Status Report #2
So, we've gone on a second date now and I'm still reeling a little bit from it.
First of all, the fact that there was a second date is still surprising. It's not that the first one didn't go well, it went very well in fact, I'm just sort of amazed that this is happening at all.
Anyway, so we met for dinner after I got off work today. We went to Lori's Diner, a 50's themed restaurant chain that's still pretty good.
To be honest, it wasn't that much different from the first time we had dinner. We had a pretty long conversation that was very enjoyable and there weren't too many awkward pauses, at least not awkward in a bad way, which I'll get too shortly.
Earlier in the day, I had been called by my older on and my sister, whom I had called yesterday during my normal rounds. Still being a little very much a n00b at this, I told them about my date on Friday. My other aunt I had already spoken to about it yesterday. So, all of my family knows what's going on.
While I was at work, spoke with my date via AIM for a little while, as it was a slow day. Seeing as how I had already mentioned her to my own family, I ask her if she had done the same to her own family, because I was rather curious. She said that she had, but didn't feel right talking about it then and promised to tell me at dinner.
So, back at dinner, once we had finished, I brought it up the question of what she had told her family about our previous date. This is where the awkward silences came in. She said that, prior to the date, she was fully expecting it to go well and feel good about it. However, she was caught off guard at just how good she actually DID feel after our date. As she put it, she felt "giddy" and had to talk to her mother about it.
Of course, this was rather unexpected by myself. I thought the date had gone well, but I didn't realize that it had actually gone THAT well. After that admission, there was some stumbling in the conversation but it did pick up again.
Once we finally left the restaurant around 10pm, we walked up around Union square and the general area while holding hands, which is another big step for me, again, because I'm cowardly and afraid of going to far. We wandered around for about another 20 minutes or so before finally going to the Bart / Muni station.
This too is embarrassing for me to say, but here I asked her if it was okay if I kissed her. She agreed and we did so, twice, before finally going off on our separate ways.
So, this is was only our second date and we both agree that we should try to not go too fast, but it seems like we ARE going to continue to see each other and there is a potential for a full-blown relationship. It is a prospect I'm excited about, but am also trying to keep myself looking at realistically. At the very least, I'm fairly sure I can come out of this with a new good friend, which I honestly don't have many of around here.
First of all, the fact that there was a second date is still surprising. It's not that the first one didn't go well, it went very well in fact, I'm just sort of amazed that this is happening at all.
Anyway, so we met for dinner after I got off work today. We went to Lori's Diner, a 50's themed restaurant chain that's still pretty good.
To be honest, it wasn't that much different from the first time we had dinner. We had a pretty long conversation that was very enjoyable and there weren't too many awkward pauses, at least not awkward in a bad way, which I'll get too shortly.
Earlier in the day, I had been called by my older on and my sister, whom I had called yesterday during my normal rounds. Still being a little very much a n00b at this, I told them about my date on Friday. My other aunt I had already spoken to about it yesterday. So, all of my family knows what's going on.
While I was at work, spoke with my date via AIM for a little while, as it was a slow day. Seeing as how I had already mentioned her to my own family, I ask her if she had done the same to her own family, because I was rather curious. She said that she had, but didn't feel right talking about it then and promised to tell me at dinner.
So, back at dinner, once we had finished, I brought it up the question of what she had told her family about our previous date. This is where the awkward silences came in. She said that, prior to the date, she was fully expecting it to go well and feel good about it. However, she was caught off guard at just how good she actually DID feel after our date. As she put it, she felt "giddy" and had to talk to her mother about it.
Of course, this was rather unexpected by myself. I thought the date had gone well, but I didn't realize that it had actually gone THAT well. After that admission, there was some stumbling in the conversation but it did pick up again.
Once we finally left the restaurant around 10pm, we walked up around Union square and the general area while holding hands, which is another big step for me, again, because I'm cowardly and afraid of going to far. We wandered around for about another 20 minutes or so before finally going to the Bart / Muni station.
This too is embarrassing for me to say, but here I asked her if it was okay if I kissed her. She agreed and we did so, twice, before finally going off on our separate ways.
So, this is was only our second date and we both agree that we should try to not go too fast, but it seems like we ARE going to continue to see each other and there is a potential for a full-blown relationship. It is a prospect I'm excited about, but am also trying to keep myself looking at realistically. At the very least, I'm fairly sure I can come out of this with a new good friend, which I honestly don't have many of around here.