Years ago, when I was still in college, I had a summer fling with the contractor that was doing some work on one of my employers’ houses.  Throughout most of college, I babysat and did odd jobs for different employers.  This woman was an older woman with no kids — I’d met her once by babysitting for her cousins at her daughter’s wedding, and after that she started hiring me to do odd things around her house, such as organizing her computer files and doing her grocery shopping.

She was also having some work done in her house, which is how I met Steve, her contractor.  He drove a Toyota truck with truck accessories such as a ladder rack and a headache rack, so he certainly looked the part of a contractor, but I later found out that he was also something of an artsy guy with an acting degree and a recently-left desk job as the city’s summer event planner.

We dated for the summer, but Steve was 10 years older than me and made it pretty clear that he intended to remain a bachelor forever.  As a result, our relationship ended later that fall.  I learned something valuable with that relationship — don’t waste time on guys who are more interested in truck accessories, because there are plenty other who would be!

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