Friday afternoon I got a call from my childhood sweetheart look-alike [see story of our meeting here], whom we will call Rhett. We had gone back and forth leaving messages for each other after the initial meeting and he had said he would call next time they had game night. Almost 2 months had gone by and I deemed it a lost cause to hope. But he called and invited me over for Saturday game night with his work friends.
I got there and met his friends, expecting to see a woman who would be hanging all over him. There was no girl. In fact, everyone there was either married or dating. Right on! I made it a point to get cozy with each friend, made a huge effort to be fun and witty; isn't that what you want to see - your friends getting along well with the person of interest?
I learned a lot about him, he works for IHC (in the insurance division), he served his mission in Paris (he can whisper sweet nothings in French to me anytime!), he's 34, he owns his house, and he has a great laugh and good sense of humor. So far so good.
Dinner entailed him making crepes for everyone and not sitting down for about an hour and a half. Afterwards we played a game that I brought and I made it a point to go sit next to him. We were able to make some small talk. After 11pm some people left and a few of us stayed to play Flunko. With the small group I was able to weasle myself into the group more - they have invited me to be in their birthday group and dinner.
As I drove home at 1am, I considered the 6 hour activity a success.
4 comments:
what a perfect weekend! I think I would have done the same thing -- don't really ignore him the whole night but don't give him much attention, either. He'd come around eventually and strike up a convo, and it sounds like he did!
Can't wait to hear what's next.
Paris (Peari) oh, la, la. Rhett is good as long as he does not say frankly my dear I do not give a dam. He sounds like a promising catch. Time will tell.
Sounds like a great night. I love how you come up with new names for people. Do you remember el guapo? I actually saw him last year and thought about you.
P.S. You can call me anytime.
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Impressionnant! Quelle nuit grande!
I think... Its been a LONG time and lets be honest, I was never very good at french. BAH!
Definitely a success my friend! Sounds like you had a great time!
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