Whoa there.. where's the fire?
I reaffirm the belief that dating is a difficult process. So on Sunday, after date #1 with MP, I saw she had sent me an email telling she had a great time. Standard stuff I believe.
I responded, said I had a great time too and would love to go out again sometime next week. I said I had some ideas and she could feel free to call me if she liked.
She called me. That night.
Luckily I was driving to my parents house and I had an excuse not to talk. It weirded me out to have her call so soon after I left her my number.
(For those wondering the reason she didn't have my number before this point: my phone was broken and thus I had no phone for her to call. Phone replaced on Sunday.. thus phone number provided)
I assured myself I was overreacting and it would be no big deal. I told her I would call her back. I didn't specify when.
I decided I would call her on Monday. Maybe I should have waited. I dunno. I just wanted to lock down plans so it wouldn't be all floating around there and what not.
Got a hold of her that night. We nailed down some plans. Movie.. probably dinner, a good time estimate, etc. Talked a bit longer afterwards about general nonsense. Getting to know you kind of stuff still.
The conversation was quality-stuff I'll admit. I felt like I was being myself the whole time. That's important to me. I don't want to change who I am for someone else.
Today she sent an email. For those keeping track, that means she's communicated with me in some form every day since the date. On the one hand, clearly she's interested and it's enjoyable being pursued for once. On the other hand, I'm not looking to jump back into a relationship any time soon.
I joked with Marcia at work today that I think I should at least go on 7 dates with 7 different women before I decide to start getting in monogamous relationships again. You know, one for each year I was with my ex. Really, it's being conservative I think.
I'm not saying I want to sleep with seven different women. Just go on some dates. See what's out there. I don't know if MP understands that. I'll have to be more clear I think. I said I didn't want to get into a serious relationship any time soon. Maybe I should just say I don't want to get into a relationship, i.e. boyfriend/girlfriend style, at all.
And yes I'll do that before I sleep with her. C'mon. Did you really think I was that kind of guy?
There's another girl that's responded on Match. Someone who didn't say the last book they read was anything by Dan Brown. I swear to God... if I talk to someone or read someone's profile that says Angels and Demons or the Da Vinci Code is the last thing they read or it's their FAVORITE book...GEEEEARGHHH! Speaking of reading, I need to remember to bring the new Pynchon book I bought home from work. I keep leaving it on my desk. It's actually going to be out in stores by the time I remember.
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