Love at first sight?

A few weeks ago, I was out with my best friend at a bar we frequent fairly often when two slightly older and slightly below average looking men approached us. I was hoping it was my friend they were interested in, but when the older looking of the two men looked right at me and said "I saw you from across the bar, and I fell in love," I quickly gave up hope. He said he liked my "outfit" and that when he noticed I was wearing glasses, he fell in love. (Odd that the glasses did him in... he wasn't even wearing a pair himself...) I tried my best to be polite while assuring him he was indeed not in love, not with me anyway. He blabbered on until I honestly couldn't take another second, so I pretty rudely grabbed my friend's arm, dragged her to the bar and promptly ordered two jagerbombs (classy, I know).

Maybe 10 minutes or so later when I didn't return to my new admirer, he approached me again. This time his strategy was different. With a little bit of anger in his voice, he said "I'm leaving, but I just wanted to let you know that you just walked away from the best thing that ever happened to you." Word for word. I swear. My best friend will verify – if you know her, ask her.

I'm not going to pretend like I don't like a little male attention every once in a while, and I generally can handle unwanted attention very well. But "I'm in love with you" from a stranger, isn't exactly what I was looking for. As far as male attention goes, pathetically enough, that's the most exciting it's been for me recently. I want a guy I was "seeing" for a few months to invite me to a party he's throwing for 50 of his closest friends (I had plans for the night of the party anyway, but that's not the point) or to, I don't know, not "see" other girls too, instead I get a balding over-dressed stranger falling in love with me – it's like a mean joke.

So Mr. Love-at-First-Sight, let me be the first to tell you, it does not exist, especially at Irish bars. Trust me, and hopefully it'll save you a future heartache. Besides, I'm a cold-hearted bitch who can't connect; you'll find someone better.