I met someone last Friday via eHarmony. We got through the guided communication in about 10 minutes flat. Then started the open communication which got pretty lengthy. Then came talking on the phone. We had a phone date on Monday and ended up chatting for over an hour and a half. Pretty good for someone I have never met. He knows people I know. He grew up going to church with my closest guy friend. Perhaps the man who I don't share any blood with that I love the most. Instant point. Last night we got dinner. His name is Brian. We went to a Brazilian restaurant. We took forever deciding what we were going to eat because we were talking. We took forever eating because we were talking. We sat there at the table with no food in front of us for over an an hour because we were still talking.
He is smart and ambitious and all those things that I say I want. He is cuter then I thought he was. Apparently he is cuter in person then online. I caught myself all night wondering about my face. It's weird to have someone look at your face for that long. He would tell me stories and I would wonder what my expression looked like. He loves Jesus. He has interesting stories and things to say. He asks good questions and cares to know about the things that I love.
We had great conversation and then leaving the restaurant was somehow super awkward. It's as if he got really nervous. I am a hugger. I hug everyone. With some of my male friends, the side hug is appropriate but I will be honest in that I prefer then full body embrace. I hope this was just a "this is a first date and I am nervous" hug and not how he always hugs. Our table was big and so there was no chance of any physical contact during dinner. The only physical contact was when we hugged when I got there and then when I left. It was such a great date followed by a half hug. The second hug wasn't exactly a side hug but not really a real hug either. His friend who is my really close friend is a hugger. He is more of a hugger then I am a hugger. Literally the first thing I ever said to him was "Omgosh you hug". Previous to the awkward date hug my last hug was from this friend who his version of hugging me was first pretending the refuse to hug me and then pick my up and twirl me around only to place me on the ground and give me a a full real hug. We have been friends for four years and there is obviously a level of comfortability with him that just won't be there with someone who I only just met but it was still a drastic difference.
I am now waiting. Waiting to hear about if there was indeed as much interest on his side as I hope and think there is. I talked to my friend Ivan last night and Ivan told me that I am not allowed to text this guy thanking him for dinner and that I shouldn't expect to hear from him until tomorrow for the standard 2 day rule. My response was the 2 day rule is stupid. If you like someone then let them know that you like them. I have a final tomorrow which he knows. I am going out of town for a week starting on Sunday which he knows. I am ready for him to call. Patience isn't one of the things God built into me.
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