First date jitters
February 8th, 2005
While I’m on the topic of dating. I went out with this girl a few weeks ago. We had a great time. The conversation was flowing pretty well with the occasional stoppage to swallow some food or check the score of the Laker game.
We get along well. The times we spent talking on the phone were fun and it was easy to pass an hour or two talking to her.
She was doing her best to make it obvious that she was interested. She was laughing at my jokes, giving me little touches as she handed me the serving spoon, looking at me with that come hither look.
After dinner we walked back to her place, and she invited me up. In that split second between her asking me up and words coming out of my mouth, I remembered that scene from Nine Months were he drops the girl off at her door after the date. She asks “Want to come up for some coffee?”
“No thanks, I don’t drink coffee.” He replies
“Want to come up for sex?”
The point being that when a girl invites you in, go! I didn’t want to have sex with someone I didn’t really know, but I didn’t want to say no, and make her feel like I rejected her. I just met this girl, and I didn’t want to ruin everything on the first date.
So, I went up. I played with her little dog and we sat on the couch talking and watching TV for a bit. I was a bit uncomfortable, but I think it’s just my head issues that were causing all that.
I was exhausted, and I almost fell asleep on her couch. When I left, she walked me out to the car. She may have leaned in for a kiss as we went to hug goodnight, but I was a bit out of it, and didn’t really notice. As I got in my car, she asked me to call her when I got home to make sure I got home OK.
Is that socially acceptable? It was just a first date. A good first date, but a first date nonetheless. Do people who are casually dating do things like call late at night make sure you got home ok?
So this girl called me. That’s great! I like it when a girl shows some initiative. I called her back, but I’ve been so busy lately, that I didn’t really have time to talk. I promised her I’d caller her back and make date sometime this weekend. Sounds good?