That was an annoying date

So tonight I went on an ambiguous date. It could have been a full on date or just a let's be friends, grab a drink. We met at a political event.

He's awesome on paper: he's an occupational physician (like the kind of doctor who sees the people in Erin Brockovich. So will call him Aaron.) But it was one of those, you were so much cooler when we met/ are so much cooler on the internets. (Note, this was not an online date, but we did exchange e-mails.) And the place he chose was so loud. And screaming is especially annoying when you don't know someone that well. By the way, his brother called. He didn't pick up. But he had to check who it was in case it was patient.

Anyway, the date went well enough, but not that great. I already knew that the next morning he had to go to court to testify in a patent's case and had to meet with the patient and his lawyer very early. And I know this is true because we had been emailing back and forth about date. So he had a legitimate excuse to leave after less than 2 hours. And I was convinced enough that while the date wasn't that great, it wasn't excuse-creatingly terrible. And I would have left the date feeling fine... if only he hadn't said: "yeah, i gotta go: I gotta wake up early and meet my patient and lawyer; i gotta call my brother." See, saying "I gotta go because of patient" is fine. I gotta go because of patient and because of brother is... forced. He might as well have said "I have to testify tomorrow, I have to call my brother, I have to see how my grandmother is, it's been a while, I have to do my laundry, I have to wash my bathtub, it's filthy." It's like a student saying "Oh, I don't have my homework because I have a fever and all I did was sleep it off. I got no work done. And the dog ate my home work."

Now, it's possible that he was stressed and tired and talking out loud/ giving himself a pep talk. I've been known to do that. But either way, I'm utterly annoyed. I kinda feel like emailing him: FYI, the brother thing is a dead give away. But I think I'll just ignore him. He's a nice guy so he'll probably email me. And I'll see him in a few weeks at a mutual friend's wedding.