The Banker Dude

I was going to use today's post to talk about "The Separated Man"...but after Tuesday's post on NY Guys VS LA Guys...a girlfriend sent me an email to talk about her personal experience dating a banker. Since I'm all about real life experiences, I thought I would share hers with you. And I can vouch that she is an awesome girl--ambitious, funny, pretty, and definitely not a golddigger. Here's what "Anna" has to say:

The Banker: He is all about keeping up appearances. There are different levels of this banker-guy depending on what his title is (Analyst, Associate, VP, etc.) He will not be looking for a relationship which will lead to marriage until he is about 32-years-old. Until then he is all about "models + bottles" at the clubs in the meatpacking district or hot new restaurants, going to high profile cultural events and mixers for young professionals, and vacationing with his guy friends.

Tidbits on my personal banker:

We dated for about 5 months and though he said that he loved me, he also said he wasn’t in love with me.

He NEVER defined the relationship.  

He coached me on how to interact with people in social settings without my request.

Told me he wasn't sure he should tell me to start dating other people or to move in with him.

He scheduled a meeting an hour after he penciled in our break-up and kept reminding me throughout dinner that he had to get going. Each time I said "go. I'm not keeping you."

He invited me over to his place after our break-up.

He would not watch the movie "Knocked Up" with me because he was told he shouldn't watch it with someone he was sleeping with…

He wore cheap pilling cashmere and told me not to touch it so as not to pill it. Everyone knows fine cashmere develops an aura of beautiful fuzz...

He had an anger management problem and almost broke down the doors of his apartment complex. Then after the scene he caused, he turned and smiled at me…like nothing had just happened.

He never once actually admitted I was his girlfriend until we were breaking up.

Not even three weeks after we broke up, he pawned me off on some senior-level guy at his firm who was interested. Mind you, our break-up and the whole relationship left me devastated and I cried throughout our break-up conversation.

He was very jealous of my friendship with a best gal pal and would say I should vacation with her rather than him if “we were so tight”.

He was threatened by my girlfriends and alluded to me being a possible lesbian.

He lied about going away for the Winter holidays and lied to me when I found the evidence that said he was in town the entire time I thought he was skiing with the boys. He just didn’t want to spend Christmas or New Year’s Eve with me.

 

He sounds like a charmer right? Gotta love these guys...