Ok. This weekend I went on a day trip with my brother, his girlfriend and a bunch of his friends. 12 people in all.

The important detail to include is that my brother's gf wants to set me up with someone in the worst way. I think she wants it so bad she can taste it. She set me up with one of her sister's friends a while back and we hit it off over the phone and went out on a date. There wasn't any chemistry, but she really liked me and kept telling everyone how nice I was. So my brother's gf is even more dedicated to getting me hooked up with someone. This is nice of her, but on this day it was really annoying.

So we went up to a local town on the Mississippi river to this winery's retail outlet on Saturday. It's more like a bar really. You can buy and take out, or drink it on the premises. It's an old single story limestone block building, about 500 square feet, with a full walk out basement. If you look out the back across the concrete patio, the Mississippi river is right there. And there is a wooden deck on the side of the building, usually with some guy playing music. It's all done up in a very tasteful and rustic way.

So we settle in at the big table on the patio after buying about 8 bottles of wine. We break out the cheese, crackers, and assorted other food. They don't sell food so they don't care what you bring as long as you get all your drinks there.

After we've been there a couple of hours, my brother's girlfriend and someone else go back into the building for another bottle or two of wine. When they come out she tells me I just have to go back into the building and buy a bottle of beer or something. I know something is up and she wants me to walk in and see what it is. She's insistent so in I go.

I walk in and up the stairs to where the coolers are and where you pay. And there stands all the members of a bachlorette party sampling wines to pick which ones they want to drink. They are pretty good looking and all look to be in their mid to early 20's. So I pull a bottle of beer out of the cooler, pay for it, and go back out.

I get outside and she asks me what I think and did I talk to them. I told her I didn't say a word to them. I'm 39. The women on the bachlorette outing were all in their 20's. I really didn't think any would be interested and I didn't feel like making a fool out of myself. Besides, even if they had been closer to my age and obviously interested, I probably couldn't have strung a complete sentence together. We all know how that impresses people.

A little more time goes by, probably a half an hour. All of a sudden my brother's gf comes out with this bottle of wine. She's gone in and asked the salesperson what the bachelorettes are drinking and bought a bottle. She hands me the bottle and says, "here, go up there and give them this bottle and introduce yourself". I tell her no way and stand pat. She takes the bottle and walks it over to the bachlorette party and tells them it's compliments of that guy and points to me. They all turn and look and in unison wave and say "thank you!". I look, smile, and wave, not wanting to be a jerk about it.

I think it's over and that's that. Well she keeps nagging me about going over and saying hi. I keep refusing and just sit with our group and continue to have a good time. So we're getting ready to leave and as we're walking to the car, she goes over to them again. I ignore and don't even look to see what she's doing. Then as I'm walking up to the car I hear them hooting. When I get to the car she tells me that she pointed at me telling them "If you want to be the next one to wear the sash, that's Dr. XXXXXXX. He's single and looking". The sash being what the bride was wearing IDing her as the bride.

At this point I'm ready to crawl under the nearest rock. I'm not a Dr. and I'm not interested in embarrassing myself chasing after a bunch of 26 year old bridesmaids. Not that I would chase after a bunch of 36 year old bridesmaids either. It's all I can do to continue to talk to the people I already know let alone complete strangers I know nothing about.

Sorry about the long story, but I thought it was funny and wanted to share. I think my brother's gf is really nice for wanting to get me laid/hooked up/married/whatever, but I wish she wouldn't try things like this. Maybe next time I'll post about the lesbian she tried to set me up with.