Date #2 With Delaware...And A Surprise!

I went out with Delaware again tonight. First some background...

It's funny - I just reread what I had said about him after the first date. The whole liking that he always told me when he was going to call...suddenly its not so cute. I find it to be very unspontaneous and almost a little suffocating...for example, every time he calls me and doesn't get me live, he tells me he will try me back again in an hour. And even when I tell him I'm going to be busy (i.e., told him my family was visiting last weekend) - he still called and later made me feel like I was ignoring him. On top of that, he's brought up "us" in not so many words...after one date! He asked me if I had told my parents and I honestly told him that I am talking to other people too....and then he was like well how long do you have to date someone before you know if you want to be with them. Not a bad question but it was just the tone with which it was asked. So yes, I've found him to be a little pushy I guess. One of my cousins made a very good point and said this is how girls act when they like someone too, sometimes they push too much....so mental note to myself to KEEP a little distance when still getting to know someone. Plus I can't tell if he really likes me or he just really wants to get married (based on some other comments he made)....

So back to the date. Tonight we went to go see a movie - he hit a lot of traffic on his way to come pick me up so we missed the original timing of the movie we were going to see. The next movie of the 4 I had narrowed it down to wasn't for another hour and half. My internal reaction was "great". Such bad attitude - I know!!! So I suggested we park the car and go for a walk around the city...after about 2 minutes he was like wow, this is the most I've walked in months! It was kind of funny, I think I exhausted him in our 30 minute walk :) But it was a nice walk, a little muggy out but still, nice, there weren't any uncomfortable silences. And he had dressed up for our date, cute, he actually looked nice. Then we take the long way to the movie theater and get there only 20 minutes before the movie was going to start. We chatted for awhile and I realized I had no desire to hold his hand...or anything. I do think he's cute actually...but I guess his personality from the past 2 weeks of conversations prevented those little butterflies I had felt the first time I met him.

After he dropped me home, I texted him an hour late to see if he made it home. He texts me back that we should get together again sometime. I sent back a smiley face and he wrote back asking if that was a yes. Damn, I didnt know what to say. So I said yeah. Then he writes back saying "Cool...my cousin thought I got married since I came home so late...LOL..." Ok - really - he was home by 12:30 and all this constant talk about "us"/marriage after NOT even knowing him really does turn me off. Why can't we just get to know each other?? Funny thing is I guess deep down I know that if I felt the same way, I would be very excited about it...

So jury is out on Delaware. Trying to keep an open mind for now....

Well as for the surprise I mentioned. I walked into my building and stopped to get the mail. I saw a brown "package" and read the return address...it was from Eagle!! I think I held my breath for a few seconds, not believing it. I knew immediately from the size of the package that it was a book of mine he had borrowed (which I swear just recently I was thinking I wish I could get back!) I stared at his hand-writing all the way up to my apartment. I kept wondering if he had included a note inside, what would it say? Would he acknowledge the email I had sent him? Was I suppose to return any of the stuff he gave me? Well, he wasn't returning gifts I gave him...just what he borrowed. So I anxiously walked into my apartment and opened the wrapping. And disappointed, realized that it was just the book, no note. I put the wrapping with his hand-writing on it on the table...and a second later ripped it and threw it in the garbage. What was the point of keeping it around?! My next thought was to email him to let him know I had received it...but then I didn't. He didn't have my apartment number on the address...so I guess part of me wonders if after a few days he will email me to see if I actually ever got it. So stupid I know. But hey, at the same time, he hasn't acknowledged my email, so why should I acknowledge this?

Sigh. This is my life! What a night!