Planes, Trains and Automobiles- Part 1 and 2

Part 1- Bus Boy
Nothing super eventful here but this gives a little lead up for part 2. So I started dating a guy in DC in the summer of 07 and on my very first trip down to visit him I ended up sitting next to a really cute guy on the bus. I was pretty head over heels about the DC guy so Bus Boy and I exchanged numbers and kept in touch via text and the occasional drink in NYC but nothing more than that for a year and half. Once DC guy and I broke up I agreed to go out with Bus Boy but told him really bluntly that I wasn't looking for a boyfriend, just wanted to date different people in New York and stay single. He said he was okay with this but he turned out to be kinda girly for a 6'2", 200lbs, ex frat guy, and continued to ask how I felt about him all the time and needed a lot affirmation that I liked him which got sort of annoying. I kept insisting we weren't officially dating but I'm not sure that message got passed along on his end, at least I don't think that's the story he told his friends. We started hanging out more and I met some of his friends and coworkers and got to know one guy fairly well, we're just gonna call him Stan for now.

Part 2- The Good Kind of Accent
I was flying home for Christmas right after DC guy and I had officially broken up and had gotten to the airport waaaaay too early for my flight. This guy came and sat down next to me and we started talking and I immediately liked him cuz he had an adorable Australian accent. I also thought he was pretty cute at the time so we agreed to try to meet up once we were both back in the city after the holidays. So date #1 was pretty good cuz we went to the rooftop of the Gansevoort which is one of my favorite places in the city but I did notice 2 things that were really superficial but worth noting. 1) He was kinda short too, from now on I'm only agreeing to go out with guys who are unquestionably over 5'6". 2) I know this will sound weird, but he had a really really cute profile but was downright strange looking from the front. I don't know how to describe this but it was an interesting phenomenon, and since I'd been sitting next to him the whole time at the airport I'd never really seen the head on view.
Okay, so my shallowness aside...we had a good time on our date, and unlike Bus Boy he was totally chill and not looking for his future wife so I figured I had a good new friend to go out with in the city, and I liked his taste in date spots since he took me to Gansevoort.

The awkwardness arose when parts 1 and 2 collided...
By February I'd been on a few dates with the Aussie, and was quasi dating Bus Boy despite my best efforts to keep it casual, and one Friday I was supposed to meet the Aussie for dinner. So we met at this place called Cafeteria in Union Square but it was super crowded so we were wandering around trying to find a table. Problem number 1, he was short so I had a hard time keeping track of him in the crowd, he also was a speedy little guy so I lost him after approximately 5 seconds at the restaurant. So I'm more or less spinning around in circles when someone grabs my arm and I turn thinking it's the aussie, but no, it's Stan. I'm by myself at this point so he's like "Hey! How've you been I haven't seen you and [Bus Boy's real name] in awhile. When are we all going out again?" Of course at this exact moment the Aussie comes back and is like "Oh man, sorry I lost you! Wanna just go eat at the bar or keep waiting for a table". Now I realize this doesn't sound all that bad but at the time it felt like the most awkward situation ever since I look like a complete sketchball. I don't think Stan realized Bus Boy and I weren't exclusive so I look like I'm being super shady by going out with another guy. And the Aussie had never really asked if I was going out with anybody else I just sort of assumed that since he didn't ask, we were both free to see other people. I think at that point I tried to introduce them to each other both as my "friends" but I'm sure my awkwardness got the better of me and it wasn't a smooth interaction whatsoever.

Needless to say, things didn't really work out with either guy. I think the Aussie stopped calling me after that date, and as for Bus Boy we kept trying to go out but we could never agree to be on the same page relationship/non relationship wise so that eventually ended a few months later.

I thought after that I was done meeting guys on public transportation but as part 3 showed, apparently I wasn't quite finished yet...