INTERNET DATES FROM HELL by Trisha Ventker

Author:Trisha Ventker [Ventker, Trisha]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
ISBN: 9781462052554
Publisher: iUniverse
Published: 1969-12-31T06:00:00+00:00

13

If It Looks Too Good to Be True, It Usually Is

June 2000

No sooner did I let the big fish get away, than I decided to deviate from the normal Internet dating site that I had been using. I posted a profile on a Christian singles site. With my mom being a devout Catholic, I thought maybe it would be better to follow her advice. I assumed that most of these men would be family oriented, religious, and spiritual, and they would be the least likely to have a sexual perversion of some kind. I am a little less naive today than I was back then.

By mid-June I had received no e-mails worth mentioning. Joe, on the other hand, drew my attention. His e-mail portrayed him as a family oriented, fun-loving, outgoing guy. He stated that he prayed the rosary daily. Other than his excessive praying, I sensed a down-to-earth, regular guy. As a rule, I normally don’t entertain potential dates outside a fifty-mile radius (due to my past perilous experiences). Mapquest claims that Anaheim is 3,100 miles away. I was never good in math in high school; however, that’s far more than fifty miles! Duh! Nevertheless, Joe’s piercing blue eyes and flaxen hair lured me (no pun intended).

Three weeks later, after we had spoken on the phone and exchanged photos, Joe flew east for a weekend visit. He was half Irish, half Mexican, and stood five foot ten inches. As a college-educated private investigator, Joe’s expertise was in insurance fraud. Since insurance fraud is among the top ten felonious activities in this country, I thought this was an admirable vocation. He asked if it would be acceptable to fly to New York, as he had just solved a big case. He claimed he needed some time to clear his head, since the case took nearly two months to crack, and a weekend away from it all would be advantageous. In addition, he wanted to meet me as soon as possible.

While driving to Newark International Airport, I wondered if this could be the one. I wondered if he’d be attracted to me. Everything looked great! What could go wrong?

The weekend went very well. I asked what his preferences were, and before I could finish the question, he blurted, “The Bronx Zoo…and also the Botanical Gardens, of course!” I thought to myself, “That’s funny. I haven’t been to the Bronx Zoo since I was a child, and I can’t remember ever visiting the Botanical Gardens.”

The weekend proceeded as planned: a Broadway show (I wanted to see Phantom, but he urged Cats, and Cats it was), dinner at the renowned Smith & Wollensky Steak House, and a walk through Central Park. His attention was drawn to the horse-pulled carriages.

“Is this just on the weekends or…?”

“No, Joe,” I interrupted. “This is 24/7, twelve months a year—weather permitting, of course.”

After his fascination with this phenomenon, our conversation steered itself toward more important things. He offered that his father had been a well-known horse veterinarian, licensed in the states of California and New Mexico.

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