He was a former minister (religious) who left the church and went into hi tech. When the market crashed, they lost everything and his wife left him. They had a daughter and he also had two step daughters. At the custody hearing he was only granted visitation. He was now working at OC Transpo.
We emailed and talked regularly. I was in the middle of finals and tried to focus on that, work and the kids. He had been wanting to meet for a couple of weeks, but I put it off until finals were done. The day of my last final we agreed to meet. My final was scheduled to end at 4:00, so we'd meet for dinner and drinks at 5:30.
Traffic was horrible that afternoon so we were both late. He looked like his picture, only taller with a bit less hair. He had amazing blue eyes. The moment he arrived he ran over and gave me a huge hug, then handed me a dark chocolate Lindt bar. Nice touch and great memory! He was very happy that he was able to recognize me, he said I looked better in person. He'd had a few bad experiences with women not looking anything like their profile pictures.
Dinner was fun. We talked about anything and everything. He was well educated with two degrees and had served in the navy. His parents were British and he had a younger sister that had recently moved in with him after she was jilted at the alter. She worked in hi tech and travelled around the world so wasn't home much.
When I arrived at the restaurant, I noticed there was a Putting Edge next door. The night was still young so I challenged him to a round of glow in the dark mini putt. He was pleasantly surprised, but before agreeing we had to make a wager. Whoever won, got to decide what we were going to do next. We agreed, and off we went!
Glow in the dark mini golf was a riot. There were a few other couples and some kids playing. We were all trying to win and mess up each other's shots. Even though I managed to get 2 holes in one, he beat me so I was at his mercy. What was he going to make me do? He came up with a hilarious list of options.
- go for drinks
- a round of strip poker
- karaoke
- sex
Frankly I was a bit worried for a split second, but he was quite the comedian while behaving like a perfect gentleman so I wasn't too concerned. Drinks at O'Connors was the winning choice, one of his regular hang outs. It was a nice place. A few people he knew were there and the bartender was friendly.
We talked some more then he challenged me to a game of Trivia Pursuit. He had every edition ever released. We went to his place and chose the 90's version. He won again! Next date, dinner would be on me.
Once again what stood out for me was how polite and gentlemanly he behaved. We had a really nice time. Tomorrow was a work day for both of us so we called it a night. He walked me to the van and kissed me good night. He said he'd call to make plans for the weekend.
That was a great date!
Dateless in Ottawa
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