More On Date With Chris

It was fun. Less dynamic and all over the place than hanging out with Juan, but that's probably a good thing. My shrink is such a party pooper (Oh, I switched shrinks, more on that later.) And she was saying it may not even be a date, you may just be going out to dinner. But I'm pretty sure it was a date. I showed up to the date 5 minutes late, which my friend said is what you're supposed to do, but I would have anyway because I'm always late. The date was euro style at late ( at 9). There was no kiss hello or hug. And he looked tired and stressed (awesome to think I have that effect on people.) And he was, from a long day at the lab. (Juan would be tired from long days of securing and watching videos in which one person hit another person over the head. He thinks those are really funny.) So we talked about this and that and our jobs and it was fun. We closed the place down, which is not that exciting because they close down at around 10:30. They were so annoying about it. They turned on all the lights and everything.

Anyhoo, when we got the check, Chris said, "I'll get it this time." I realize that because it's impossible to communicate tone over an blog post, it could sound like he was annoyed. Like, I'll get it THIS time. But it was all good. See Dr. Smith! That was a date. Right? Since a Rules girl is always supposed to end the date (and the phone call), I did my own softer version. They suggest you say "Gee I have a busy day tomorrow." But that wouldn't have worked I don't think. I would have sounded like I was... speaking from a script. So I said, "You look tired." That was my nice way of saying, gee I gotta go. He did look tired, but not miserable or anything. But I like the line because it's like, I would like to end the date, but I will be nice and pretend it is you that is ending it. Right? Maybe, maybe not.

So then, this part was cute. After we had established we were going to go our separate way (y home, him lab, then home) we kept talking. We were right near my apartment and we discussed how there is nothing to do in my neighborhood at night AT ALL. Because everything closes, it's true. So it was right after "this neighborhood is dead" convo that I said "you look tired" and he said "yeah, I gotta go to the lab and then to sleep." So after he said that I said "That's really too bad because there are a lot of hot spots we could be hitting up right now around here." And he was like "Oh... Well we can do that next time." Which was very cute. Then I had to explain that I was making a joke and referring to our conversation two seconds earlier. It was funny.

Then we kept talking and talking and talking. And it was fun. I kept trying to end it, trying to be a good Rules girl, (not in a mean way at all. I would just say. "OK, So, Well" stuff like that) and then he would start talking again. Finally, at the end of the convo when it was really winding down, I said (again, I think) "Well thanks for dinner." And he said "Yeah. So we'll speak soon?" And I said "yeah." I really wish I had said "yeah, call me." Because it's Friday and our date was Tuesday and I haven't heard from him. He is so shy that I would consider calling him, since he called me last time. But I'm trying to stick to the Rules. We'll see.