date #1

I went on a coffee date on Monday with the 39 y/o, or as Jo refers to him, the old guy. So we were going to meet at this coffee shop in Park Slope but then I got a message on the train as I was going over the bridge and he asked if we might want to go somewhere else, because that coffee shop didn't have much seating or anything. And I thought--oh, that is nice. He thinks about these things. So I texted him and said, sure, and I'd call him when I was off the train.

I did that, and he said he was driving, so he could just pick me up. And I thought, hmmmm.... This seems like a possibly not good idea, but I will do it anyways, because it is cold. And when he pulled up and I got in the car, the immediate reaction was: Oh. Yeah, not as hot as the pictures implied. Funny how that happens!

Which would be fine, right? Did he have the personality? Did we click?

Well, we had plenty to talk about. Like the 7-year relationship he just got out of. Well, actually--she walked out on him. And just that day he found out that she'd been sleeping with someone else for their entire last month together. But you know, it's probably for the best, because she didn't really get along with his 17-year-old son. So the woman who'd been living with him for 7 years did not get along with the son he was raising. Okay, interesting.

But, all that being said, he was a pretty decent guy and we went on to talk about yoga, food, stuff like that. So, it was fine. It definitely could have been worse.

But there is this other guy that I have been emailing, who I really get along with. His emails make me laugh. And I gave him my number (well--first he gave me his. So I countered that with---here is mine.). I got home on Monday night and I was thinking, I hope that guy calls me.

And then he did! So we talked for about half an hour, and he was pretty funny on the phone. Ladies you know how this is tough. We are surrounded by funny people. I feel a bit desensitized to funniness. It has to be really funny, especially with guys in the outside world. He definitely seems like someone with a querky funny worldview, not someone who was cracking jokes, and I really dig it.

He asked if I want to meet in person, and I said, yeah, and so on Sunday, we are going on a museum date. His suggestion. Point for him. I later realized Sunday is Valentine's Day, but oh well. It was the only day we both had free. Will he bring chocolate?

I'm hoping we laugh a lot at the museum. But who knows. This stuff is scary! You just don't know what you will get in person! We shall see........

---Natalie