As a single mom, my weekends with my children are filled to the brim with activities. Swimming, nature hikes, the park, pre-school groups and the library are just a few of the places we go to in order for my children to expend their insane amount of energy. (Oh to have just 10% of it!)
A few weekends ago, after church, I took my daughters to an indoor play park. Although the volume at one of these places is incredibly loud and not exactly relaxing for parents, it is still an incredible place to go to on those cold and rainy days.
About an hour in and I found myself watching Molly as she sped down a little ramp in her car.
"Mommy! Watch me!!!"
Over and over she repeated her drive down the little hill.
"They can do that for hours eh?"
I looked up to see who was talking to me and noticed a guy standing not too far from me. Probably my age ....and most definitely a dad.
"Oh, yeah! Totally!" I answered back laughing.
And just like that, our conversation began.
It was very easy to talk to him and I soon realized that we had a lot in common.
I was kind of amazed at how much we had in common actually. I was completely shocked when I told him that my favorite band was Guns N Roses and he eagerly announced that that was HIS favorite band too.
This simple fact blew me away.
NOBODY likes Guns N Roses except me.
In fact, everyone laughs at me when I tell them that GNR is the best band of all time. I'm not quite sure why.....
As our conversation continued, Molly grew tired of her car and slide. And as she began fussing and getting impatient, I knew it was time to go home.
I said to the guy,
"Well, looks like it's time for me to go. Nice meeting you!"
"You too!" he said "Hey...do you mind if I get your number?"
I had a feeling he would ask.
I wasn't sure how I felt about him yet, but decided to give him my number anyway.
What could go wrong???
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The girls and I got home around 4:30pm and I quickly got to preparing dinner.
By 5:09pm I had received my first text....
Hey! It was nice talking with you today :)
Although the message was sweet, it did arrive VERY soon after our initial meeting.
I decided to wait a bit before responding. I didn't want this to become a let's text all night type of thing. And I was definitely not interested in getting to know someone through choppy sentences mixed with emoji's and auto-corrects.
I wrote back at 7:30pm, after putting the kids to bed.
Hey! It was really nice chatting with you.
I immediately received his response.
Hope we can do it again soon.
I wrote back.
Yeah, we should!
I waited a bit....and was happy to not receive any further texts.
Once again, I still wasn't sure how I felt about this person. He was nice, he was cute.......but not sure it was the right fit.
Perhaps a coffee date in the next couple of weeks would give me a better understanding of who this person was.
But apparently a couple of weeks did not suffice for this guy. For as I was preparing to start my work shift the next morning, my cell beeped.
I found it buried at the bottom of my purse and checked it to make sure it wasn't an emergency with the girls.
It was not.
Instead....it was a text from my Sunday friend.
Morning :)
Oh brother.
I immediately felt pressure to respond.....when I didn't really want to. I mean, what was the point in writing back just as I was about to start work?
I threw my cell back in my purse and started my shift.
At lunch, I decided to check FaceBook. Between bites of my turkey sandwich I noticed that I had a new friend request. Oooooh, I love new friend requests! Who could this be??
Click.
Oh for the love......
Yup. You guessed it. My Sunday friend had already found and added me on my favorite social media site. He had no idea of my last name or even the spelling of my first name......so he had clearly put some time and effort into this.
Of course, in a situation like this, an emergency call had to be made. I gave my BFF the quick run-down of events over my lunch hour.
"Mandy. Be honest. It's too much right?? Or am I overreacting??"
She sighed and said "Well, it IS a little much. But he's obviously a friendly guy. Don't freak out about it just yet."
She knew what I was going to say back before I even said it. But I said it anyway....
"But ......you know meeeee!!"
My best friend, of all people, knows my personality inside and out, and knows that I have the potential to bolt at any circumstance that may weird me out.
"Just send him a text tonight. Don't write him off yet!"
But once again, I was not even given the opportunity to even remotely miss the guy. For 3:40pm had rolled around, and yet another text had beeped through.
Hey!
Oh gawwddd. Why? Why so many texts??
I texted my BFF for advice again.
Too much right???
Her response.....and I quote.....
Yah. I just.....yeahhhhhh.....
I couldn't understand the need for so much communication when we had just met the day before? Why couldn't he just wait for me to respond??
And why did I feel soooo stressed out?
As I drove home, I thought about his texts.
They WERE nice. Thoughtful.
Definitely too many of them in a 24 hour time span. But maybe he just couldn't stop thinking about me??
I guess I couldn't blame him.
Maybe I was being too mean?
Perhaps I should still give him a chance?
Maybe I should just write the guy back and see if he wants to go out for drinks?
Then I'd get to know him in a better context.
Yes....that's what I'll do.
I won't discard this potential relationship just yet.
There may still be hope!
My thoughts were interrupted by another text:
Forget about me already? lol
Yah. I just........ NO.
LEO'S OUT!!
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