The Alcoholic

ok so the date with mike brady didn't go so well... if at first you don't succeed... well now i know you should give up... but at the time it was... try try again....
the same night i decided to give it a whirl with my standby date. a standby date is the one ya call on if the first one falls through. obviously my valentine's date sucked so of course i called on the standby.....this guy i also met online :) notice a trend yet? we had been talking for only a few days but we had SEVERAL mutual friends. so i decided... what do i have to lose?! my valentine's day is already shot! let's see if it can get worse!!!
so i meet this guy at his house to watch some movies and hang out... when i get there he was casually drinking a beer... not what i would be doing when i am meeting someone for the first time but ok... i can give this a whirl... we had fun... talked... hit it off even! come to find out he too worked the night shift... HOW PERFECT?! I WORKED NIGHTS! DOES ANYONE REALLY KNOW HOW IMPOSSIBLE IT IS TO DATE WHEN YOU WORK NIGHTS!!??
we ended up hanging out more and more over the course of the next two or three months... he ended up getting laid off during the middle of our booming economic situation, but we always enjoyed each others company. he also always insisted that i come to his house... he never wanted to hang out at my house and we never really went out....however....i started to notice that every time i saw him he was drinking a beer... and more beer and more beer... i couldn't take it any more! the suspense was killing me!!
one night i finally mustered up the courage to ask him about this seeming habit. i casually commented..."geez! you drink enough beer? are you an alcoholic or something?" WOW! CUE THE FIREWORKS... SOMEONE HAS STARTED WW3!!! he instantly became defensive and said NO! why does everyone always say that?! i've never been an alcoholic... i'm not an alcoholic... and i never WILL BE an alcoholic! EVEN MY REHAB COUNSELOR SAYS I'M NOT AN ALCOHOLIC!!!! *things that make ya go hmmmm....* so eventually he did confide that the reason we always hung out at his place was because he couldn't drive... he had like 3 DWI charges.... WOW...how did i ever get so lucky?
I HAVE NOW DECIDED I HATE VALENTINE'S DAY.......