Hi everyone. An interruption in transmission....
Ghosts of dating present is here to share some news. Boy number 22 (number 30 in Mathematical terms) has asked me out on a spontaneous date- TONIGHT!
I was wondering something..... Quite a few times, guys have dropped off the radar and I suppose I wonder why a little bit. I mean, sure, it might well be that they aren't that in to me but why would they be? They don't even know me yet! So the question(s) I am posing to you is(are)......
Can you message a guy twice in a row? Over what time frame do you do this? I need to avoid giving off the desperation vibe, which I fear has become my signature move, but at the same time, if I think the guy is cute or whatever, I want that second or third date!?!
OK. Guy number 22 (Guy number 30). Let's call him..... Justin.
Justin seems very articulate. He likes to read- in fact, I have pathetically just borrowed a book he recommended to me from the library. (What!? It looked interesting!?) OK, so I have never actually met Justin, nor have I heard him speak so my judgments are primarily made on his profile and the SMSs he has sent me, but I assume I can tick off the criteria about intellect on my checklist.
One thing I am a little concerned about is the unwillingness for men to make decisions lately. And this concern is ever present in number 22. Fine, so the initiation of a spontaneous date is totally my style, BUT he could have picked a time and a place.... SURELY? OK, so maybe, deep-down Soleil is a man-hater. I told him I am going swimming at 5, which I am, so unless he wants me to stink of chlorine and look like a half-drowned albino, he has actually made the correct move.
So.... where to for dinner? He knows about my a-z dining idea and.... he likes it. (Who wouldn't?) But Chlorine Gal needs somewhere close to home. I really feel like Moroccan.... but it's something I can cook myself. Cynical comments might ensue if it's tasteless and I'm not sure if I'm prepared to take the risk of bagging out a meal on a first date. Pubs are unromantic and set off the wrong vibe. The Pancake Parlour.... What am I? Twelve? NOT for a first date. And then there is the place I took number 21 (29) to..... NO. Forget it, Soleil. It's tacky. It will become your standard date place. Which brings me to yet another question for you. How tacky is it to have a standard 'date-place'?
I've just realised. I'm a massive foodie and I don't think there are many restaurants in my immediate area that I haven't taken a date or boyfriend. But that Moroccan place..... I tried to break up with an ex-boyfriend there once. Is that bad Feng-Shui or some shit? Oh, fuck it. I'm going there. I have a craving for it. I'll just have to keep my mouth shut about the food and report back to you on how it went. Eeek! Outfit! I think I'll wear the same thing I did for number 21 (29). I looked smoking in that. He even said so. Problem..... the heels. This newbie, Justin will be shorter than me if I wear the same thing as I did for number 21 (29). And that is something I haven't run by you. I'll wear what I did when I met Greg, 'The Boston Strangler'. He had a thing for putting his hands around my neck and talking about serial killers, but also admitted that I looked smoking on that first date.
Is this a whole lot of 'bad energy' for date number one with Justin? I think I know the answer to that, but I don't have time to dwell. I'm going swimming.
Where to go.... where to go.....
1 comment:
Ooooh can't wait to hear all about it!!!
But am also intrigued to hear the rest of the catch up between high school and guy 22...
Also interesting to see that 21 is definitely off the cards! :)
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