OK it was awesome, met up at a neutral place and then off to a bar I had picked out a bit earlier that I knew was busy enough but not overpowering and had a couple of glasses of wine and chatted, fairly light conversation. A bit nervous at the start but Cat Whisperers comment that she will be nervous was great. Put me at ease.
Anyways off to a nice little casual dumpling place (it was her favorite and I didn’t even know, score!) and just talked about life the universe and dating failures and more importantly listened, she is great even though she is a yank!
End of the night a big pash and well yes I will be seeing her again.
Oh all this stuff about texting, not texting blah blah blah all too hard. Just be myself and if it works great, if not that’s great as well. All success is built on failure.
Agreed - I would say that a cancelled date with no make-up time given means no interest, but, “My mother just went into the hospital - can we go out next Saturday instead?” does not. Emergencies do happen, and usually at the most inopportune times.
Maybe what BlinkingDuck meant by “damaged” is “experienced.” You don’t get to 40+ without having lots of experiences, and not all of them are puppies and flowers.
Glad to hear I could help a little, sisu (and that your date went well!).
As a divorced person making her triumphant return to the land of dating, I share your joy. Glad it went well with good ol’ fashioned chit chat and honesty, and none of that childish, game-playing silliness. I hope it gets better from here. clink
