think that I can have pretty good instincts about reading when a girl is into me, and when she's not. If I can tell that she isn't into me, I move on. There are cases where I really like someone and will go all out to keep her attention, but if I am not extremely into her I don't waste my time.

In any event, Friday night was not very productive in the female department. I stayed in Saturday night.

I've noticed a major savings in the past 4 or 6 weeks due to my lack of dating activity. I always knew that I spent a lot on dating, but I guess I never really looked at the numbers. I haven't taken a girl out to dinner since Bear, which was about 6 weeks ago, and I estimate I have saved close to a thousand dollars. If you go out twice a week for six weeks that averages about $85 per night. In DC it isn't hard to spend $85 a night on drinks and dinner, that's a fairly inexpensive night.

I guess my point is that a girlfriend is more expensive than a drug habit. We all have our vices, I suppose.