Last week I decided I was done with waiting around for something that was never going to happen, so I moved on from what I had been waiting for and from what had been holding me back. I bit the bullet and signed up for online dating again. This time on a new free dating site recommended to me by multiple friends. How much could it hurt? I thought to myself. It ended up being super overwhelming and awesome at the same time. On the first site I had used, the matching criteria were just little boxes you checked off that you liked, for example “weight lifting”, “cycling” or “volleyball”. If you put only volleyball, you get no matches. If you add weight lifting, you get only meatheads. If you add cycling, you get Lance Armstrong. Talk about underwhelming odds. On the new site, they ask actual questions when you fill out your profile, and use your answers in order to match you with people. Immediately I was bombarded with 50 messages!!! What?! I almost quit immediately, but instead went back to the system my friend taught me for not wasting my time online: 1. look at pictures, if interested then 2. read profile, if interested then 3. read message. Usually the message says “Hi”. Wow! What a conversation starter. Ignore.
Anyway, I was looking through my matches and there was this very cute guy with a very cute husky in his picture. Yes, please! I read his profile and he likes the mountains, surfing, food…pretty much everything I like, yes please! So I decided to write him a message (on the site they suggest that most relationships are started by the girl reaching out to the guy). Eventually he got back to me with a very lovely message. We wrote messages online only twice before he asked for my number because he said he is lazy about checking his online dating thing, fair enough. We texted a bit, and he asked me out for Saturday afternoon.
My best friend suggested that maybe the leather pants were bad luck, so we decided I would wear my suede ones instead haha.
Peter lives on the east side of downtown and I live just outside downtown, so we decided to meet on the bridge leading into my neighborhood at 1:30. I (secretly) drove partway there because I didn’t want my feet to hurt in my cute boots from walking too much, and then walked to the bridge and he walked up at the same time with his gorgeous puppy, Heather! Oh my gosh, I was so excited. He looked exactly like his pictures and I was convinced that we would get along really well based on his profile and messages. (This is me getting my hopes up.)
It was pretty cold and windy out, despite being a sunny day. He hugged me and we discussed how cold it was, but wanted to walk because Heather was there and I didn’t want to abandon her outside while we drank coffee. So we walked near the river, played on the playground, climbed the tobogganing hill, then continued to walk towards downtown. Conversation flowed and giggles were abundant. He suggested we drop Heather off and grab a drink. This is where he takes me to his house and murders me, I thought. So we walk to his house and he apologizes for the mess I’ll see when we get inside, I offer to stay outside (and alive), he says it’s fine and we go inside. Surprisingly, he doesn’t murder me, drops the dog off and we go to get a drink at a restaurant across the street. While we’re in his house I look at my phone to see what time it is, only 3!! Is this not going as well as I think? This can’t be a repeat of the most boring date ever!
The restaurant ends up being closed so we walk farther downtown and end up at a Newfie pub. We sat and talked for the next five hours (obviously an overreaction when I thought this was a repeat of the most boring date ever (see: Date 2 - Tom if you don’t recall this)), then we were both late for our plans already so he paid (Yay!) and we left. As we walked down the street, he stopped at the intersection and kissed me! (Yay! My first online date kiss! And a good one!) But I was pretty embarrassed by this PDA so I pulled away, then he held my hand as we walked a little bit farther. We continued to talk, this time about how gangly I am, and he came up to me and picked me up and pushed me against a storefront window! I was super caught off guard and made him put me down, even though I felt like I was in The Notebook. I asked him if he wanted to do this again and he asked if he could take me for dinner tonight, I said he could after my plans, so hopefully we actually meet up again too! He kissed me again at the next intersection and we went our separate ways.
Needless to say, I’m pretty stoked. Also needless to say, I need to keep my expectations low (this is not going well) so as not to be disappointed by yet another man.
Love Sack Murda
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