So, last night was my first date for the experiment. What ended up happening was so hysterical, I had to keep from busting out laughing while walking to my car. I'm actually still laughing about it...anyway, so Joe (yeah, we'll call him Joe) wanted to meet for drinks during happy hour at a restaurant downtown. The restaurant he chose, however, happened to be the workplace of a waiter I went on a few dates with and I hadn't been back since he stopped calling. For the sake of the story, we'll call the waiter Jason.
I told Joe that I'd meet him at the bar and in hindsight I'm SO glad I walked in through the door near the bar rather than the main door, as Jason was actually at the host stand. Wow, that would have been awkward...so I scan the bar and don't see anyone resembling Joe, when I feel a tap on my shoulder and turn around and there he is. And he's old. And while I went in for a handshake, he wanted a hug. Blurg. Also, while I was counting on just drinks, he was adamant about ordering food, which always increases the time (and subsequent awkwardness) of the date. Double blurg.
So, I sit down and glance at the host stand and even though the guy that was standing there has his back to me, I'm about 90% sure its Jason. But, back to Joe--so we sit down, the waittress (who was just lovely, I must say) takes my drink order, suggests one of the happy hour dishes (which was delicious), and then left us to fend for ourselves. Honestly, the date was pretty uneventful. Except for the fact that about 15 minutes in, not only did Jason walk by, but he recognized me. And not only did he recognize me, but he waved. I waved back, but then had to try desperately to keep from laughing. But that's not even the last of it. So, about 10 minutes before the date ended, we ran out of things to talk about (as I figured we would), I had pretty much checked out and was ready to bolt for the door, and Joe is making comments about how I seem "nervous" (which only annoyed me, really, because I was just done and wanted to leave). It is at this moment when Jason approaches the table to say hi and tell me its nice to see me. Now, earlier Joe had said "I have to tell you, you have beautiful eyes" and I was like "meh, okay". But Jason says "Hi" and I'm like "Dammit! I forgot how cute he is!" Then, when he walked away, Joe was like "Oh, I see now." At that point, I had to lie and say "Oh, yeah, I went out on a few dates with that guy about a year ago and I completely forgot he worked here. Ha ha ha."
Finally, the date is over, he makes me hug him AGAIN and we leave, of course passing the host stand where Jason and I exchange words again and Joe and I part ways. I got about half a block before I started chuckling to myself at the absurdity that was the past 1.5 hours. Honestly, without the "Jason interaction", it would have been a pretty uneventful date to discuss. He was nice enough, interested, and generally a good guy, but there was really nothing there at all. Not only were we looking for completely different things out of the date--and life in general--but there's no way he would have been able to keep up with me; even if I was interested.
So, there it is...I think we're off to a good start and I have a pretty busy weekend ahead of me. I do have higher hopes for my next date, though, so we'll see :)
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