Family-Style Mall Date
When I was in high school, I allowed my mom – after some bribing on her part – to set me up on a blind date. I drove 45 minutes to meet the guy, with whom I had talked to on the phone a few times. I wasn’t expecting an amazing date after the phone chats but figured I could at least try one date with him. He wanted to meet at the local mall in front of the fish tanks so we could easily find each other. I arrived and sat in front of the tanks.
While hanging out, a very hot guy walked by smiling at me. Thinking it was him, I flashed a smile back but he kept walking. I knew I would regret not saying hi to him when my “date” stepped out of the woodworks. He had been watching me from a distance and wanted to check me out before he met me.
He had a pocket protector and was definitely a geek, not that I had a problem with that. We had dinner at a restaurant in the mall and made small talk. Afterwards, he invited me to walk around the mall with him. During these laps, we met most of his family, friends and some of his classmates.
Coincidence? Unlikely. He then wanted to take me to a movie but I gave him the only excuse I could think of that is, that I had night blindness and had to drive home before it got too dark. I didn’t call him back.
