Date With Delaware

I've been talking to Delaware for sometime now - almost 2 months. When we first talked, he reminded me that he had contacted me a few years ago and I had never responded - he wanted to know why I have now, what stopped me before and what's changed since. I have/had my reasons, but wasn't willing to share them...I don't think I am even willing to share them here. What I will share is that there are 3 things about him that are different than what I thought I was open to - he is 5'7, he's Patel, and he's not vegetarian. Completely not 'what i've been looking for'.

I immediately liked that he was consistent about wanting to get to know me, especially his text messages letting me know he was going to call me on a particular night. Our conversations have been very nice - I was immediately drawn to how close he was to his cousins, how much they hung out together and vacationed with one another - very similar to my own family. Plus he loves doing things around the house, working with his hands, and has an adventurous side (I am starting to see a pattern here with my being drawn to guys who like to be out and about!)

Two weeks ago he asked me if I was free - he wanted to take me to a Russell Peters show in Atlantic City. How sweet! However I wasn't around that weekend. I told him I was going to pass through Delaware on Sunday and if it wasn't too late, maybe he & I could meet up. And so we did! We talked on my drive and made plans on where we would go for dinner.

He actually lives at home with his parents right now (they weren't home). I pulled up to his house and he was going to drive to dinner so I parked my car and got out. I saw him standing by his car, and he was bigger than I thought he was going to be (not big fat, big as in bigger built) - and he was cute :) I always tend to notice a guy's lips...and I guess when I do actually notice them, well its a good thing! We got in his car and conversation was easy, just flowed. We were going to Don Pablo's for dinner (I picked the place - I was so excited since there isn't one in my area!) I kept thinking how easy it was to talk to Delaware, especially compared to Mr. Africa. Delaware waited for me when we got out of the car and opened all the doors - again, couldn't help but think how I was practically running behind Mr. Africa to keep up just the night before. Delaware was a gentleman, I liked that.

Dinner was nice - he did order a chicken dish but well, oh well. I always do like when a guy knows I'm vegetarian and offers to eat vegetarian the first time he meets me. Then again, we weren't eating anything we could have shared. We talked about a lot of things - though the first topic I could tell was going to be touchy. He was telling me how his parents were at a wedding and asked me what the largest wedding was that I had ever been to. I said 650-700 people, that it was a Patel wedding. He tells me his cousin's wedding was 1,500 people!! What?!!! I said I couldn't even imagine, nor would want, something that big - that how could you know so many people, that anyone you havent talked to in 12 months shouldn't even be invited. He said he has a really large family and then there is all those people you are obligated to invite, especially people from the same gham. I said I dont really get the whole gham thing (I really don't!). He told me the food alone at his cousin's wedding, for the few days - that the girl paid $80,000 - just for the food!!! I think I just stared in shock, thinking no way in hell would I ever want that nor put my family through something like that. But like I said, I could see this conversation not going in a good direction, so I switched the topic. Everything from there on was smmoth - he showed me some pics on his new i-phone from a recent trip he had just taken with his cousins. After dinner was over, we drove back to his house, and again we talked the entire way - he's really into cars so we discussed a bunch of them. I know I keep saying we talked, but I guess I was just noticing it more because of the silences from the previous night.

When we got to his house he asked me if I wanted to come in. I did go in to use the bathroom since I still had a ways to go to get home. He has a very nice house. Then he asked me if I wanted to take some bottled water for the road or some pepsi - anything. I kindly declined and then he said ok, I'll walk you out. He walked me out, we hugged goodbye, he told me to let him know when I got home and then he waited there until I got in the car and actually drove away. Now this is what I am talking about!! This is nice. Delaware is a gentleman, I really like that.

I texted him when I got home and thanked him for dinner. He replied back saying he was glad I made it home safe and about dinner...anytime. I sent back a smiley face :)

It seems that he's interested? Right? I guess now we wait and see if he calls! I am talking to other people and will be making plans to meet them, but Delaware is def someone I would go out with again....I guess you just never know, huh? :)