Date #6 comes to us courtesy of my best friend Anna. While at work I could rarely look at the dating websites because of restrictions and blocking and would often forward her any emails or “winks” I would get from guys. One day she looked around the different websites and found someone who she thought would be great for me. We’ll call him The Dino Grad Guy. Ironically, he does not study paleontology.
This date takes place the Monday after my second date with The Wine Guy. It was a three day weekend and the last thing I wanted to do was go on another date. At this point, I was over the online dating thing and going on this date simply out of the sake of finishing something I started. Besides, I had to meet a sorority sister for dinner that night so the date couldn’t last that long.
The Dino Grad Guy and I met in Berkeley, where he goes to school. (Shocking.) To be honest, I was a bit excited about the date because he was the first guy that I wanted to go out with because it seemed like we had so much in common. Besides, who can’t trust their best friend? I get to Berkeley and meet him at his place. He came down the stairs to meet me and I was excited to find out that he didn’t put “old” pictures up of him and didn’t lie about his height. There was definitely chemistry right off the bat and we even hugged at the beginning. We walked down to the local coffee shot and got drinks. We sat and chatted for a while, and while it wasn’t exactly forced conversation, I felt like I was needing to work a bit harder then normal. We chatted about what my plans for the future was and what he was working on for his thesis. When we left the coffee shop, we decided to go get gelato. Well he wanted gelato. I was pretty good without it. And I felt that I had met my match in someone who liked chocolate as much as I did if not more. On the way to gelato the conversation started to get more easy and natural, which was good. I really hate forced conversation. We even managed to chat about family. Wow. In retrospect, I’m still pretty excited about how well the date was going.
So what did I learn about The Dino Grad Guy? Well… He was in a relationship for six years but turned out that the girl was a lesbian. His best friends are lesbians and he tends to hang out better with girls. I saw pictures of him when he was younger and he very much had a style make over after breaking up with the girl. (For the better!) He was using online dating to try to meet new people and seemed to be enjoying it. He didn’t consider himself easy and didn’t like “easy” girls. We ended up back at his apartment looking at pictures on his computer and sharing stories about trips and friends. I was supposed to meet Jayme in Fremont at like 4:30. She called me at 4:45 to ask where I was. Oops. The conversation was just going really well! So I high tailed it out of Berkeley, but not before he walked me to my car and kissed me good-bye. It was the first date where I actually felt excited about it and the guy. There was reference to another date and off I went to meet up with Jayme.
Oh, and in case you’re wondering why this post is so short for being a good date, it’s because I neglected to give details to any of the girls via email or chat the day after. This makes it hard almost two months later to remember all the little details. Don’t worry. There was a second date. And don’t worry. There’s LOTS of information on that one.
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