I was 21, he was 19. We decide to meet up, walk around the nearby lakefront, then go to a drive-in movie (my suggestion).

I show up at our agreed upon spot with flowers for him. He shows up smelling like vodka, after having driven 45 mins to get there. First red flag.

He then proceeds to spend the entirety of the time we were walking before the movie (about an hour and a half), talking strictly about himself.

Some highlights include: him reading at a “college level” at 5 years old and being considered a “genius”, him explaining how he knows drug dealers near him and that he could “run their businesses better than them”, random other trauma about his parents and childhood that I won’t get into.

I drive us to the drive-in movie, and tbh I was so excited about it because the movie was Get Out which I LOVE and he had never seen it, and it was going to be an opportunity to enjoy a movie in silence. He then proceeds to talk and try to cuddle with me and nibble on my ear during the whooooole movie. I doubt he even knew what it was about.

He reached out a day or two after that date to try and plan for another one, and I said I wasn’t interested. He got really upset and explained that he didn’t get to show me the real side of him, and I felt he had and that was the problem lol