Very Late Date
I had just got out of a very long relationship and had literally never dated anyone other than my boyfriend. At a cookout, my mom’s friend kept talking to me about it and saying how her son just went through a similar situation and of course, in her mind, we were perfect for one another. With a lot of hesitation, I agreed to go on a blind date. Joe and I spoke on the phone a few times and finally date night had arrived. I had been at the pool all day with my friends and totally wanted to cancel, but knew I couldn’t. He called and was running super late, which annoyed me, but whatever. He lived a good distance away from me, but he was finally in my neighborhood. Our dinner date was about to begin… at 10:30 p.m. Seriously. I offered to just come down and meet him outside (my long-term ex had just moved out and the apt looked pretty pathetic with no furniture) and almost died when I saw his enormous truck. I literally had to climb up into it.
We head into Georgetown in D.C. and I could just tell we were never going find somewhere to park this thing. Sure enough, no luck. We headed back up town after almost an hour of driving around and finally stopped at a random dive bar. Of course their kitchen was already closed. We stayed and had a few drinks and the conversation seemed to be going well. We did have a lot in common, but I was just not attracted to him in the least. He was older and a little too country for me. I was starting to feel the alcohol considering I hadn’t eaten in hours, so we called it a night. I couldn’t take it any longer with how hungry I was so as soon as we got to my apartment I offered to drive to get food. Nothing was open so we went to the drive through of McDonald’s and took the food back to my place.
We sat on the floor eating McDonald’s while watching TV until he said it was late and he had a long drive. I walked him to the door and was not expecting him to try anything considering I gave no signals that I was wanting anything, so we hugged, but he went in for the kiss. I quickly turned my head which resulted in an awkward half kiss on the cheek type of thing and that was it. The next time he called me I had to break the news I’d met somebody else (lie). The worst part was his mom then emailed me too. Never again will I let a mother set me up!!
