I'm usually OK by the end of the date, but I've never had a first date where I didn't think I was too sick to my stomach to make it there.
Zoe: First rule of battle, little one. Don't ever let 'em know where you are. Mal: Whoo-hoo! I'm right here! I'm right here! You want some of me? Yeah, you do! Come on! Come on! Aaah! Whoo-hoo! Zoe: Of course, there are other schools of thought...
'The Message'
Natter 53: We could just avoid making tortured puns
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Jesse - Aug 28, 2007 10:05:30 am PDT #7291 of 10001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Lee - Aug 28, 2007 10:06:28 am PDT #7292 of 10001
The feeling you get when your brain finally lets your heart get in its pants.
Go Scola!
megan walker - Aug 28, 2007 10:07:20 am PDT #7293 of 10001
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist
Of course, the only thing I'm dwelling on is how badly I may have screwed things up at the end.
This? Also normal. I hope.
juliana - Aug 28, 2007 10:07:45 am PDT #7294 of 10001
I’d be lying if I didn’t say that I miss them all tonight…
To clarify: I'm betting you neither bopped her one or literally ran away, right? In that case, it sounds excellent.
There is almost no brief weirdness that a nice phone call/email/other type interaction can't smooth over.
Exactly. And GO YOU!
JZ - Aug 28, 2007 10:08:21 am PDT #7295 of 10001
See? I gave everybody here an opportunity to tell me what a bad person I am and nobody did, because I fuckin' rule.
I know it's nigh impossible to stop stewing over what might have gone wrong, but please try. As a veteran of many, many first dates, I can't remember a single one where, if the rest went pretty well, I'd have ruled the guy out because of anything that happened at the very end. Even for people who do a lot of them, first dates are scary and stress-inducing, and it's easy to do something that you'll beat yourself up for afterwards. As long as the woman who asked you (which, yay! and this speaks well of her) isn't some kind of tightly wound perfectionist or scary Rules Girl, she'll still think well of you.
Also, my entire weekend is now retroactively much better, just knowing Tom Scola had a date on Saturday night.
hippocampus - Aug 28, 2007 10:09:16 am PDT #7296 of 10001
not your mom's socks.
Plus jean shorts and totally sugar shiny red almost flats. And a new sparkly belt.
awesome - I'm betting teh crush swooned.
Hooray for first dates! and dates of all kinds. and babysitters who allow some of us to have dates. need new babysitters
t /mememe
go Scola!
Scrappy - Aug 28, 2007 10:10:32 am PDT #7297 of 10001
Life moves pretty fast. You don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.
Tom, did you propose? Clutch her about the knees and beg her never to leave you? Tell her you loved her and only her forever?
If not, I think you're okay. Even if you said something like "I haven't had a date this relaxed in a long time. I really REALLY hope we can see each other again" or tied to slip her some tongue or got a little choked up, those are all well within the bounds of acceptable.
lori - Aug 28, 2007 10:15:55 am PDT #7298 of 10001
That's so great, Tom! And what everyone else said - I'm sure it's all good.
amych - Aug 28, 2007 10:16:21 am PDT #7299 of 10001
Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?
What they all said. I'm'a bet that what felt like fight or flight looked on the outside like awkwardness and fluster, and first dates are pretty much about all parties getting over that bit so you can relax more the next time.
lisah - Aug 28, 2007 10:18:12 am PDT #7300 of 10001
Punishingly Intricate
I'm'a bet that what felt like fight or flight looked on the outside like awkwardness and fluster, and first dates are pretty much about all parties getting over that bit so you can relax more the next time.
Exactly! Yay You!!!