Date # 2

Hello,

I had my second-ever date with a dude today. It was really cool, I liked this guy much better than the first guy I met up with. He was really good-looking and really nice, and we had a good conversation. We also have quite a bit in common: we both love travelling, we're both really into music, and we both enjoy staying in shape.  We met up at a shopping/entertainment district in Long Beach called 'The Pike.' At first I assumed we were going to have lunch, but he suggested going to a lounge first. We had drinks there and chatted for quite a while. By that time it was almost 3 and we still hadn't had lunch, so I asked where he wanted to go. He said that he actually needed to get going, because he had stuff to do. We walked back to the parking structure and before we parted ways we talked a bit more. He said he really enjoyed meeting me and thought we should do it again. The biggest road block is that we don't exactly live close to each other, but he said Long Beach was a good location to meet. We hugged and went back to our cars.

Afterward I of course (me being me) started trying to analyze the date to figure out the impression I made on him. Since I have so little dating experience it's hard to determine how much he really liked me. I was worried about how we ended up not doing lunch, but it could very well be that he had stuff to do. Then he mentioned meeting up again, but I wasn't sure whether this was a friendly kind of "yeah, we should do this again sometime" or if he really would like a second date. I figure I'll give it a couple days and maybe shoot him an email or something? He's really busy during the work week so he probably wouldn't respond until next weekend anyway.

Shortly after I got home I got a text from Jake: 'How's it going mate?'  We texted back and forth a bit. We've texted at least a little every day since the middle of last week. We're still taking a break from the emails so we can have a better conversation when we meet up (we've already covered many of the topics you would talk about in the first couple dates, haha!)

Long story short, I currently have two prospects: the guy from today (let's call him Ben) and Jake. They both seem like great guys. I know that Jake is interested, but we haven't met in person yet so I'm not sure how that will affect things. Ben's level of interest has yet to be determined.

So the current plan of action: email Ben in a couple days to see if/when he wants to meet up again.  Meet Jake this weekend and see how I like him in person. And take it from there. I just can't believe I'm only a couple weeks into dating and I've already met two guys I really like! This has caught me totally by surprise. I'm trying to temper my expectations, but we'll see.

Anyways, good night everyone!