I never know how to effectively tell a story when the byline is so good. I don’t want to ‘bury the lead’ but I also don’t want to blow the story in the first sentence.
I went on a date with Bachelorette #5 last night. As I sat in the restaurant waiting for her to arrive, I thought to myself that this service has sent me some nice women, but they always seemed to have a couple extra pounds. Don’t get me wrong, these women carried it well and they were always within my range of tolerance.
When ‘Marie’ arrived last night I felt like I hit the jackpot. Finally a thin, petite and pretty young lady. I am NOT kidding you when I tell you that she looked like this:
I was totally and unequivocally blown away. She is smart, funny, thoughtful and spiritual. I could go on with the adjectives but I’m going to control myself. We had a very nice conversation while we sat and drank our wine. All in all, it was better than I could have ever expected.
We left each other talking of getting together again and getting some yoga training. She has done yoga in the past and it’s always something I wanted to try. She’s doing some traveling for business next week but promised to call when she got back in town.
“Then what’s the problem?” you’re asking yourself. Well, first of all, as we sat there talking I got the feeling she had something better to do. In fact, she got a call from an elderly friend who she is taking care of. I didn’t have a problem with the call but it was just a feeling that I got.
The other issue was clearly mine. I got the feeling as we spoke that she might not be as interested in me as I was in her. I jokingly said as much and she denied it but I wondered if she wasn’t patronizing me or just trying to put me at ease.
Admittedly, we broke the ‘first date’ rules by discussing religion, marriage and children. The good news there is that she wants both marriage and children and is not opposed to getting back into religion. Like I said, she mentioned being very spiritual and talked about the whole mind-body-spirit connection.
I found the whole thing very appealing but couldn’t get past her amazing eyes. They were dark and honest with the sparkle of a woman half her age. With Jayden, I never felt what I call ‘the spark’ – with Marie it was there immediately… not just the way she looked but who she was and the passion with which she spoke.
I’m certainly not going to start naming our children but I’m holding out for the best. She gives me every reason to wonder.
So far…
I went on a date with Bachelorette #5 last night. As I sat in the restaurant waiting for her to arrive, I thought to myself that this service has sent me some nice women, but they always seemed to have a couple extra pounds. Don’t get me wrong, these women carried it well and they were always within my range of tolerance.
When ‘Marie’ arrived last night I felt like I hit the jackpot. Finally a thin, petite and pretty young lady. I am NOT kidding you when I tell you that she looked like this:
I was totally and unequivocally blown away. She is smart, funny, thoughtful and spiritual. I could go on with the adjectives but I’m going to control myself. We had a very nice conversation while we sat and drank our wine. All in all, it was better than I could have ever expected.
We left each other talking of getting together again and getting some yoga training. She has done yoga in the past and it’s always something I wanted to try. She’s doing some traveling for business next week but promised to call when she got back in town.
“Then what’s the problem?” you’re asking yourself. Well, first of all, as we sat there talking I got the feeling she had something better to do. In fact, she got a call from an elderly friend who she is taking care of. I didn’t have a problem with the call but it was just a feeling that I got.
The other issue was clearly mine. I got the feeling as we spoke that she might not be as interested in me as I was in her. I jokingly said as much and she denied it but I wondered if she wasn’t patronizing me or just trying to put me at ease.
Admittedly, we broke the ‘first date’ rules by discussing religion, marriage and children. The good news there is that she wants both marriage and children and is not opposed to getting back into religion. Like I said, she mentioned being very spiritual and talked about the whole mind-body-spirit connection.
I found the whole thing very appealing but couldn’t get past her amazing eyes. They were dark and honest with the sparkle of a woman half her age. With Jayden, I never felt what I call ‘the spark’ – with Marie it was there immediately… not just the way she looked but who she was and the passion with which she spoke.
I’m certainly not going to start naming our children but I’m holding out for the best. She gives me every reason to wonder.
So far…