like an absent-minded professor

“We talked about everything. We were so honest with each other from the beginning about our history and who we were. I asked him why he brought a date and he said he forgot he wasn’t supposed to, which knowing Matt now makes total sense as he’s like an absent-minded professor.”

Sighed its master, a gentle man who is known to friends and family as "Hughdee." and who acts more like an absent-minded professor than the wealthy investment broker that he is: "It's all very unpleasant."