I was in my office one day when one of the other girls walks in and says, "There's eye candy in the conference room."

I peak my head around her since the conference room is across my office.  I can't get a good view because of the blinds across the conference room window.  Plus his back is to the window, giving me only a sideview.  The only one I can see clearly is the creepy, old IT manager from our office who is holding the meeting.

For the next hour, the three of us twenty-something girls find excuses to pass by the window of the conference room, trying to get a better glimpse. 

When the meeting is over, we pummel our guy with questions.
"Who was that guy?  Did you get his business card?  What's his website address?  Did YOU think he was good looking?"

Of course, it was all in fun.  We didn't think anything else of it until a couple of days later when IT manager walks into my office, sits down, and tosses a business card on my desk. 

I give him a very strange look as I look it over and ask, "Who is this?"  I figure it's someone he wants me to call about a software problem.
"Read the name."
"Uh-huh.  Who is he?"
"The IT headhunter who was in here the other day that you girls were going on and on about."
"Why are you giving this to me?"
"You wanted his email address, didn't you?"
I burst into laughter.  "How did you get this?"

Apparently, IT manager had a meeting with Headhunter at his office.  As IT Manager was leaving, Headhunter asks, "So, do you have any other questions for me?"
"Well, I do have one, but it's kind of unrelated ..."
"Ok, hit me."
"You might want to hit ME after I ask this ... but some of the girls in the office thought you were cute.  Are you married?"
Headhunter shows his 10 unringed fingers and says, "26 and single!"  IT Manager leaves with a small pile of business cards to distribute.

I tell him he is a good wingman and that maybe I should take him to bars and clubs with me.  I wanted to defer to one of the other single girls on this one since I didn't get as good of a look as I would have liked, but she refused.

So, I whipped up an email:

"Randy gave me your business card yesterday.  I know this is a little weird, but I wanted to see if you wanted to meet for a drink after work sometime.  I also know it’s a little unfair that I’ve seen you but you haven’t seen me, so I’m sending you a link to my myspace page.  Check it out, and if you’d like, email me back.  You might get a couple other emails like this, but don’t worry - we promise not to fight over you."

He emailed me back, and we decided to meet for a drink that Friday.  Beforehand, I was panicking.  I had to constantly ask Val, the only one who saw him in his entirety, for reassurance that she thought he was attractive (I don't guess that it even mattered anymore - after how much we talked, he seemed like a good guy). 

When we met, he was very attractive from the side (which I already knew), and pretty good looking straight on - slightly balding.  We had a nice conversation and asked me to go out with him and his friends that night, but by the end of the evening I was still on the fence about him, so I agreed to go out with him again another time, especially because he was everything I needed that I was not finding in the other guys I had been dating - successful, smart, mature ... wealthy ... NOT LIVING AT HOME WITH PARENTS.

The only thing he wasn't - modest.  He liked to talk about all the things he does for his employees, about how much they love working for them, about how often he takes them all out, etc.  This was unimpressive to me and eventually made my decision for me since I couldn't take it anymore.

Fortunately, he made it easy for me and didn't call me again anyway ...

It was doomed from the beginning.  His last name was also the first name of Hulk, Workaholic, and Lacrosse Guy.  I should have known better ...