Date with Mr A
I'm finally back online! Had a couple of days where my password was doing funny things, so I'm glad I can finally tell you about my date with Mr A.
Firstly though, I heard a scary fact the other day - apparently 30% of women over 40 are single. 30%!! That's certainly more than I would have thought. Anyway...there's still many many birthdays to go before I get to that stage!
So a bit more about Mr A. We hadn't emailed or chatted for very long before we decided to meet up. But what I did find out was that he was a sailor in the Navy! Nothing like a man in uniform
He was back from service overseas (where exactly he'd been was classified apparently) and was on a two week break so we decided to meet up.
As he was on leave and I was at work, we decided to meet up for lunch near my office. There was a nice Italian place I'd been to a couple of times so I suggested we go there. I was sooo nervous all morning at work, I'm always nervous before first dates! People always say to "just be yourself" which I do...I'm just my normal nervous self
Anyway, when the time came I headed downstairs to the restaurant. My legs were practically jelly while I was standing at the lights waiting to cross the road. I walked in the front door and he was sitting right inside at a table for two. First observation - not at all as cute as in his picture. He was alright looking, but wasn't quite the cuddly teddy bear that he looked like in his picture.
Internet dating lesson #1: Always take pictures with a grain of salt. If possible, get to see more than one picture before you meet up so you can get a better picture of what they actually look like!
So I sat down opposite him and we awkwardly introduced ourselves and started to look at the menu. I ordered a pizza and a lemon, lime & bitters and he ordered pasta and a coke. We started to have a conversation but it was just so awkward!! Turns out that he wasn't really into much except the navy and reading, as he spent a lot of time on the ships with not a lot to do, so he'd always stock up on books when he was on leave. So there I was thinking "what the hell am I doing??! I want out!!" when...MY BOSS sat down at the table right next to us!! Not my direct boss, one more senior who possibly didn't even recognise me, but I certainly recognised him and if I thought I had butterflies in my stomach before...I had massive dragonflies fluttering around in there now!! I've never felt claustrophobic on a date before, it was awful!
Our meals came, and I sat there trying to choke down my pizza...my mouthwas so dry.. Mr A even realised the trouble I was having and made some quip about it... but then I just couldn't do it anymore! My stomach was flip-flopping so much that I wasn't even sure if I'd be able to keep the pizza down, let alone get it down in the first place, so I grabbed my bag, pulled out $20 to cover the pizza & drink and said "I'm so sorry, I just can't do this!!" and ran out on him! I left him sitting right there at the table! I felt really bad, I do hope he stayed and finished his pasta, but it was the first date I'd had in such a long time and it was just soooo bad!!
Needless to say, I never heard from or saw him again. I'm sure he found someone else who didn't run out on him and leave him alone on their first date!
Firstly though, I heard a scary fact the other day - apparently 30% of women over 40 are single. 30%!! That's certainly more than I would have thought. Anyway...there's still many many birthdays to go before I get to that stage!
So a bit more about Mr A. We hadn't emailed or chatted for very long before we decided to meet up. But what I did find out was that he was a sailor in the Navy! Nothing like a man in uniform
He was back from service overseas (where exactly he'd been was classified apparently) and was on a two week break so we decided to meet up.As he was on leave and I was at work, we decided to meet up for lunch near my office. There was a nice Italian place I'd been to a couple of times so I suggested we go there. I was sooo nervous all morning at work, I'm always nervous before first dates! People always say to "just be yourself" which I do...I'm just my normal nervous self
Anyway, when the time came I headed downstairs to the restaurant. My legs were practically jelly while I was standing at the lights waiting to cross the road. I walked in the front door and he was sitting right inside at a table for two. First observation - not at all as cute as in his picture. He was alright looking, but wasn't quite the cuddly teddy bear that he looked like in his picture.
Internet dating lesson #1: Always take pictures with a grain of salt. If possible, get to see more than one picture before you meet up so you can get a better picture of what they actually look like!
So I sat down opposite him and we awkwardly introduced ourselves and started to look at the menu. I ordered a pizza and a lemon, lime & bitters and he ordered pasta and a coke. We started to have a conversation but it was just so awkward!! Turns out that he wasn't really into much except the navy and reading, as he spent a lot of time on the ships with not a lot to do, so he'd always stock up on books when he was on leave. So there I was thinking "what the hell am I doing??! I want out!!" when...MY BOSS sat down at the table right next to us!! Not my direct boss, one more senior who possibly didn't even recognise me, but I certainly recognised him and if I thought I had butterflies in my stomach before...I had massive dragonflies fluttering around in there now!! I've never felt claustrophobic on a date before, it was awful!
Our meals came, and I sat there trying to choke down my pizza...my mouthwas so dry.. Mr A even realised the trouble I was having and made some quip about it... but then I just couldn't do it anymore! My stomach was flip-flopping so much that I wasn't even sure if I'd be able to keep the pizza down, let alone get it down in the first place, so I grabbed my bag, pulled out $20 to cover the pizza & drink and said "I'm so sorry, I just can't do this!!" and ran out on him! I left him sitting right there at the table! I felt really bad, I do hope he stayed and finished his pasta, but it was the first date I'd had in such a long time and it was just soooo bad!!
Needless to say, I never heard from or saw him again. I'm sure he found someone else who didn't run out on him and leave him alone on their first date!
