Best laid plans...

Well, I had the 1st date with G last night, but, well, it didn't go exactly as planned. G drove up with his 10 yo DD and his 18 yo DS was supposed to babysit while we went out. However, DS did a disappearing act so that kinda put the kabosh (kibosh?) on the planned events. Well, we decided to go out anyway, just with a 10 yo chaperone....

It worked out just great. We had a great dinner at Legal Seafoods. His DD is just lovely and very easy to talk with. Afterwards, we went back to their hotel room. DD went into the bedroom to watch TV and we sat in the living room to chat. And, chat was all we could do, 'cause out chaperone kept finding excuses to walk through the living room or pass by the door. It just cracked me up! I did get around to asking G about his dating adventures during the past 5 years. He says that he dated a little, but nothing serious (of course, one person's not serious is another person's almost trip to the altar!). One relationship he described was particularly telling. He dated a woman starting in November. By February, she was asking to swap house and car keys, which totally freaked him out. He said it was too soon to get that involved. I responded that it really just depends on the relationship - time is the key, its how the 2 people feel about each other. He seemed to take that well.

He gave me a foot massage! Whoo-hoo! That's definately worth the price of admission.

We were both nodding off, so I eventually took my leave. As we were walking down the hall, he grabbed my hand and gave it a little smooch. Once we got outside, the real smooching began. It was pretty intense. We both laughed that we felt like 2 HS kids trying to make out before Dad turns the porch light on. As an aside - when i was young, I never could have imagined that people in their 40's could/would act this way. Just goes to prove what Satchel Page says - age ain't nothing but a number.

Well, eventually, I drive off. The drive home was nice 'cause it gave me time to review the evening's events. Overall, I was very happy with the evening and pleased with myself. Not that I even had the option to "Just say no!" with our chaperone in the next room. But, it didn't even run through my mind (sex, that is!).

Now, next weekend, my DD and I may be going down to visit them and go to a nearby amusement park. That will be the true test. But, I've already told myself that I am still not ready and I'm not. I want to wait. Hmmmm....seems like HB is finally starting to grow up (about time, since I'm 46 yo!). My goal for this relationship - just enjoy. Don't anticipate, don't analyze (too much!), don't fret, don't try to rush things - just enjoy. We'll see how well that works out!