But social media makes it hard pt 2

***Read yesterday’s post or this one may not make any sense, honestly, none of it makes sense***

While on the dating app, I super liked a guy on accident. He liked me back and sent me a chat to start a conversation. I was going to block him but I decided to take another look at his profile. No bio, but actual pictures of his face and in one he had a beautiful sincere smile. I was taken aback.

I decided to take a chance, and I sent him a message back. We sent a few messages back and forth. He was on his way to workout at a park and invited me to join him.

I decided to meet him for a walk. This was so far outside my comfort zone, I had to look in my rear view mirror to see if it was actually me behind the wheel driving to the park.

We walked on a trail and had a good conversation. After our walk, I took his number and we met up later for dinner. Dinner was nice, although we had to wait almost two hours for a table.

After dinner we said our goodbyes, I got in my car and the anxiety kicked in. I liked him.

The next few days I tried to stay grounded in reality because I tend to bombard my brain with what if’s and things get ugly real quick.

It was simpler in grade school when you would just pass a note that read do you like me check the “yes” box or “no” box and if they checked “yes” you go together.

Nowadays showing interest in someone right away is considered weakness. You don’t want to come across as desperate or thirsty, so instead you wallow in the unknown hoping that the other person will make a move.

As of the date of this post, I realize that I’m not built for online dating. I’d rather meet someone organically and due to COVID-19 and having to wear masks, I’ll probably be single until 2021.

As far as the guy I met on the app that I do like, I’m thinking about going old school and passing him a note.