Okay, story time...I'll Cliff's Notes it as much as possible. Sorry for the delay, work got stupid then I bailed to go to the gym before rush hour.
About 2 years ago (keep in mind we keep windows open almost year-round here) I heard someone yelling for help in my alley. I went to the back patio and saw an octogenarian walking by herself shouting for help and nobody around. There was a young guy about 20 something down in the alley talking on the phone. I asked him if he was otp with the police. He's all "no". So I'm like k, eff...I'll go down and make sure this lady is okay.
I go to the alley, ask her if she's okay, she says she's abused & doesn't know where her home is, etc. I call police, just before they arrive, here comes her fat azzzz daughter walking down the alley with a fluffy dog saying "ignore her. that's my mom and she's confused and always doing this. Police arrive, I give background and start to head back home when the neighbors who live right around the corner from me (literally if I step on my front patio, I can see their house). They are a really attractive couple. The guy looks mixed with something I can't tell, she looks to be hispanic or pac islander or something. They introduce themselves, ask what's happening then we all start chatting about other stuff. The girl is like "feel free to stop by any time".
Months go by and I had not seen them since that incident & I'm coming back from a walk and I see only the dude. He's parked on the street unloading groceries. He says hi, we chat for a few minutes and through conversation, discover he's a genomics professor at a notable university here & how he's trying to get this gene therapy funded, etc. I was like well I work in cell & gene & happen to know exactly where you can apply for funding for this bc my team has an alliance with them. So he gets my number since I told him to hit me up & I'd connect him with the right people.
Months pass again and I randomly got a text from him asking if I'm going to be home that day (it's a Saturday) & if it was cool to stop by to discuss funding. I reply "I'll be home after 5, y'all are welcome to stop by & chat."
He shows up after 5, by himself with a bottle of wine. I was like wtf is this. Maybe he's just trying to be polite bc I am doing him a favor or something. I ask him "where's Riley?" He's all "we are working through some things right now". (insert major eye roll). He is at my house for about 45 minutes (I did not open the wine) then says "I need to go and give someone a key." I said okay well I'll follow you out bc I need to take the dog out.
Once we get to the street, he asks if I'm going to be up later because he 'wants to come back'. At this point I'm very aggravated with this whole bait & switch thing. I'm like I don't know just text me. He did text at like 10:30 and I ignored it. Never spoke to him again.
A few months later, my mom was visiting. I had told her about the p-o-s neighbor and when I was pulling out of the alley, I saw Riley (the gf) standing in their doorway. I was like see mom! I didn't think for one second that Riley was no longer in the picture and I thought it was really bold of him to try to fork the neighbor. Like we literally live 200 feet from each other. Additionally, I met them both together and I really liked her when we were all chatting that day of the old lady incident.
Fast forward to about a month ago I was pulling out of my alley to the main street right where their house is, I see him helping her carrying a baby stroller up the like 4 steps that lead into their front door & the baby was screaming. LOL.
Fast forward to this morning and I had ran out of coffee & was like k, I have a small window between calls from 7a-7:30 to run to the coffee shop down the street and grab some coffee. I walk in & he's there. He looks up and sees me & ignores me. As soon as his order was ready, he grabbed that ish so fast and bailed out of there.
So this thread popping up and running into him today prompted me to tell y'all that story. Also, remember when I said "the most single men I know are married". I assume they got married since that incident a few years ago. At the very least, they now share a child. This is why I just stay single.