Dating
Now this is probably going to come as a shock to all of you, but I am bad at dating. I am not any worse than any other person (in my humble opinion) at being in an actual relationship, but I suck at the early stages, the dating - getting to know you, the coffees, the dinners, etc. And I am a complete moron on a first date as chronicled here.
It came to my attention last night while out on a “date” that I don’t know what a date really is. I was out with Fireboy a man I would consider a former lover and current friend. We went for a drink, to a show and then for coffee afterwards. While having drinks he told me that he had said to a friend of his that he had a date tonight. “Really, this is a date to you? I don’t think of this as a date.” (How to make a man secure and wanted … I know) Luckily we have known Fireboy for a while so he took no offense but looked at me as though I was silly to think it couldn’t be a date.
So I told him my bad first date story from above, some of my evenings with Awesome, and how I think I might be going on another unintentional date at the end of the month. It was right about then realized that I am going on dates but for some strange reason I am in denial about this fact. It would also appear that, more often than not, I am the instigator of said dates as I keep asking men to come to the theatre with me all the time.
When I think about it now it really doesn’t get more datey (it could be a word) than drinks, a show and coffee. The only way it could have been more of a date was if we had dinner before the show and a good night kiss. Okay, there was a good night kiss at the end of the night so I guess I have to resign myself to the fact that I have officially had my first date of 2007. Well, pseudo date if you ask me, because really, we are now just friends, there wasn’t any tongue in the kiss and we talked about other people that we are dating or have recently dated so that couldn’t be a date …
Hello my name is The Single Girl and I have a problem … I can’t admit that I date.
The Single Girl
Ps. While on the pseudo date, I made a new year’s resolution, to try not engage in casual relations and relationships for the year of 2007. If I am going to make that work I am going to have to start doing the dating thing. Wish me luck ... I am going to need it.
5 comments:
"I made a new year’s resolution, to try not engage in casual relations and relationships for the year of 2007."
What??? You just tack that on in a PS??? And you think we won't notice?
There are lots of things in this post that I knew would make people sit up and take note (or comment as the case maybe).
I will expand once I am back in the land of snow and sun.
YEa...tacking on is just...well...tacky
I think you need a queer intervention to help you , at least, laught about your current dating denial..or as we'll now call it...your double D...heheh..LOVE IT!
p.s. I want to date other people
This whole post is a great concept. I think you should expand on this one, structure it and send it to Facts & Arguments at the Globe. (750-1000 words... just don't expand on them here, they can't have been published already.)
Hi! I just stumbled across your blog and it's great! I can totally relate to this post. Just wanted to say that even though you're feeling blah, keep up the great work!
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