Top Ways To Tell Your Date is Bat Shit Crazy!

First of all, let me preface this entry with the following statements.  I am attracted to emotionally damaged men.  It takes a lot, and I mean a lot to make me think you are bat shit crazy. As my good friend Julie said, "Crazy we can handle.  Throw in the bat shit and that's over the top." But for all my single pals out there, here are some clear indicators!

1. He becomes whiney and petulant when you suggest that you would like to continue to email/text/talk on the phone for another week before meeting and uses false flattery to coax you into date #1.  FYI, Eharmony warns against people who push you into meeting too soon, however, in need of an ego boost, I agreed to meet up.

2. You are deliberately evasive about what neighborhood you live in or where exactly you work.  You can't exactly put your finger on why, but it just seems like a safe bet.

3. He informs you that his most recent long term relationship ended in restraining orders.

4. He sees nothing wrong with sharing #3 with you.

5. After the date, that went extremely well despite the oversharing about the restraining orders, he proceeds to send texts that border on harrassing in their content and frequency.  For example, asking you to come over approximately 23 times in a 2 hour period.

6.  When told that the texts are making you uncomfortable he gets hostile and defensive.

7. The texts begin again the next day as if he doesn't remember the previous conversation.

8.  He suggests you need a drink and you tell him you only like to drink once or twice a week.  He says he drinks more than that. Oh yes, there was that shot of whiskey with his pasta at dinner, in additon to the 5 beers. You ask how much more, only to realize he has been drinking every day since you have started speaking to him.  This may explain why he doesn't remember the previous request to stop texting things that make you uncomfortable.

9.  You recall that he has told you that he's taking not 1, not 2, not 3, not 4 but 5 different medications that work to elevate his mood, eleviate anxiety and help him sleep.  Good idea to mix those with alcohol. I'm sure there are no adverse side effects from that.

10. Because you really, really want to believe the best and he does have some other really great qualities, but most importantly because you don't want to admit you picked Mr. Wacko, you once again tell him that you really are interested in getting to know him more but you need things to slow down and the tone of his texts need to change.  He responds with Fuck Off.  You're Mean.

And that my friends is how you can tell your date is Bat Shit Crazy.