Today, on my day off, I decided to throw a message out in to Tinder Land, even though I have two other dates lined up for this week, and have a real hard time managing too many at once. At least, I think I do, it's been awhile.
I noticed that this guy and I had a Facebook friend in common, someone from my theatre life, and had a few other interesting things going on. We chatted and flirted a bit and, surprisingly, he invited me out for a drink this evening. I said yes. I would much rather say yes than spend weeks trying to keep an online conversation interesting.
This time, he got there before me, I walked in and again, thought he was pretty attractive. We found a table, got some beers and curds (Wisconsin!) and chatted and laughed. I giggled to myself a little that, upon closer inspection, his shirt was a bit wrinkly, but that seems to be what happens when men don't have a woman in their life.
I got twice as far as the last date. Two drinks! And this guy wasn't going to be having kids any time soon...biologically. He got that out of the way. We shared stories, and I laughed but couldn't quite decide if he was funny or a truly epic tool. But, I was laughing and enjoying myself, so I had to go for the former. He excused himself to the rest room once, and maybe I was too skeptical, but I noticed a little bit of nose rubbing when he came back. I once went on a date with a guy who did drugs in the bathroom at a comedy show. It was obvious afterwards. This reminded of that and I seriously laughed out loud at the ridiculousness of it. I don't think he caught on.
It could have just been allergies though. We got our bill. Split it. (Is this a thing with dating nowadays? I mean, I can pay my own way, but I like it when a gentleman at least offers!) He invited me over, I declined. He walked me to my car, said he had a good time and would like to do it again.Why the hell not.
I got some pretty...suggestive but respectful..texts messages later. Let's call them straightforward, and I can't lie, flattering. Dating in your 30's, so far, has been so much less BS than when I dated 10 years ago. I said that I was willing to see him again,that I thought we could have a lot fun together, but anything more remains to be seen. But that is what dating is for, right?
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