First Date, Round 2.

My first date with Tall Guy (he’s 6’5) led us to a Thai restaurant in one of the trendiest areas of Minneapolis. I drove over to his house and we walked to the restaurant, with me marveling at how tall he really was the whole time (I have a thing for height) and feeling relieved that he was better looking in person than in his photos.

We had a delicious dinner without anything getting stuck in my teeth or spilling on myself and had a pretty good conversation. At times, it felt like I was interviewing him because I was asking a lot of questions, but that’s just how I get when I’m nervous and he didn’t seem to mind answering them.

Afterward, we walked back toward his place and I didn’t really know where the night was going. It was only 7:45 so I wasn’t too surprised when he invited me up to his apartment to watch a movie. I accepted his invitation because I needed more time to figure out if I was into him (this is one of the rare occasions where I wasn’t sure within 5 minutes of meeting a guy if I was into him in a sexual way).

So we watched a movie and it thankfully wasn’t uncomfortable as we sat next to each other on his couch. At one point, he tried to grab my hand but I had just moved it to scratch my nose. Then I had to explain to him why I don’t like holding hands and he thought it was weird, but accepted it, so he put his arm around me instead.

Once the movie ended, we just kind of sat there watching the credits. There was a little tension in the air and I could tell he wanted to kiss me because he kept looking over at me, waiting for me to look at him so he could make his move. Finally I did and thus started the longest make-out session I’ve had since high school. It was pretty intense and a little too long for my liking, but I dealt with it. I mean, it’s not like a too long make-out session is like a too long root canal or something equally as awful.

I will say that his kissing style was….interesting..? But, I’ve learned that kissing styles can be adjusted so if we continue to see each other, I’ll be working on that.

By this time it was about 10:30 so I told Tall Guy I should probably get going. I got all my winter gear on and was ready to go but of course we had to make-out a little more for the road.

And he already emailed me this morning (I hate guys who actually follow the 3 day rule or whatever other nonsense dating rules there are out there), so I think he had a pretty good time!

This dating thing has become quite fun for me and my friends love hearing about the stories the next day. They like to live vicariously through me since they are all in relationships, engaged or married.

When you’re single, you want a relationship. When you’re in a relationship, you want to be single. But I’m in that perfect in between stage of singleness where I’m having fun meeting –and making out with--new people but don’t necessarily feel a rush to become serious with one person. But if I meet someone I do want to be with, then I’ll be with them. And I think I’m at the perfect age to be at this stage, too; young, carefree (in the dating sense) and not pressured to hurry up and settle down.
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If you want to hear what's been making me cry every morning for the past few weeks, check this out. A radio station here in the Twin Cities does a thing every yeard called Christmas Wish. They get donations from listeners and business and grant wishes for people in need during the holiday season. They typically go to families who are having a tough year, like someone in the family is really sick or something happened during the year where they can't afford a Christmas for their children. It's really heart warming to hear the stories of the family and the kindness of people in the Twin Cities who donate money, time and services to these people in need. I'm going to donate some of my money to this cause for sure!