Saturday:
Me to Nick via text: "Hey Nick, it's Dating Diva. So I passed onto Jeff that you should call me sometime. What's taking you so long? ;)"
Waiting, waiting, waiting. Sad. No response, text MasterDater voicing my disappointment, he tells me to have patience.
Monday evening:
Nick to me via text: "Hey girl, I'm so sorry I didn't get right back to you. I didn't have my phone with me and I would love to go out with you. I'm not sure, when is a good time for you?"
Let me interrupt for a second. "Hey girl"? Only my girlfriends refer to me that way. Thought that was a little weird for a guy to say it. Ok carry on...
immediately followed by: "I know you have your kids during the week so maybe on the weekend? By the way, Jeff never told me that you said that. He told me I should ask you out."
Wow, so I inquire about calling me and automatically he is all that he wants to go out with me. This is going to be easy! I text MasterDater and express my glee. (Basically he is like my favorite girlfriend that I tell everything too. Except that he is a guy. And he is incredibly good looking.)
So Nick and I text off and on for the next two hours as I multi-task doing work and home related activities. I learn that he is 31 and has one son who is 3. He only moved to the area 5 months ago. Hasn't been on a date in a long time because he is tired of all of the game playing. Says he's too old for that. I then tell him I am older than him. He says I don't look my age. Brownie points.
I ask him what he likes to do for fun and he replies, "Enjoy good company." Hopefully he means me. He comes off as very serious in all of his texts, I try to lighten the mood with my many lols and ;) at the end of my texts. He tells me it would be his honor to go out with me. I totally blush. He says I come across as down to earth and I think he is making a good observation.
He never does end up calling me, but tells me he will get in touch with me on Tuesday. My overall impression is that he is a little shy, but it is also painfully obvious that he has been hurt a lot. We all are damaged goods in one way or another, but a jaded sad puppy dog is not really what I want to date right now.
However, I'm going to see how it goes. What is your take on it?
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I say go with the flow.
Give him a go!
Go for it! Nothing to lose, every experience only makes us a better person.
Why not? You're just going to "see how it goes", right? You're not planning the menu for the wedding yet, are you?
Enjoy!
(clever title, by the way!)
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Cute post! But didn't you just break a few of "master dater's" texting rules? If he made you wait two days for his text reply, shouldn't you have made him wait the same amount of time before replying?
But sounds promising! Just stop replying to his texts so diligently if you want him to actually call you. Next time he texts, maybe give him a taste of his own medicine and wait two days before thinking about replying. If he really likes you, he'll probably have called before the two days are up anyway!
I think you should see how it goes and take it slowly. He sounds shy but like he's into you. :-) Keep us posted!
Kate x
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God, you too? I have been referred by girls as their best girlfriend, that's a guy, that I don't think is gay. I like how they always added "I don't think"
Even my evil step-mom stopped by my blog yesterday and said anonymously, "I think you might be gay!!"
Tracked her I.P. address to her city, almost called her.
I'm with T: what did Mike think about you texting him first? And are you trying to get on Mike's good side? (lots of flattery in them there blog) ;)
This guy does sound shy, or a little hesitant, or both. I say wait for him to call today. Time to see where his interest lies!
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Good luck!!! Let us know!!!
Hugs!!!
I agree with Princess T.. You should let him take the initiative for a change..
I would go with the flow. It sounds like this guy may still have some hang-ups about dating, which is why he hesitates. The ball is in his court now. Good luck!! xo
I say run for the hills!
Hmm I think go for it - see what he turns out to be like - it is hard to get a real impression of someone so early on. I think let him contact you now and hopefully it will all go from there.
Kate xx
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Thanks everyone, see my next post, I actually took some of your advice and waited for him to contact me, etc. :)
Princess T: I did break Master Dater's rules, but I always ask him for permission first! haha! He usually just appeases me and says Ok knowing I will eventually learn my lesson.
Life: haha not trying to get on Mike's good side, but you see me reference him a lot in my posts because we are good friends and I basically go to him for advice on a lot of things. He will tell you I am stubborn, but don't believe him. ;)
Everyone else--the next post is up. :) We are going out on Valentine's Day. :)
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