Blast from the past

More than a year ago, a random boy walked up to me in the pub, did an aeroplane impersonation, and asked me out on a date. With the attitude of “Well, it can’t really hurt, and everyone loves going out for dinner”, I went. It wasn’t super bad, but as you can see here, he wasn’t a keeper.

            He told me on the first date that he was in the throws of breaking up with his very serious ex (warning signs all over the place) and I decided very quickly that I didn’t want to fill her place.

            After allowing the whole thing to fizzle out, I was under the impression that I was free of him until he randomly text me nearly a year later, asking me out for another drink. I lied and said I was seeing someone – it’s so much easier than having to be mean and it’s a pretty hard statement to argue with.

            Unfortunately, people in relationships don’t use online dating sites, so when he found me online and sent me the following message, I drew a blank as to how to reply.

“I met a nice young lady from Pimlico once…lost touch unfortunately! How are you? X”

Damn. How do I get out of this one?