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So I met a guy and have been talking to him on the phone, very laid back and easy to talk to. I was really excited to finally go out with him after several weeks of talking since he gave me his number at WalMart LOL.

We meet at the local Mexican restaurant. I order a beer and some shrimp tacos and we talk. Pleasant so far. Conversation in real life reveals some things I didn't know about him, like he is currently living in his van, and that he got arrested for a pot possession charge about 2 months ago. He also is fighting to regain visitation with his son, who his aunt and uncle have custody of.

We have talked for hours on the phone a couple of times and none of this was revealed.

So dinner over and he wants to go to the bar. I tell him no thanks, I really have no interest in going to the bar (our local bars are dirty, smelly redneck places and trigger me). He then asks me to drive to the freaking Holiday Inn across the street. He explains that he "got us a room there" so that I could get as drunk as I wanted. (Thanks buddy).

In earlier conversation, he had said that he knew friends of mine, a couple that I hang out with frequently. I called them and asked if we could come over, and we headed out to their house. We had a really good time, conversation was good while we were with the other couple. It was fun to be out. Around midnight, we left there.

So I drove back to his van, and all the way he was trying to talk me into going back to the hotel. Seriously.

So I arrived back home at 1am, and he has texted all day today with funny stories, pictures, and telling me what a good time he had, and would like to do it again soon.

So at least now I seem to have the skill to see red flags. Could you believe old me might have thought this loser was quite a catch.