Date 134

"And if you have five seconds to spare, then I'll tell you the story of my life."

Things really moved fast with this Guardian Soulmater after we'd exchanged initial messages, although I can't remember who initiated contact first.

She lived in South West London, which didn't bother me despite the distance, as I'd lived and worked in that area for over 20 years. And after a few emails she began to text incessantly and would Facetime me of an evening fairly regularly. This was quite fun in the beginning but it got really annoying as for about the first two weeks she was shitfaced every single night so her late night calls were essentially drunken ramblings. I also got a bit fed up one night when a drunk friend of hers was there with her when she called on Facetime and began interrogating me about my past dating experiences, so I ended that call prematurely.

I was sort of intrigued by her at the same time as she used to be a tv and theatre actress, so we set a date to meet. A few days before this, she suddenly had the house to herself and asked me at short notice to stay the night. Initially I said yes but then had to attend an important last minute meeting early the next day so told her I couldn't make it. She didn't take it well and behaved like a spoilt child which set alarm bells ringing and I started to not look forward to meeting her. I'd also been put off as her husband still lived in the marital home with her and the children as they hadn't finalised their divorce yet so all this seemed a bit complicated, so maybe it was just as well I didn't go to hers.

When we did meet at the South Bank she was good company as we had dinner and drinks, but it was very obvious that she knew nothing about me as in all the time we'd been in contact, she'd just talked about herself and her life but had forgotten to ask me anything. We did share a brief snog at the end of the night though, so it wasn't all bad!

We kept in sporadic contact afterwards but I've not heard from her for a couple of months so I doubt our paths will cross again.